Side effects to stopping smoking by willpower alone - Anxiety
What to expect if you stop smoking by willpower alone
Many people who stop smoking by willpower alone, often find that they experience tension and anxiety for a while after quitting smoking. They may have a short temper with those around them, and they may experience mood swings.
When to expect it
If you stop smoking by willpower alone, this can happen anytime when within the first few weeks after quitting smoking, it is much more like to appear within the first 24 to 48 hours.
Why does it happen?
Those who stop smoking by willpower alone, will often feel that they have given up something that was a large part of their life before they stopped smoking. They can feel that they have made a sacrifice in giving up smoking, and therefore can become agitated and anxious due to their 'loss'.
There is also the fact that often people use smoking as a ‘crutch’… one that they use to keep themselves calm in anxious situations (satisfying their 'oral compulsion'). Without this 'crutch' the person who has stopped smoking by willpower alone can become frustrated that one avenue of calming themselves down has been taken away from them.
What you do to help yourself
For those who are struggling to cope with getting through quitting smoking, it just means that you are suffering from what's known as 'cognitive dissonance' - a psychological term that put simply means that one part of your mind has consciously decided to stop smoking, but your subconscious mind still wants that 'crutch'. There are two ways of tackling this...
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The first way, is to try to occupy the conscious part of the mind, until nature takes it's course, and this 'cognitive dissonance' dissolves. In the mean time, take a break from whatever you are doing.. do whatever works for you.. take a walk… have a bath or shower… take some deep breaths, or, if you can, practice some sort of self-relaxation procedure.
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Secondly, you could consider a session of stop smoking hypnotherapy with me! - See below for an explanation of why this will help.
Why my clients find it easier
The 'need' to smoke comes from the individual's subconscious mind, weighing up the benefits of smoking, against the benefits of not smoking.
The stop smoking hypnotherapy session sets about to change the subconscious balance, so that the person has no desire to smoke, because their subconscious mind finds that the benefits of not smoking, greatly outweigh the 'benefits' of smoking.
When this process happens, the mechanisms supporting these 'withdrawal symptoms' are no longer there.
Stop Smoking Testimonials
"You’ve completely cured my lack of willpower and confidence"
... a stop smoking client from Essex
"Hi Paul, hope you are well,
Just wanted to let you know it's been a week now since my therapy and I haven't smoked. In fact in a way it feels like I've never smoked.
I haven't had any cravings and I have no problem being around other smokers. The therapy has worked so well for me, I feel great and things in my life seem to be coming together nicely.
I have recommended you to 3 of my close friends.
I will continue to recommend you to people who could benefit from your treatment as I am over the moon with results I have seen in myself."
...a stop smoking client from Hitchin
"I was going to get back to you earlier but decided to wait until i had been through everything and still not smoked.
It's been 5 weeks and i still have not smoked, i haven't even had a craving!!
I dont know how you've done it and im sure a lot of it is to do with wanting to give up, i have been on holiday, been to family gatherings and all my family smoke, and even had emotional upset and i cannot believe that through all that i have not had the urge to have a cigarette.
I wanted to say thanks "
A stop smoking client from Bedfordshire
"She stopped smoking so easily after coming to see you, that I've come as well, because I want the same for me."
...a stop smoking client from Warwick
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Book a Stop Smoking Hypnotherapy Session With Paul
Book your stop smoking hypnotherapy session with Paul, and he can help YOU to stop smoking.
During the session, Paul will listen to you, talk to you about how smoking has fitted in with your life in the past, answer all your questions, and explain how he can use hypnotherapy to help YOU.
Then, during the hypnotherapy part of the session itself, you can sit back, relax, and experience one of the most interesting, enjoyable and relaxing experiences there are...
Leaving the session as a non-smoker, you'll feel full of confidence and motivation, ready to enjoy better health, more money in your pocket, and a huge feeling of achievement... simply feeling that you've regained control of your life!
Book your stop smoking hypnotherapy session now:
Telephone: 01354 696155
E-Mail: paul@pauldouglass.co.uk
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