Many people think the only way to make a lasting change in their lives is to undergo months or years of psychotherapy, working with a therapist to make slow and steady changes. In reality, you can make a change or changes to your life in just one session or a few sessions using hypnosis CDs. There are hypnosis CDs that can help you lose weight or quit smoking or manage pain or manage phobias.
So how do hypnosis CDs actually work? You basically listen to the CD in a calm and relaxing place, preferably with head phones. You then do an induction sequence in which you use your mind to try and get into a deeper and deeper state of relaxation. You can use the staircase technique in which the hypnotherapist on the hypnosis CD gradually counts backward from ten until he or she reaches one and you imaging you are descending a staircase until you reach a feather bed and a feather pillow at the bottom of the stairs.
When you are deeply in a hypnotic state, the hypnosis CDs shift to a point where they are telling you suggestions you can repeat to yourself. If your problem is pain management, you say things to yourself or listen to statements like, "I can fight off all this pain" or "The pain no longer bothers you" or "I am strong in not feeling this pain". You say a series of statements that are intended to reach into the depths of your mind and can allow your mind to think and feel differently than you ever did before.
Finally, the hypnosis CDs often go through a wake-up phase, where you are gradually brought to a new level of consciousness. You are fully awake but you are feeling refreshed and different about yourself. You may no longer feel the pain of arthritis or you may no longer feel as strongly the pain of childbirth. Sometimes the hypnosis CDs work in just one session or it may take several sessions for the maximum benefit to be noticed.
Hypnosis CDs can work on areas like self esteem and weight loss, which often go hand in hand. The CD puts you into a hypnotic trance and then begins to tell you statements like "I am beautiful as a person" or "I can fight off sweets in my diet" or "I am a thin person inside". These are things that maximize your self image and self esteem while still working on the weight loss issues. By dealing with both, the weight loss goes better and the person feels better about themselves. Hypnosis CDs can work on a variety of emotional and physical issues and can really change your life.
