Hypnotherapy has been a popular method to help heal anxiety, depression, and different habitual problems. The next step is to try it to help treat marijuana abuse and reduce the discomfort brought by its withdrawal symptoms.
Hypnosis in the commercial scene is very different from what a hypnotherapist actually do. The subject is not put into a semi-sleep state by staring at a swinging pendulum. When someone is hypnotized, he is very attentive and still have full control over his free will.
Although this is a very controversial topic, especially for professional doctors and other medicinal practitioners, many still believe that its psychological impact to a person can greatly help someone quit smoking weed and its withdrawal symptoms.
How can hypnotherapy help someone quit smoking weed?
Hypnosis is definitely not magic. The process of taking you out from the world of the pot-heads will not happen in a snap of a finger. Although you do not need much physical effort like working out in the gym, it still does not mean that you will easily get the “cure” you are looking for just being there.
Hypnotherapy is not a one-way process wherein you have to rely only on the therapy in order to be cured. Your passion, commitment, and willingness to change your bad habits are also needed to make the therapy a success. You also need to think positive about the hypnotherapy process.
Your mental responsiveness is needed for the therapy. Responding to the commands of the therapist is an important thing when conducting hypnotherapy. You need to enter your subconscious state of mind and have a good vivid imagination.
Your imaginations are linked to the emotional processes of the brain. If you are imagining something that is depressing, you will most likely feel depressed as well. If you imagine good and cheerful, your emotions will also be on the positive side.
Basically, hypnosis will treat your marijuana addiction by directly controlling your temptations to smoke marijuana. This lessens you desire to light up another joint and smoke it.
Hypnotherapy changes the amount and frequency of someone’s craving to smoke marijuana, the desire is still there and may be triggered any time after the therapy. That is why the individual determination and focus is very important to be completely cured of marijuana addiction.
According to Professor Ray Williams of the Pennsylvania State University, hypnosis takes away the mind’s sensitivity from the uncomfortable effects of withdrawal. Moreover, hypnosis redirects the brain’s focus on the physical sensations brought about by withdrawal. Basically, hypnosis is just letting someone’s mind think more of the good things instead of pain and discomfort.
The method used in hypnotherapy helps an individual move away from being dependent on marijuana as a source of relaxation and calmness. Hypnosis eliminates the desire to use marijuana and kills the discomfort caused by withdrawal. This requires less physical effort to execute. It is not like any magic spell that can change everything instantly without doing so much it is sure to be very useful.
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