Does Hypnosis Help With Weight Loss?
Shutterstock By Hope Ngo/Jan. 15, 2020 2:36 pm EST
When we see the word “hypnosis,” many of us might think about people with swinging pocket watches and pendulums, trying to talk us into taking over our brains. And it would be fair for you to ask how someone who appears completely into the idea of mind control might be able to support a weight loss program.
But hypnosis isn’t what Hollywood or old-school cartoons have positioned it to be. When you go to a properly trained hypnotherapist, you are guided, with the use of verbal cues and mental imagery, into a deep state of introspection and concentration. It may feel like a trance, but when you hypnotized, your attention is more focused, making you more likely to respond to suggestions (via Mayo Clinic). “You won’t turn into a zombie or cluck like a chicken,” clinical hypnosis practitioner Valorie Wells tells Women’s Health. “Hypnotherapy is really just you telling yourself how you want you to be, whether it’s to sleep better, to lose weight, to drive on a highway at full speed between two trucks.”
Does Hypnosis Help With Weight Loss?
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By Hope Ngo/Jan. 15, 2020 2:36 pm EST
When we see the word “hypnosis,” many of us might think about people with swinging pocket watches and pendulums, trying to talk us into taking over our brains. And it would be fair for you to ask how someone who appears completely into the idea of mind control might be able to support a weight loss program.
But hypnosis isn’t what Hollywood or old-school cartoons have positioned it to be. When you go to a properly trained hypnotherapist, you are guided, with the use of verbal cues and mental imagery, into a deep state of introspection and concentration. It may feel like a trance, but when you hypnotized, your attention is more focused, making you more likely to respond to suggestions (via Mayo Clinic). “You won’t turn into a zombie or cluck like a chicken,” clinical hypnosis practitioner Valorie Wells tells Women’s Health. “Hypnotherapy is really just you telling yourself how you want you to be, whether it’s to sleep better, to lose weight, to drive on a highway at full speed between two trucks.”
But hypnosis isn’t what Hollywood or old-school cartoons have positioned it to be. When you go to a properly trained hypnotherapist, you are guided, with the use of verbal cues and mental imagery, into a deep state of introspection and concentration. It may feel like a trance, but when you hypnotized, your attention is more focused, making you more likely to respond to suggestions (via Mayo Clinic).
“You won’t turn into a zombie or cluck like a chicken,” clinical hypnosis practitioner Valorie Wells tells Women’s Health. “Hypnotherapy is really just you telling yourself how you want you to be, whether it’s to sleep better, to lose weight, to drive on a highway at full speed between two trucks.”
Why hypnosis might help with weight loss
But hypnotherapists say their treatment isn’t about getting people a medically-approved eating plan. “It’s different from other methods because hypnosis addresses the cause and other contributing factors directly at the subconscious level in the person’s mind, where their memories, habits, fears, food associations, negative self-talk, and self-esteem germinate,” says psychotherapist and hypnotist Capri Cruz says (via Oprah Magazine). “No other weight loss method addresses the core issues at the root like hypnosis does.”
