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05-04-2004, 03:30 PM
I often see hypnosis advertised as a way to curb smoking. I have the habit of biting on the inside of my mouth - while I'm awake. I give myself some pretty bad headaches from the constant tension on my jaw. Is this somthing that can be helped by hypnosis? Also, can someone tell me the how hypnosis works and what I should expect out of a session with a hynotherapist? Thanks.
Yes hypnosis can help you both relieve the stress and stop biting your mouth in response.
No one knows how hypnosis works any more than we know how you heal wounds or stop healing when it is complete. We just know how to facilitate your entry into trance and to help guide you during that trance experience, to achieve what you want to achieve.
I would guess at one perhaps two sessions, depending on the hypnotist.
Skip's answer is accurate and I would just like to add to it as my interpretation of your question might be different from Skip's.
Yes, your situation can absolutely be quickly and easily aided not by hypnosis, but by hypnotherapy. Hypnosis is simply a trance state. Hypnotherapy is what happens after you are hypnotized. Learning to hypnotize is easy. Learning hypnotherapy takes time and practice.
Skip is correct in saying that nobody knows how hypnosis works. In fact, I think that if you put ten hypnotists in a room they might give you twelve different answers! However, there is a faily common belief that your unconscious works for the betterment of the individual with the tools and knowledge it has. Unfortunately, sometimes the unconscious doesn't always have good enough tools and accurate information and understanding. Hypnotherapy is the tool which will allow you to give the accurate information and understandings to your unconscious that results in rapid and permanent change.
When you go to see a hypnotherapist you should expect that first, the hypnotherapist will do an extensive interview including your health history and the specific situation you want to change. The hypnotherapist, at this point, will determine whether or not hypnotherapy will work for you. If the hypnotherapist believes his or her training and experience will allow him or her to effectively help you, you can then expect to receive an explanation of the reality of hypnosis, including explaining that the myths most people believe about hypnosis are false and what hypnosis is really like.
When all of your questions and concerns are eliminated, you would then be put into a wonderful hypnotic trance and suggestions--either direct, metaphoric, or both--and then you will be brought back to your regular consciousness. You might also be taught self-hypnosis so you can reinforce the suggestions given to you during your session.
Good luck, and let us know what happens.