How To Use Hypnosis To Help You Better Handle Stress

How can hypnosis help me better handle stress?

Stress is a natural part of living. We have this response that we call stress. In small doses, it can actually be a helpful response – because if we're threatened or we have a particular challenge, while we're in stress, the body secretes hormones and chemicals that make us stronger and more alert and focused - helping us get through the issue. And, of course, primitive man used this response to survive. In this day and age, we don't have that need, most of us, most of the time, and yet, we are under constant stress through other avenues or other inputs. Now, chronic stress is not healthy. In fact, it's very unhealthy. It will cause physical and mental disease. Hypnosis is, in and of itself, a state of consciousness in which both the body and mind relax. The process of relaxing and letting go, and the process of focusing and quieting the mind allows the brain to stop sending the signals to secrete the stress hormones – of cortisol and adrenaline – those are the two most prevalent chemicals that are the product of stress. And, so we can process those chemicals out of our body, our tissues, and the brain secretes seratonin and dopamine – which are the feel-good chemicals that we secrete naturally. And, the process of relaxation has to alleviate stress. We cannot feel stressed and relaxed at the same time. Hypnosis, when it's done, when it's induced, creates relaxation. And, so by experiencing a trance, in and of itself, the person has to release stress. With repetition and reinforcement, it can become chronic – so, we have chronic calm instead of chronic stress – and it's a much better way to live.