Counseling for Stress Related Eating
Posted by zocalo on February 27, 2009
When you are feeling beat, drained and stressed, it is easy to reach for comfort foods for a fast boost. Unfortunately, many of us are always living with emotions of discomfort and agitation that lead to frequent overeating. Stress related eating leads to weight gain, guilty feelings and poor self-esteem. Doubting feelings feed the nervousness beast and worsen the cycle of overeating. Unless you move to control how you react to nervousness, you are likely to suffer from obesity, diabetes, hypertension or a heart attack.
Stress Related Eating
Many of us walk into the living room after work to face a bustling household, when we really need a few seconds of peace. Instead of taking time out for ourselves, guilt causes us to believe we should put our families first and we reach for the cookies. Many people do not recognize that nervousness is causing the afternoon craving.
Eating does help to relieve nervousness temporarily. The chemicals and energy in food affect your mood, but the relief does not last long. Once the emotional benefit fades, we feel guilty for eating foods we know are not healthy.
Recognizing the Problem
Once you recognize that you have problems with emotional eating, you will begin looking for stress related eating management techniques. Willpower is the first solution many people try. Unfortunately, willpower is insufficient to overcome this type of problem, resulting in more axious feelings and overeating. You can learn to control this disorder through stress related eating hypnotherapy.
What is Hypnotherapy?
Many people think of hypnotism as a deep sleep state where your brain is controlled and influenced by the hypnotizer. This is a mistaken view. A hypnotized state is only a state of being completely alert and aware, but the body is relaxed. It is used to assist people with many problems like compulsive disorders.
What Happens in a Hypnotherapy Session?
In your first session, the hypnotist will have you either sit in a comfortable chair or have you lie down. He will then talk you down into a state of relaxation, often with the aid of melodic music. He may ask you to focus on a focal point. The hypnotist will guide you through a series of mental exercises that will aid you to become deeply relaxed. You will be fully alert and aware throughout the process and will retain full memory of the experience afterwards.
How it Works
Through repeated sessions, you will become more adept at acquiring the state of complete relaxation. Over time, the therapist will help you to the realization that your mind can control your emotions. You will learn that you have a choice of how you respond to nervousness when it arises.
Not Just for Overeating
Stress related eating hypnotherapy has other benefits as well. Because you learn to control your reactions, you will have a greater sense of self and gain emotional strength. Your new confidence will help you in other areas of life as well, influencing you to make up your own mind instead of instantly reacting to the problems you are presented with in life.
