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Most of us are already adept at self-hypnosis. Not only are we constantly receiving subliminal messages from the news, advertisements, our friends, the workplace, many of which sink in without our being aware of it; most of us are good at self talk too. Who hasn’t had the thought “I can do this”, or “I can’t do that”. Who hasn’t told themselves how bored/fearful/anxious we are going to be at that party or in that meeting and felt bored, fearful or anxious as a result.
What I find with many of my patients is that they just don’t realize the extent to which they are psyching themselves up (or down); nor do they realize quite how they are doing it.
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Maureen is an attractive mother of two school age children. She grew up in a family where a drink in the evening was the norm and so it was natural for her to enjoy a couple of glasses of wine after the day’s work was done.
More recently though, Maureen began to notice that this was happening every night and she began to feel that her drinking was getting out of control. What she wanted to be able to do was enjoy the occasional glass of wine at home or with friends and be able to leave it at that.
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The experts will tell you that diets do not work – for long. Rather, it is generally accepted that people often end up weighing more as a result of yo-yo dieting.
People who maintain a naturally healthy weight tend to have a different mindset than those who struggle with their weight. Learn this successful mental strategy and for most people, they too can maintain a healthy natural weight.
When you analyse the approach that healthy eaters have to eating, you notice a number of characteristics they have in common.
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Sarah is an NHS professional in her 40’s. She has always had a sweet tooth but 7 years ago developed Candida overgrowth and was told that she must cut sugar from her diet. She knew it was the right thing to do but had tremendous cravings and just couldn’t help herself sneaking the odd sweet thing and before she knew it she had gone overboard and eaten the lot. She was feeling bad about herself, overweight, and had low energy.
When she came to see me we explored just how these cravings were occurring. For a start, Sarah worked tremendously hard with hardly a break all day. In those short breaks she would eat something quick to keep her going. Then when she got home she would feel guilty if she sat down to relax, feeling that she should be slaving away for her family. She was putting everyone else first and herself way down the pecking order.
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It was reported recently in the Daily Telegraph that a man is so desperate to stop smoking that he is being taken out to a deserted island for a month where there is not a chance of getting hold of a cigarette.
Most people do not need to go to such extremes. Our bodies do not like smoke, they never did and once a proper decision is made to stop smoking most people stop.
The key is in making a proper decision to stop. i.e. a decision, which the whole mind approves of. It is all too easy to make decisions with the conscious part of the mind, which are not recognised by the subconscious part. And it is the subconscious part that does the craving, and causes the problems if it is not on board with your decision.
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