tldr: Yes hypnosis can help with weight loss, however there are usually deeper issues necessary to resolve before losing weight
Weight loss hypnotherapy is supposedly a huge market especially in Western countries but is it effective and how does it work?
Usually when people think of hypnosis, we associate it with relaxation or deep sleep
And that is largely due to Hollywood and a lack of understanding
To be fair, the traditional hypnotherapy does appear to be deep relaxation
The modern style of hypnotherapy is what I use and is relatively unknown to the public
Which is why I am sharing about it on Tiktok Live to raise public awareness
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Having said that, how does hypnosis help with losing weight?
After all, weight is a pretty physical thing right?
Today I shall share some key findings of past research with links so you can go read it if you want
And hopefully you can understand how hypnosis can be effective in helping with weight loss
So it isn’t just diet, nutrition, or exercise
Childhood Trauma and Abuse can lead to Obesity
Dr. Vincent Felitti, back in the 1980s, ran a rather successful weight loss program as his patients were losing a lot of weight
The problem though, was that they either dropped out or developed anxiety, depression, or regain the weight they lost
So it was successful in losing weight, it just wasn’t successful in keeping the weight down in a healthy or positive manner
When he interviewed them, he found out that most of them had suffered from childhood trauma or abuse which directly or indirectly led to their weight gain
A lady was sexually abused, and put on weight to appear unattractive
In fact, she shared her story that her husband would be jealous and think she was flirting with others, and seemed to be less suspicious or more calm when she was overweight
This guy was bullied in school and gain weight to appear bigger or another guy was physically abused at home, and turn to food as a comfort and safety
Essentially, the weight gain is a defense or coping mechanism
And because of this, even if one were to lose weight successfully via diet, nutrition and exercise, one will not be able to maintain the weight unless one release or resolve the psychological issues associated with the original weight gain
I had a client who realize she had psychological trauma affecting her weight gain cause she kept ballooning back after her various weight loss programmes
And yes, she was sexually assaulted when she was young which cause her to develop a similar idea of being unattractive
Needless to say, some cases might develop eating disorders like binge eating, bulimia, and anorexia too
But that’s another article which I put in the link
Obesity can be learnt too
Generally, the child will be observing and learning from the parents how to be a human
And this means everything
From beliefs, emotions, patterns, character etc etc
Now of course, it is also possible for the child to learn some things, but seldom will it be nothing
As long as there are parents around, the child will learn a thing or two
And so if a child is born to parents who are obese, the child might process the idea or pattern that because the parents are obese, then they must be obese too
So yes, the parents might have weight issues due to their own childhood trauma or psychological issues
Yet the child of such parents might just replicate the pattern without any trauma or abuse
Unless said parents do end up abusing or traumatizing their children in a similar manner
Having said that, another learnt pattern is due to the family or even religious beliefs
In particularly, when it comes to food and eating
So the child might eat according to the family or religious beliefs which can cause weight gain
In both context, there is a large proportion of them needing to forgive the parents
And this can release those negative patterns and assist indirectly with weight loss
Or in some cases, to be more precise, prevent or reduce weight gain
So again, it isn’t just a matter of controlling one’s diet and exercise more
There are quite a few possible factors to look into
Culture might be another thing that is a factor too, especially with regards to food or size of a person
So how does hypnosis help with weight loss?
Well as we have gone through a bit and understand better now
Since we understand that weight gain has psychological components, then we can see how hypnosis can help with weight loss
We could be changing certain habits or patterns, or resolving the traumas that started the whole chain reaction
Naturally if there was trauma or abuse from the parents onto the child, then we need to release and consider a forgiveness process as well
In fact, it might also be possible to tweak the mental programs with regards to the food we eat
Speeding up muscle growth instead of fats for example
Of course, if one want to develop good exercising habits, using hypnosis to instill discipline is a great option too
I even had a client ask me for hypnosis to stop eating rice as part of his diet plan
So I changed the taste of rice to the most disgusting thing he ever ate – crab!
And it worked beautifully well~
Speaking of crab, a lady came to me for hypnosis to resolve her urge to eat
We ended up doing a past life regression to when she was a crab!
Resolving the hunger of the crab, resolved her hunger too so she can eat normally now
Combined that with whatever she intends to do, can help to reduce her weight much more effectively
Although of course, it can still be a case by case basis
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