Anxiety And Stress - Use Hypnosis To Eliminate Them And Relax

Now more than ever, scientific investigations are attesting the primary role of stress in causing and aggravating numerous psychological and somatic afflictions. A cover story in the June 6, 1983 issue of Time Magazine described stress as "The Epidemic of the Eighties." The article also mentioned that stress is our leading health issue. And it is indisputable that our world has become even more complex and stressful in the past twenty-five years since that article was published.

Several surveys indicate that most adults perceive themselves to be under a great deal of stress. Researchers in this domain estimate that between 75 and 90 percent of all visits to PCPs (Primary Care Physicians) are for stress related issues.

Most people claim that their job is the major cause of their stress. The levels of stress have also soared in children and the senior population for reasons including: Peer pressures that often lead to everything from smoking to drug and alcohol abuse; the loss of religion and family values; increased crime rates; fear for personal security; and last but not least social isolation and loneliness.

Stress can cause and aggravate problems such as diabetes, ulcers, low back and neck pain, high blood pressure, strokes and heart attacks. This is due to the ever growing sympathetic nervous system activity along with a flood of cortisol, adrenaline, and other hormones. Chronic stress is often associated with weakened immune system resistance. Stress can contribute to anxiety, depression, and its various impacts on the body's organs.
The American Heritage Dictionary defines "stress" as follows:
"To subject to physical or mental pressure, tension, or strain"

"Tension" is defined as follows:
"Mental, emotional, or nervous strain"

The word "anxiety" is defined as follows:
"A state of uneasiness and apprehension, as about future uncertainties"

And the following is the definition of "depression":
"The condition of feeling sad or despondent"

The following is the definition of "clinical depression":
"A psychiatric disorder characterized by an inability to concentrate, insomnia, loss of appetite, anhedonia, feelings of extreme sadness, guilt, helplessness and hopelessness, and thoughts of death."

One thing is for sure, our mind is the primary reason for our feelings of stress, anxiety and depression. To put it into different words, what we think about, and our attitudes and the way we view our experiences create our feelings. That way, if we can find a way to change our thoughts, attitudes, and points of view, we can be relieved of our stress, anxiety, and depression and attain a better state of being.

People have always looked for methods for eliminating stress. The pharmaceutical industry seems to have a pill for everything. And to that end the industry has developed a large line of sedatives from Valium to Xanax. If you choose to utilize these pills for relief, please be sure to be aware of the side-effects by reading the fine print, which most of the time are, among others, addiction and dependency. Indeed these types of drugs try to cure the symptoms, rather than the cause. So as soon as one stops ingesting them, the symptoms can return.

A more appropriate method to release tension, stress, anxiety, and depression is to treat the root cause, which as I said previously, is most often our thought processes. There is the good news. The main principle of hypnosis is relaxation. The AMA accepted hypnosis in 1958 as an effective method of treating stress or stress related symptoms. However unlike drugs, there are categorically no bad side effects.

When you enter hypnosis, you are in the Alpha level of consciousness. It's the daydream like temporary psychological state that we pass through as we are about to fall asleep at night. And we pass through it once again as we awaken again. There are lots of different ways that will help us guide ourselves into this condition of tranquility, from step-by-step relaxation to visual imagery to listening to hypnosis CD's.

When we enter a hypnotic state, we are able to communicate with our unconscious mind, which is the center of our feelings. And one can more easily admit new ideas and points of view which will help us to dissipate anxiety, or even avoid it in the first place.

NLP, which is a recently developed type of hypnosis, offers different outstanding techniques for releasing stress. Perhaps the most effective technique is called the "swish" pattern - or the "flash" pattern. After using the "flash" pattern, your unconscious will automatically use negative, stress triggering mental images, to create tranquilizing mental images. Otherwise stated, your stressors will automatically trigger relaxation!

TO SUM THINGS UP
Tension, stress, anxiety, and depression can be prompted by our thoughts. So by changing our attitude and the way we resent our situation and our experiences, we can dissipate these feelings at the root. Hypnosis and NLP are natural tools that make it possible to change our attitude and point of view to swiftly dissipate the root cause of our negative feelings.