Hypnotherapy for Complete Relaxation

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Total relaxation with hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy for Relaxation

Relaxation is absolutely critical to health and wellbeing, but it is constantly undervalued. We live in a very stressful world, if we do not relax frequently and properly then it can have devastating effects on our health and quality of life.

 

When it comes to stress and relaxation we have two responses, the sympathetic nervous response and the parasympathetic nervous response. The sympathetic nervous response is also known as fight or flight response. The parasympathetic nervous response is also known as the relaxation response.

 

When we sense we are in danger, the sympathetic nervous system comes into action and floods our bloodstream with adrenalin so we can either fight or run away from danger. Our heart rates increases and so does blood pressure, blood is taken away from non-essential functions such as digestion and taken to the major muscle groups ready for action.

 

Once this danger has been cleared our relaxation response is triggered. The relaxation response resets the body by removing the adrenaline from the blood stream, lowering the heart rate and returning blood back to where it was taken from.

 

This system outlined above is very effective when you only have to deal with one or two stressful situations per day, like back when we were cavemen. When we were hunter gathers we only needed to chase animals or run away from them a couple of times a day. Our bodies easily handled this and although the danger was more real, we were actually relaxed more of the time.

 

In today’s world, we encounter not one or two big stress situations per day, but instead hundreds of little ones. Just take driving for instance, how much stress does that cause? Other sources of stress include our work, family life, money problems and many more. All of these instances trigger the fight or flight response. It may not be a large response, but there is still a response.

 

When the fight or flight response is set off lots of times per day, the body never fully recovers with the relaxation response. Not until we go to bed do we fully relax. The relaxation response simply cannot cope with the amount of stress that is produced on a typical daily basis.

 

 

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%.

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 and causes 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 with relaxation. Hypnotherapy helps in 3 ways; completely turning off the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight response), changing your reactions to stressful events and helping you to regularly relax and build up your parasympathetic nervous system (relaxation response).

 

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 relaxes 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.

 
Just some benefits for using hypnosis for relaxation are;

  • more energy
  • better sleep
  • enhanced immunity
  • increased concentration
  • better problem-solving abilities
  • greater efficiency
  • More stable moods (less anger, crying, anxiety, frustration)
  • less headaches and pain


Interested in speaking to me about sessions? Email me at matt@realworldhypnotherapy.com

Matt Kendall


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