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Posted on November 8, 2007 by Alan B. Densky, CH | Posted under Depression
NLP and Hypnosis CD's Can Help You Extinguish A Nail Biting Compulsion
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The reason that a surface nail biting cure is unlikely to be successful makes sense when the cause of the behavior is understood. The nail biting habit is persistent and parallel in nature to other stress-related patterns, such as skin picking and hair pulling. At the core, these behaviors meet an innate inclination; thus if the urge is not satiated or eliminated, the behavior will return. No amount of bitter nail polish will curb the need for nail biting or bring the sense of relaxation you feel after nibbling on your nails. In that vein, a person cannot really cure nail biting, but do not fret: Thankfully, time-tested therapies that can help recovery are available. There is a three-step treatment that can effectively stop nail biting if you are committed to do so. The most important step requires hypnosis. For people who are not familiar, hypnosis brings to mind images of people watching swinging pendulums or barking on stage for others' enjoyment. Rest assured that at its source, hypnosis is merely profound relaxation in a trance-like condition. Many people incorrectly think that hypnotic trances are like sleep, but you are fully conscious and awake, simply very relaxed and open to suggestion. In fact, a lot of us experience some manner of self-hypnosis daily, during times when we tune out many of the commotion around us to focus on special task while remaining fully conscious. It transpires naturally while we read, watch television or daydream. Because nail biting is related to stress, the more fully you can work through and release tension and anxiety, the more triumphant your move to stop nail biting will be. The main aim of hypnotherapy is to give you a way to sustain a state of relaxation at all times. You are encouraged to research various hypnosis approaches, such as traditional hypnosis, Ericksonian hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques, to improve both the state of relaxation and to attain an improved sense of well-being. A certified hypnotherapist will know which kind is ultimately best. The following step to curbing a nail biting inclination is to become sentient of the behavior since nail biting is executed unconsciously. Hypnotherapy is helpful for this stage, as corresponding with the unconscious mind to generate the conscious mind's knowledge that you will soon bite your nails can help very much. This allows you to make the choice to bite your nails or not. And given that hypnotherapy has previously assisted to alleviate the related stress, the dominant impulse to bite your nails has been greatly diminished, or even abolished. The final action for using hypnotherapy to quit biting nails is to totally eliminate the original impulse to chew or bite. There are methods that can effectively program you with an impulse to renounce biting your nails, because just as practices can be broken with hypnosis CD's, they can also be introduced. Hypnosis is effectual for stopping behaviors such as biting your nails because, even though the treatment will not suddenly generate absolute willpower, it can reinforce your tenacity and ensure that choices you make while in a relaxed state will still stay strong when you are under stress. Additionally, hypnotherapy is able to help you correspond with your unconscious mind to get it to align with your conscious mind so both entities help with your aspiration. It is important to note that some likely hypnosis clients hold a concern of having suggestions planted or of remembering "hidden" memories while in a trance. Rest assured that hypnotherapists are officially educated and accredited and follow the strictest professional and ethical procedures. The methods used by hypnotherapists to make useful suggestions to your unconscious are entirely different than those used for memory recall or age regression. So the use of hypnotherapy for successfully curbing the need to bite your nails will not lead to unintended memories or behaviors. CONCLUSION: Nail biting is an inherent impulse like any other, and relying on resolve alone is typically not enough to refrain from the behavior. Using hypnotherapy or hypnosis CDs and all other resources available will more likely lead to a comfortable, successful end to your nail biting. About The Author: Alan B. Densky, CH has spent years helping thousands of clients with a nail biting habit. His NLP website offers lots of Free support including Free self hypnosis videos, a hypnosis article index, and a self hypnosis blog where you can get questions answered. |
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