Quit smoking with hypnosis, treatment of tobacco smoking with hypnosis in Moscow

Why is it so difficult to quit smoking?

Cigarette addiction is more psychological. Unlike alcoholism, when biochemical processes in the body are disrupted and a person simply cannot stop drinking without physical suffering, addiction to cigarettes does not have a strong connection with metabolism. The main barrier is in the head. It’s scary to stop smoking: what then? Therefore, many people decide that hypnosis will help them quit smoking easily and quickly, and after the session they will become different people. This is largely true, but then there is work that the doctor cannot do for the patient.

The cigarette firmly merges with all the processes that occur in a person’s life. Before you get behind the wheel, you need to smoke, on the train you need to find an opportunity to smoke, when visiting, a smoker will always ask if there is access to the balcony, your favorite morning ritual is coffee and a cigarette. For an addict, smoking becomes the main factor that organizes his life.

Therefore, when a cigarette addict quits smoking, every minute is difficult for him. You need to not only get rid of the habit of holding a cigarette in your hands and buying a pack before work, but also change all your usual rituals.

The most difficult moment is to give up smoking breaks in the company of friends or at work. This is an important part of leisure and communication. Perhaps during the working day it is only during a smoke break that you can talk with colleagues. By quitting smoking, a person excludes himself from many situations where contact with colleagues of different ranks in an informal setting is possible.

It is very difficult to give up a cigarette when everyone around you smokes. Maintaining your resolve is even more difficult under pressure from the company.

Hypnosis techniques against smoking: which is better

It is difficult to decide for someone what is better. Everyone should choose a method according to themselves, their character and ability to communicate with people.

The basis of success is the trust of the person who wants to quit smoking in the psychotherapist or his method. If trust does not arise, the venture is doomed to failure!

Audio hypnosis - listening to a recording at home. The method does not involve personal contact with the hypnotherapist. Suitable for people who have little free time or who for some reason do not want to be alone with a hypnotist. The person chooses the right time for himself, turns on the recordings and plunges into a light trance. The session lasts 30-40 minutes.

The effectiveness of this method is influenced by the hypnotist’s voice, intonation, and timbre.

has a more severe effect on the conscious and subconscious mind . It's like a horror movie, only worse. Because it demonstrates reality. The videos show what catastrophic consequences nicotine addiction can lead to.

For impressionable women with weak psyches and problems with the cardiovascular system, it is better to choose a different method of getting rid of addiction.

How does cigarette addiction manifest?

Cigarette addiction is an obsession. All its symptoms are associated with an irresistible desire to perform habitual actions in certain situations. Everyone is familiar with the gestures of smokers: clapping their palms on their pockets in search of a pack, lighting a cigarette while protecting the flame from the wind, holding the cigarette and knocking off the ash. These movements and postures are as important to the smoker as the cigarette itself. Smoking and everything associated with it brings relief and calms, just as washing your hands three times or a certain order of things in the closet gives temporary peace of mind to a person with neurosis.

And when a smoker gives up a cigarette, his smoking habits still remain with him, which constantly remind him of the need to smoke.

Stages of the session

Deep hypnosis is used for treatment. It helps to completely eradicate the thought that gives rise to the bad habit. The deeper a person gets into addiction, the more it affects his life. Treatment takes place in several stages:

a specialist determines the root cause of addiction,
the patient is preparing for hypnotherapy,
the patient is put into a trance,
the patient being treated is instilled with a certain attitude,
the person is brought out of the trance.

Treatment is not complete without rehabilitation. A person addicted to tobacco learns to overestimate those situations that were acceptable to him as a smoker. Returning to a familiar environment is a big stress: bad habits are resumed if their trigger is activated.

Finding out the cause of nicotine addiction

Hypnotic trance is a state when a person cannot control himself. He feels everything that is happening, but cannot stay awake. This situation is not dangerous. If a doctor uses hypnosis, he carefully turns off consciousness. You cannot trust suggestion to a person without qualifications.

The main weapon of hypnotic trance is installation. To determine it, psychoanalysis is used. To prepare for hypnotherapy, this is the simplest and most accessible method. The patient must understand what situation or series of events led to the development of addiction.

Why do people smoke:

the upbringing was wrong
tobacco is used as a method of calming,
phobias and repressed fears dominate a person,
the role model was chosen incorrectly,
The patient experiences self-doubt.

There can be many reasons for smoking, as they vary from person to person. If the consequences of smoking are not explained to a child from childhood and a healthy lifestyle is not demonstrated by example, growing up, he cannot resist the bad habit, because he does not understand what is harmful about it and what it threatens.

Another common reason why smoking is a constant habit is to seek peace. A person unable to deal with stress simply closes himself off from the problem. He tries to deal with its consequences, but not with its root cause.

Suppressed fears and phobias reduce mental defenses, and for such a person any bad habit is a distraction. Thus, by performing a monotonous action, a man or woman temporarily escapes from reality.

Hypnotic trance helps in cases where, due to lack of self-confidence, the smoker succumbs to the harmful influence of others. By identifying the primary thought that triggers the negative reaction, you can create a precise treatment plan.

A state of trance

The main stage of the procedure is trans. The borderline state between sleep and wakefulness. During hypnosis, a person does not completely switch off from smoking. He feels lethargic and drowsy, but is aware of what is happening to him. Any person is introduced into this state; only the choice of technique depends on resistance.

Tools for putting a person into trance:

simple things that repeat monotonous cyclical actions - a pendulum or a coin that rotates between the hypnotist’s fingers,
tactile contacts - stroking the arm or shoulder,
the voice is monotonous, quiet,
special look.

Hypnosis from smoking does not exclude the use of different techniques. In order for a person to quickly immerse himself in the desired state, a preliminary conversation is held with him. The hypnotist talks about each stage, explains the reactions of the body and mind to commands. It is necessary to eliminate any fear of entering a hypnotic state.

Planted installation

Only correct thinking can save you from smoking. A person who objectively evaluates the action (smoking) and its consequences (diseases) does not hide behind addiction. He is rational, nothing interferes with his judgment. With an addict, everything happens differently.

He distorts reality, interprets it in such a way as to justify the disease. A new correct attitude, planted during hypnosis, allows you to return rational thinking. The first hypnosis sessions are aimed at understanding the reason for smoking.

If it is self-doubt, hypnosis is used to increase self-esteem, incorrect education - the hypnotized person gets the idea that smoking is harmful. Radical attitudes are not used in such cases.

Unlike alcohol or drug addiction, smoking causes harm gradually. For this reason, the addict is gradually removed from the state in which smoking is an acceptable habit. The more natural the attitude seems, the faster it will be perceived by the subconscious.

Who finds it harder to quit smoking, men or women?

Women rarely smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day, often quit and start again. Therefore, women usually have less overall smoking experience. The tendency to take care of your health and appearance, the desire to remain young and beautiful can be a good incentive to quit smoking.

Women are often more suggestible than men, so hypnosis coding for smoking is especially effective for them.

It is easier for men to make a strong-willed decision, but it is difficult to convince them of anything if they are not convinced of it themselves. Therefore, for successful coding in men, it is very important that the decision to quit smoking is their own.

A method to combat smoking

Smoking is a bad habit. Psychologists describe it as psychological addiction. A person needs a dose of nicotine because he seeks a monotonous process (creates a ritual) for distraction.

Chemical dependence on nicotine is much less than psychological. For this reason, smoking can be treated effectively and safely using psychotherapy or hypnotherapy. The two methods with different techniques work on the same principle.

During treatment, the person’s brain finds the cause of the addiction and changes its attitude towards it. With the help of hypnotherapy, detailed work is carried out with subconscious attitudes.

For this reason, psychotherapy is used before her session. This is an additional method that guarantees a lasting result of the overall treatment. An integrated approach or treatment only with the help of hypnosis is used according to the indications of the attending physician (he assesses the patient’s condition and his willpower).

Prevalence of the technique

Tobacco does not harm the human body as clearly as narcotic or psychotropic substances. But its impact affects the health and well-being of a man or woman. The more a person smokes, the less control he has over his own life.

Addiction becomes a distraction, a factor that helps relieve stress and reduce nervousness. Over time, tobacco replaces any other safe habit that can reduce stress levels.

Hypnotherapy for combating such a complex addiction is an old method, it appeared 30-40 years ago, but has only gained popularity in recent years. It is actively combined with psychotherapy and drug treatment.

Hypnotherapy is prescribed only in certain cases:

when traditional treatment methods have failed,
if a person is scared, and addiction is accompanied by other mental disorders,
when the patient believes in the power of hypnosis.

An important condition for proper hypnotherapy is a complete examination of the patient. People with serious mental disorders do not undergo such treatment (interfering with the subconscious only causes harm).

How hypnosis helps you quit smoking

Coding from smoking with hypnosis makes it much easier for the addict to overcome the psychological barrier. The instructions that the doctor gives during a hypnotic session help you remain firm in your decision to quit smoking and suffer less from obsessive rituals that were associated with a cigarette.

At the same time, it is important that the person himself wants to stop being dependent. If a relative is brought to a smoking hypnosis session who simply agreed to come so that they would leave him alone after that, then coding will not help at all, or will give a weak result. Such a person can then tell everyone, “See, I did everything I could, but even coding doesn’t work on me.” He didn't really do anything to stop smoking. He sees no reason why he should do this; smoking personally does not bother him.

Will a hypnotic session help you quit smoking if a person has been dependent on cigarettes for most of their life? Of course, the patient’s experience is very important for a good prognosis, but much more important is the person’s desire to part with a cigarette.

There are many examples when a person quit smoking only by force of will, having smoked a pack of cigarettes for 20 years or more before that. This is a severe addiction that harms not only the lungs, but the entire body.

Hypnosis against smoking: types, methods, techniques

People are all different. Some are 100% visual, while others perceive and process most information through hearing. For one smoker, one or two sessions of hypnosis are enough, and he will never smoke again. The subconscious of the other will resist to the last, and the psychotherapist-hypnotist will need several months to understand and eliminate the cause of the addiction.

If we consider the problem, there are not so many ways to influence smokers. Most techniques are based on strong emotions - fear or disgust. They work effectively for some people, which means they have a right to exist. This is a kind of coding against addiction.

Individual or group sessions with a hypnotherapist are often based on a different principle. While the smoker “floats in nirvana,” the hypnologist finds out the causes of addiction and forms a different attitude towards tobacco. The place of the association “smoking - relaxing” is taken by another - “cigarette is evil”.

What happens in the body after quitting cigarettes

The first thing a long-time smoker will notice after a break of several days is the appearance of a wet cough. This is due to increased mucus secretion in the respiratory tract. The lungs and bronchi began to be cleared of tars and stopped suffering from drying out from smoke. Every day for several weeks, mucus production will increase, but then gradually return to normal. The cough will be especially severe in the morning, during physical activity. On average, this will pass in 2 months.
Smoke dulls taste buds and the sense of smell, and when a person quits smoking, all this returns to his life in full. A former smoker begins to sense subtle aromas and perceive simple and calm tastes. The food, which he previously heavily peppered and sprinkled with sauces, will now be tasty for him without unnecessary additives. Therefore, quitting smoking can add another bonus: healthy eating.
Within a month, your complexion will change and your skin will become more hydrated. This will happen due to the fact that the smallest vessels begin to let more blood through.
Within a few weeks, heart function returns to normal. Tachycardia, headaches from changes in blood pressure, and dizziness will gradually cease to bother you.
It will be possible to engage in sports and physical work without shortness of breath in two to three months. Gradually, the lungs will become more elastic, breathing will be calm, and the smoker’s cough will stop.
Susceptibility to respiratory infections will decrease because the cellular immunity of the respiratory tract will become stronger. ARVI and colds will stop bothering you so often.

What are the negative sides of healing

Despite the obvious advantages, hypnosis as a method of combating smoking has negative aspects:

The risk of making an appointment with a charlatan (time and money will be wasted, but the desired result will remain unachieved);
Not all medical institutions offer the services of professional psychotherapists (if a person lives in a small town, it will be difficult for him to find a qualified hypnologist);
Working with a professional psychotherapist will require a significant financial investment;

High costs

In the process of working with a specialist, it may turn out that the person cannot be hypnotized, so this method against smoking will not be effective for him;
Advertising slogans often give false information: only a few people succeed in getting rid of nicotine addiction in 1 hour (on average, you can eradicate the habit within 1-2 months);
Many clients do not finish what they started, being disappointed in the technique due to the lack of results after a single hypnosis session.

Hypnosis is an absolutely safe and harmless technology for getting rid of nicotine addiction. If the desire to free yourself from a bad habit is great, and you have had unsuccessful experience using other methods of quitting smoking, then why not try hypnosis? This technology will require financial investments, but human health and the opportunity to enjoy life are worth it.

Freedom from addiction

Who conducts smoking cessation coding using hypnosis?

In order for the result after coding to be lasting, it is important to seek hypnosis from a psychiatrist or psychotherapist who has a special license to treat tobacco smoking with hypnosis.

From the outside, smoking cessation coding looks like a simple procedure, so there is a high probability that such a session will be offered by charlatans. But the hypnosis coding technique can only be carried out by a doctor who is specially trained in how to correctly enter into a state of altered consciousness, how to remove it from it, and how to behave in the process. You can receive a state certificate only after completing additional courses from the Ministry of Health.

The consequences of hypnosis from a poorly trained “master” can be the most unexpected. During trance, the patient's psyche is very vulnerable, and the desire to save time and money can lead to emotional disorders.

The center of Dr. Buchatsky (Moscow) has all the necessary conditions for conducting therapeutic hypnosis. A certified high-class specialist will work with you, who clearly understands the meaning of his every action and word during the session.

Hypnosis techniques practiced at the Ugodie clinic

To help our patients, we use several methods of treating tobacco smoking with hypnosis:

Classic method. It implies the influence of someone else’s will (the will of the psychotherapist) on a person’s consciousness. Using special techniques, the patient is immersed in a trance - a kind of state between sleep and reality, in which the hypnotherapist instills attitudes towards quitting smoking. The fact is that, while in a trance, the brain is not able to receive and process information, as in ordinary life. If we are given an order, we will not obey unquestioningly, but first we will think about whether it is beneficial, what the consequences will be, etc. Under hypnosis, the addict does not have this ability, his will is completely suppressed for the duration of the session, and the doctor’s words are perceived as law , which is simply necessary to follow. During the session, a specialist can instill a complete aversion to cigarettes, smoke from tobacco will be perceived as something terrible, and the sight of a cigarette can cause a feeling of disgust or horror. Thus, a person will lose the desire not only to smoke, but even to see cigarettes.
Ericksonian hypnosis. This is a softer method than the classic one. Many even consider it one of the most effective and elegant forms of hypnotherapy. During the exposure, the person is not put into a deep trance; the psychotherapist adapts to the patient and helps him form an aversion to smoking in his subconscious. Every day, without knowing it, we enter a trance in which our psyche is as open as possible and ready for positive changes. For example, in deep thought or half asleep before falling asleep. During the session, a similar state is induced in the addict with the help of leading questions from the hypnotist. The doctor begins the conversation with a story, anecdote, parable or fairy tale, in which messages are skillfully hidden for the consciousness of the person sitting opposite. While listening, the patient imagines in his imagination the characters, scenes of the development of the plot, while remaining fully conscious, he sees, hears and feels everything. The hypnotherapist gently guides the person, sending more and more new images, offering many options for the development of events, until the solution to the problem comes to his ward “from within”, in the form of a sudden insight.

Hypnotherapy course

One hypnosis session lasts from half an hour to an hour. The duration of the session depends on the patient’s condition and the attitudes that need to be dictated to the subconscious. The general course of treatment is drawn up based on work with a psychoanalyst.

A medical examination allows you to assess the condition of a smoker. If he suffers from chronic or other diseases, drug therapy is carried out in parallel.

When the session ends, the patient is in a relaxed, lethargic state, so immediately after the procedure he needs rest (half an hour or an hour to regain strength). The patient undergoing therapy should be extremely frank with the attending physician. If the procedure causes him fear or strange thoughts, this is a reason to review the course of treatment.

Who is hypnotherapy indicated for?

Each therapy session is a process of gradual mental recovery. For this reason, people with severe disabilities are at risk. Schizophrenia or obsessive states (suicidal tendencies, split personality) are direct contraindications for the use of therapeutic hypnotherapy. If the patient feels discomfort or cannot overcome fear, other treatment methods are found.

Who benefits from hypnotherapy:

for those who have decided to finally get rid of addiction - determination is an additional force for the work of hypnotherapy,
for heavy smokers - they cannot quit the bad habit on their own,
for weak-willed people - ordinary persuasion and ultimatums do not work on them.

The smoker must independently express a desire to undergo treatment. Half of the treatment depends on his attitude and the speed of rehabilitation depends entirely. Hypnotherapy is needed for people who have difficulty communicating (they cannot ask for help, so their addiction develops faster and has a greater impact on their health).

How smokers recover

Dependent people begin to smoke against the background of one or more stressful situations. Adults, teenagers and children can become addicted to tobacco. Addiction has no clear gender or status division. In modern society, anyone can do this.

Due to the constant environment of problems that the smoker is trying to get rid of, the addiction may return. To quit smoking, the patient needs to recover properly after treatment. To do this, after undergoing hypnotherapy, the patient continues to visit the psychoanalyst’s office. He must figure out how to occupy his free time from smoking.

It is important to find an activity that can calm you down or give you the necessary rest. New hobbies will help you forget a bad habit. If tobacco helped fight stress, relaxation activities are looked for. This is yoga, meditation, running - any useful and distracting activity. They distract and focus the patient’s attention on healthy habits. Support from loved ones during treatment and rehabilitation will help you quit smoking forever.

Hypnotherapy for prevention

The main difference between hypnotherapy and psychotherapy is that after hypnosis, no matter how natural the correct attitude may seem, it is not a consequence of introspection.

After a trance, a person understands that his habit is harmful and meaningless, so he gives it up. But over time, the attitude may become distorted - the consciousness ponders what is happening, not finding grounds for the correct thought, and begins to change it.

Psychoanalysis completely eradicates the cause of addiction. After completing the course, the percentage of smokers who returned to the bad habit is 2-3 times less than after hypnotherapy.

How to prevent negative changes:

undergo preventive hypnotherapy courses,
listen to your desires and thoughts,
arrange your life (the more interesting it is, the less temptation there is to return to bad habits),
increase stress resistance (no stress factor, no need to use cigarettes to calm down).

There should be no reproaches or nagging from family and friends. Everything a person does is for his health, and if he loses proper motivation, he needs help, not reprimand.

The effectiveness of the technique

The effectiveness of any technique depends on the qualifications of specialists, the desire of the patient, and initial factors (how a person makes contact, how strong his defense is). The interaction between the doctor and the patient and their open dialogue guarantee a stable result.

Most of the responsibility always lies with the addict. If he doesn't try to help himself, no one else will help him quit smoking. Completing rehabilitation, living a healthy lifestyle and taking care of your own health is the best prevention of addiction and the key to the effectiveness of hypnotherapy.