How to deal with anger and stress management with Hypnotherapy

Treat Anger and Stress with Hypnotherapy

Treat anger and stress with hypnotherapy

Anger and Stress Management with Hypnotherapy

It is estimated that 8% of the UK workforce have experience levels of stress that have caused them to be ill and to take time off work. In the financial year of 2007-08, 13.5 million work days were taken absent due to stress.

You do not have to work in an office to be affected by stress as home and family life is also a major cause. Stress is something that affects all of us as it is a natural human response. Our lives are getting are faster and busier putting more pressure on us therefore creating more stress.

So what is stress? Stress is a completely natural human response to danger. When we lived in caves and were hunter gathers, stress was vital for keeping us alive. If you saw a large beast you either had to run after it and kill it for food, or run away from it so it did not eat you. This is why stress is also known as the fight or flight response. Although our lifestyles have moved on, our bodies have not. Stress was essential to keep us alive in the past but it is not helpful when you are stuck in traffic jams or shopping in the supermarket.

Our stress response has two sides to it, the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. When we sense we are in danger the sympathetic nervous system alerts the body and mind and produces adrenalin. This adrenalin is then designed to be used up when either fighting or running away. The parasympathetic nervous system does the opposite, when the danger has passed it turns the adrenalin off and returns the body to normal.

There are two main problems when it comes to the stress response when it comes to modern day living. These incidents are what sets off the sympathetic response and our weakening parasympathetic response. Our lives are getting easier and safer but we were built for survival and therefore our parasympathetic response gets triggered by what we can class as false alarms. These false alarms could be getting cut up in traffic, missing the bus, having to give a presentation etc. Also as our parasympathetic response is weakening this means there is always adrenalin in our blood stream and this is sometimes called free floating anxiety.

Problems and symptoms it can present

The affects on stress on the human body are frightening. When the parasympathetic system is triggered blood is drawn away from low priority functions such as digestion and the immune system. This excess blood is sent to major muscle groups that would be needed when running or fighting. As our parasympathetic systems are weakening this means that our low priority functions are not working at 100%.

Our parasympathetic nervous response is weakening in modern day society for a number of reasons. There are three main reasons that I have found. Firstly our diets are changing and on the whole getting worse with processed food. Secondly our lives are getting busier we need to relax completely to boost and reset our parasympathetic system. Thirdly it is getting used much more as there now many more stimuli that set off the sympathetic nervous system and therefore the parasympathetic is also required but basically it is being over worked. Think back to caveman days, animals were the main threat that caused our stress response. These days we have traffic, bills, mobile phones, computers, commuting and a range of other things that are overworking our delicate system.

Image that we have a large jug in our head, every time we encounter a stressful situation the jug fills up a little and becomes more unstable. Over the days, week and months, the jug can start to get very full and if we do not empty the stress out with relaxation, then at some point it overflows. Eventually one incident will cause the jug to overflow and tip. This tip is an excessive release of emotion. Have you ever flown off the handle at something small because you have been stressed by something else? The more stressed we become the more extreme measures we need to relax. We often blow off steam in the form of road rage, crying and even binging on food, drink and drugs. These are all very unhealthy choices.

When stress goes untreated it can have the following symptoms;

anger, depression, anxiety, changes in behavior, food cravings, lack of appetite, frequent crying, difficulty sleeping (mental), feeling tired, difficulty concentrating, chest pains, constipation or diarrhoea, cramps or muscle spasms, dizziness, fainting spells, nail biting, nervous twitches, pins and needles, feeling restless, a tendency to sweat, sexual difficulties such as erectile dysfunction or a loss of sexual desire, breathlessness and muscular aches.

How does hypnotherapy help?

Hypnotherapy can enormously help with stress and its related symptoms. Hypnotherapy helps in 3 ways; completely turning off the sympathetic nervous system, changing your reactions to stressful events and helping you to regularly relax and build up your parasympathetic nervous system.

When you enter the state of hypnosis you completely relax. Until you experience hypnosis for yourself, it is quite hard to describe just how relaxing it feels. The state of hypnosis is very similar to that of spiritual prayer and meditation. Your body and mind completely relaxes, the free floating anxiety is removed and it leaves you feeling very light and refreshed. Just this alone is extremely beneficial for your body.

The reason why we get stressed is because of our reaction to certain events. In hypnosis you can analyse why you react in a certain way and then set about changing your behaviour. If the meaning of the event changes then it produces much less stress.

The final way in which hypnosis helps is by helping you to relax on a regular basis. This is achieved by teaching you self hypnosis so you can enter into a very relaxed state in the privacy of your own home. Not only will this turn off your stress system and remove free floating anxiety, but it will also strengthen your parasympathetic stress response. When you strengthen it means that when you are in a stressful situation your body will be able to deal with it much more effectively.

Stress is a real killer, please do not leave it too late until you seek help. Please remember that prevention is always better cure. Stress is something natural and cannot be totally eliminated from your life, however it can be very much managed and controlled.

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A minimum of 2 sessions is required. The first session is 90 minutes in length with follow on sessions lasting 45 minutes.

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