Why is giving up smoking so hard?

Nicotine is completely removed from a person's body within just three days after he/she stops smoking, so it doesn't make sense that a substance that lasts in the human body for just 3 days creates such a grave addiction. Why, then, do so many smokers repeatedly try to quit, but fail each time?

The answer lies in the fact that cigarettes not only cause physical dependency, but also cause psychological dependency. It is the psychological dependency that often makes ex-smokers pick up the cancer stick again.

What is hypnosis

You see, hypnosis is a fancy word that describes a way to get to a state you find yourself every day in. That is the mild trance state. A mild trance state is something you experience when you are so consumed by doing what you are doing that you do not notice anything around you.

For example, that may happen when you are reading a good book, or listening to your favorite band.

How it works

When you are in the hypnotic or trance like state, you have access to the part of your mind, the subconscious, which is capable of absorbing knowledge at alarming speeds, just like when you were a pre school child.

So, the first thing that a hypnotic session would do is get you to completely relax and focus on the hypnotists words. That may happen in his office, or even by listening to a mp3 or cd recording of a hypnotic session that you have at home.

Next, positive hypnotic suggestions would be spoken to you, ones that you would easily accept in that state. The suggestions would help you realize emotionally that smoking is bad for you and that you should stop.

The thing is that we all know that smoking is bad logically, but when you understand it on an emotional level, that is the time you will really be ready to quit.

Hypnotherapy Stop Smoking Provides Good Quit Smoking Tips

What you need to get started is some good quit smoking tips. So first things first. You need to start thinking about all the reasons that you no longer want to smoke. Write them down, make your list up first. You don't have to do it all at one sitting. Actually, after you write your initial list of reasons you want to quit, you'll start to notice a whole lot of other things that qualify as reasons to stop smoking. And when you do, write them down too and add them to your list.

Once you have your list and you start to feel that this is something that is important for you to do, and that you are serious to quit cigarettes, then start to look around for help. One of the best stop smoking aids, is a visit to a hypnotist. There are other choices as well, like nicotine replacement, and drug therapy. Check around to see which way is right for you.

As with most things in life, the ability to stop smoking comes with a price. If you know you can quit using your own devices, using self hypnosis might be the best option for you. Whether you are extremely determined, or have not been smoking very long, working on your own could be your solution. As mentioned earlier, hypnosis to quit smoking typically works best when paired with the patch.

Self hypnosis involves a few steps that can be repeated on a regular basis until you see fit. These are possible steps you can use:

• Find a quiet place where you will not be interrupted or distracted.

• Think of the reasons you smoke and have them ready for the session.

• Count down from ten slowly, concentrating on that only.

• Once you've reached a calm, relaxed state, begin asking yourself your readied questions aloud.

• Repeat up to three answers (make them good, emotional and believable) to yourself.

• After you feel they are engrained in you, count up from ten slowly and gradually come "alive."