Constipation Therapy Edgbaston Birmingham

16/10/2025

Insomnia, Sleep Issues , Misophonia
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" Great, and effective hypnotherapist. Stuarts techniques really work and will change you're life for the better.
Hi my name is Neil. I came across Stuart Downing when I found myself seeking out hypnotherapy to treat problems I was having with my sleep due to living next door to previous neighbours who were very noisy and whom had kept me awake. Thankfully, after a couple of months, the neighbours had moved on, but unfortunately as a result, I developed an anxiety about getting to sleep, which in turn lead to me developing an insomnia which was caused by the anxiety. I had also developed Misophonia as a result, and had become hypersensitive to certain noises, such as any bangs or thuds. Even though the neighbours had left, my anxiety still persisted, which only caused me even more anxiety as I couldnt understand why I just couldnt relax as I knew the neighbours were no longer there. It got too the point where the anxiety around my sleep was so bad, that it really started to have a profound effect on my life. I felt I couldnt enjoy life anymore, I just wasnt happy. I had felt like I had lost the ability to relax, as a result it really started to effect my relationships with my family as I just wasnt me anymore, so to speak. Thats when I knew I had to do something as I felt it was destroying my life. I researched hypnotherapy. I was curious as to how it worked, and researched whether or not it would be beneficial for the issues that I was going through. I sought out a few hypnotherapists, thats when I came across Stuart Downing. I did my research on him, and discovered that he could treat issues around sleep/anxiety. I read his reviews, which were all positive. I booked a consultation with Stuart, who was very friendly and reassuring and explained how hypnotherapy worked and the methods he was going to deploy in helping to heal me. In the consultation, Stuart told me that I would only require three to four sessions at the most, which I was surprised about to be honest, as I felt so afflicted by my issues. What can I say? Well, after just one session, I already noticed a vast improvement in my sleep quality. I was sleeping longer and deeper, and waking up totally refreshed. Over the last few weeks of the sessions , my sleep and anxiety has just got better and better. I feel much less anxious, and lot more relaxed, like a weight has been lifted. I am so glad that I decided to invest in the sessions with Stuart, and would recommend it to anyone who is considering hypnotherapy. Stuart helped me learn that a lot of fear is irrational and totally unnessacary, and that I can rationalise with myself that I do not need to feel that fear. I have also learnt extremely effective relaxation techniques, which have really helped me. I f I ever experience any difficulties in the future, I will be sure to utilise these techniques. So, if you have any issue that is effecting you to the point where it is having a profound effect on you're life, then I would highly recommend that you book yourself a consultation with Stuart Downing, it can and will change you're life!
Neil 14/10/25
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07/05/2022

I.B.S and emotional Health
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05/02/2022

I.B.S Therapy - changing old negative patterns and beliefs, introducing new coping techniques and strategies.
Enjoy calmer and more relaxed relationships in both personal and work life
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09/05/2021

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I cannot recommend Stuart enough. Stuarts professionalism and understanding of such a wide variety of life issues that effect mental health, relationships and personal development allowed me to work a process of recovery from rock bottom. Stuart is not just a Hypnotherapist his talking therapy is al...

04/05/2021

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21/03/2021

Does striving for academic perfection cause eating disorders?
Academic pressure has been linked to eating disorders in teenagers. Studies have found that the incredibly high pressure on teenagers to achieve in the academic arena may trigger eating disorders with female students being the most vulnerable.
Pressure can come from several areas resulting in teenagers seeking some sort of outlet. The outlet that is selected isn’t always the healthiest or most constructive. Society, schools, and parents can all create pressure on teenagers to do well academically. These three groups can pressure an individual to aim for perfection, which is an impossible task.
The competition for places in college, university, and/or the workforce has led to a greater degree of pressure. Striving for academic perfection can result in negative forces applied to a teenager’s mental health.
The fight for perfection
A lot of parents put pressure on their kids to achieve perfection in their academic careers. Whether it be perfection in the classroom or on a school sports team, young people can feel weighed down and suffocated by the pressure. Many parents that ask for perfection from their children were not perfect in their academic years. Nor are they perfect as grown-ups making their desire for flawless academic work to be hypocritical.
Failure is used to describe someone that has not succeeded. However, the word is thrown around all too often leaving teenagers feeling like success and failure in life are black and white. There are grey areas in life and simply being imperfect is not the be all, end all to success.
Academic success and anxiety
Striving for academic success can build anxiety in teenage students. As a young person moves through high school, the pressure to do well increases. They may want to obtain a university scholarship, certain test score to get into a prestigious university, or do well on an interview to land an internship. The pressure to achieve these items can build anxiety.
Perfectionism in childhood can produce eating disorders as individuals grow older. A person’s life can be greatly altered by striving for perfectionism. They do not know how to deal with the stress and anxiety, and thus have a poor relationship with food as the outcome. Mental health issues can result and these can be life-endangering. Eating disorders can also be life-long and as the teenager becomes an adult, become greater due to even more pressure being experienced.
The link between perfectionism and eating disorders
There is a misconception that eating disorders develop because an individual wants to lose weight. An eating disorder doesn’t always come out of someone seeking to drop a few pounds. Perfectionism in academia and eating disorders demonstrate how mental health issues can develop in young people.
Eating disorders develop out of underlying emotions, thoughts, and feelings. These drive a person to behave in certain ways. On the surface, most people would consider an eating disorder to be about food. However, there are typically underlying issues such as academic perfection pressure that creates the eating disorder.
Treatment programs help individuals treat the underlying problems in eating disorders and not just the symptoms. Parents can play a key role in the treatment of an eating disorder brought on by perfectionism by explaining to their teenagers that failures occur in life. In addition, showing their child that academia doesn’t have to be black and white can perform wonders for a teenager’s mental health.
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17/03/2021

Progesterone Levels -I.B.S and Constipation
Irritable Bowel Syndrome -(I.B.S )-Age, Menopause and I.B.S
When asked about symptom severity throughout life stages, 65% of participants agreed that their IBS-related symptoms worsened with age. There is a limited number of studies on the effects of ageing with IBS available, but one study into women with IBS
showed that abdominal pain and overall quality of life measures were worse in the older age group. What causes this?
The current mechanism is unknown, but it could be due to the effects of menopause in women over 50. Menopause can have both physical and psychological symptoms that worsen the quality of life and the ability to cope with them. Indeed, studies into post-menopausal women with IBS compared to pre-menopausal
have proven it to be true, showing a lower quality of life and more intense IBS symptoms for the former. This link may also be due to the effect of hormone changes on the gut-brain axis which has a role to play in IBS.
It is common for people to experience worsening IBS symptoms when menstruating. Experts estimate that this is true for 50% of women with IBS. Hormone fluctuations during menstruation are well known to affect the bowel even in those without IBS - in fact,
this is colloquially known as “period poop”. But the effects are more intense in individuals suffering from irritable bowel syndrome.
Prostaglandins are at high levels during people’s periods. Since this hormone causes the uterus to pulsate and shed its lining, it can also cause increased gut motility - leading to loose stool and
increased frequency of bowel movements.
The increased stimulation can also lead to stomach cramps - a prominent symptom in both menstruation and IBS.
IBS and menstruation
Progesterone and oestrogen are also at high levels during menstruation. These tend to make stool firmer and induce constipation. So, worsening constipation can also be a feature in
menstruation and IBS. Higher progesterone levels can also increase
compulsive emotional eating. This can lead to increased intake of high sugar foods, in turn, leading to increased flatulence - another key symptom in IBS.
Hypnotherapy can help achieve permanent, long-lasting relief from IBS symptoms, by address the miscommunication between the gut and the brain. Your oversensitive nerves in the gut needs to calm down and Hypnotherapy does that by engaging the subconscious mind. Suggestions and associations are given to help you reprogram your inner beliefs. Over time, they will replace the negative associations your subconscious mind holds. As a result, hypnotherapy will reduce the signals of pain, relax the intestine, and help your body calm down the gut's sensitive nerves. You teach the mind to control your gut, so you are no longer at the mercy of your body functions anymore.
Call Stuart -07825 599340 to discuss your IBS issue and how hypnotherapy can help you return to living your fullest life possible
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07/03/2021

Constipation and IBS - causing Anxiety -some common symptoms
Anxiety can often skew our interpretation of the things that are going on around us, leading us to react in ways that do not line up with the problem at hand. Things that might normally be a breeze, can feel overwhelming – or we might get flustered over simple tasks. Maybe you worry about picking up the phone or making a journey to a new place. This is all because, during periods of anxiety, our bodies are on high-alert, ready to fight or flight at any second.
Being told to ‘calm down’
Whether it’s naïve but well-meaning, or simply ignorant and dismissive, being told to ‘calm down’ when you’re experiencing anxiety rarely solves anything. If it’s coming from someone you trust and care about, you might want to point them in the direction of resources that can teach them about what it’s like to live with anxiety. But if you’re not comfortable doing that, try your best to let the comments wash over you, and don’t let it undermine your experience – as much as a lot of us would like an ‘off’ switch for anxiety, the reality is far more complex.
Overthinking events after they’ve happened
An anxious mind has a tendency to spiral, and one way that it might do that is by taking you over and over an event after it has happened. Maybe you paid for a sandwich and said, ‘thank you’ too many times, or perhaps you spoke up in a meeting and mixed up your words. Going back to the point of mountain vs molehills, it can be easy to obsess over the small, insignificant details of interactions.
Tracing back physical symptoms
Mental health problems can come with some very real physical symptoms, but it’s not always immediately obvious when that is happening. For example, you might feel nauseous and begin to think about what you’ve eaten that day, or maybe if there’s a bug going round, before considering the fact that it could be because you’re worried about a stressful event that’s fast approaching.
Panic creeps up on you
As with many mental health problems, anxiety can come and go in waves. But sometimes it catches you off guard. Perhaps it’s following a period of high stress, or maybe it hits you during a time when you thought everything was going fine. When panic and high levels of anxiety do happen out of nowhere, it can be frustrating – particularly if you’ve been working to try to manage it. But understand that these things are often out of your control, and that sometimes we just have to learn to ride the wave.
Fearing the worst and overpreparing
Do you notice that your mind automatically jumps to the worst-case scenario? And do you then find yourself overpreparing because of this? Perhaps you’re due at an appointment at 11 AM, but you’re worried about traffic, not being able to find the place you’re going to, car troubles, parking restrictions, forgotten items, and anything else that could possibly hold you up. Consequently, you arrive half an hour early.
Trouble sleeping
Sleep problems are incredibly common, and a lot of the time anxiety could be the culprit behind your tossing and turning. Do you find that, the moment your head hits the pillow, your mind begins to race and wander through the day’s stresses? The secret to a good night’s sleep isn’t straightforward, but there are certain steps that you can take to give yourself the best chance of some quality shut-eye.
Feeling frustrated
There will be points in everyone’s lives when they feel a degree of frustration over their thoughts and actions. And when it comes to anxiety, it’s easy to see why we might beat ourselves up about how it can affect how we go about our daily lives.
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21/02/2021

Binge Eating
Binge eating is different from having a little too much food at mealtimes.
There is a distinct, compulsive state of mind when binge occurs. Fixating on the food ,at that moment the consequences don't matter, excessively binging on whatever food is typically binged on or anything that is available in the absence of this food type.
There may be a few moments of pleasure in those first
mouthfuls, but as that zoned out /trance states continues , the taste , quantity and enjoyment becomes insignificant.
Feelings of shame, regret ,guilt and out of control quickly follow the binge episode and contribute to that negative mindset for the next binge episode in the future to escape these feelings.
The secretiveness - purchasing and sneaking food in, the anticipation and opportunity to binge in secret are contributors to being trapped in the binge cycle.
So what is going on here ? Why binge ? Why this compulsive pattern and altered state of consciousness when binging ?
Some areas of life may be unsatisfying or difficult, maybe work ,home life or relationships, control, internal negative beliefs or simply escaping unpleasant thoughts and feelings- even though binge makes everything in the long term worse .
Call Stuart -07825 599340 to discuss how a few sessions of therapy can identify and resolve binging issues and allow you to address your work-life and emotional balance better .
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06/12/2020

just tell me why....

Why don’t doctors tell you to take magnesium instead of stool softeners(which dehydrates the bowel)?

Why don’t doctors tell you to change your diet when you have heart burn and indigestion instead of you taking Prilosec(this causes more heartburn and colon cancer and osteoporosis and leaves food fermenting in your body)?

Why don’t doctors tell you HERBS heal? That food heals?? 🌿 🌱

Why don’t doctors tell you to lower toxic chemicals in your home and when you have constant headaches and allergies(these fragrance and chemicals cause toxic buildup in our cells cause more allergies and headaches)?

Why aren’t you informed by your doctor that if you eat a grapefruit everyday, it will lower your blood pressure naturally and you don’t need 💊 (this is why a person can’t eat it while on blood pressure meds)?

Why doesn’t your doctor tell you to take activated charcoal for headaches, bloating/gas, skin issues, colds, food poisoning(activated charcoal bonds waste/toxins for the removal from the body)?

Why don’t doctors tell you about herbs and herbal teas to support immune and digestive functions(different herbs help different organs do their jobs to keep the body healthy)?

Why isn’t your doctor suggesting that you take a probiotic daily(this boost immune function, helps clean and balance the bowel, helps regulate absorption and elimination, keeps colds and allergies at bay)?

Why don’t your doctors provide you with any information on your vaccines before you inject yourself or child(they don’t disclose that there are aborted baby cells, cow cells, African monkey cells and dog cells, along with many other horrible adjuvants like mercury and aluminum and formaldehyde.... none of which are health beneficial to the body)?

Why don’t doctors create diet/lifestyle plans for patients instead of offering a pill(diet and lifestyle choices are 90+% of all illness)?

Why don’t doctors teach the importance of breastfeeding instead of telling you formula is acceptable(breast milk is the natural immunity holder, it adapts to what a child needs at each individual feeding, it is the ONLY thing that build an immune system in a baby)?

Why don’t doctors tell you to take supplements to boost your health prior to be coming sick and then they recommend 💊 (supplements/herbs/tinctures can all prevent illness by boosting immune function and supporting organs with their natural functions)?

Why don’t doctors teach you that you emotions store in your physical body and can cause you mental anguish, instead the say you need a 💊(emotions can play a very significant roll in our total health, without tools to help navigate our emotions we can easily become physically ill)?

Why don’t doctors tell you when they take a whole organ from your body, that you’re still going to suffer you just will suffer in a new way(organs are all useful, we need them for many reasons, and most organs can be healed completely without removing anything)?

Why don’t doctors take a real role in helping people to live better lives? Why do they set up these protocols of pills that most of them wouldn’t even take? Why aren’t we being helped to be healthy before we get sick?

This needs to change! Healing is here, and possible! We just aren’t getting the right information from the people we were taught to trust!

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20/08/2020

Eating Disorders .- Binge Eating

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Dear Stuart,
Sam has rated your business:

"I never thought I’d be free of my eating disorder, until I met Stuart Downing.

It’s not often that you can say that someone truly changes your life. But Stuart did that for me. I had been a binge eater for as long as I can remember. I had tried crash diets, self help books and even trying not to eat just to find peace! Five sessions with Stuart and for the first time in my life I feel in control of my eating, rather than my eating being in charge of me. If you have any kind of reservation about doing it, I promise you within the first five minutes all anxieties have disappeared and you’ll feel at ease with Stuart. Go for it, you won’t regret it! "

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06/05/2020

The Effects Stress Can Have On Your Body & Mind
It’s a well-known fact that a certain amount of stress is a good thing. It can keep you on your toes and make sure you don’t get complacent.

Too much stress, however, and suddenly things start to go haywire.

So what does stress do to your body and mind?

According to the American Psychological Society (APA), stress is your body’s way of protecting you against pain and injury. When you’re stressed, your muscles tense up. It’s a sort of reflex action.

They add that stress falls into two categories: acute stress and chronic stress.

Acute stress is short-term, such as you’d experience if you had to suddenly slam on the brakes in your car to avoid an accident.

This triggers your sympathetic nervous system to initiate the fight or flight response.

Your heart rate increases and your body sends out more of the stress hormones like Adrenalin and cortisol. More blood gets pumped around your body, which raises your blood pressure.

Once the danger has passed, however, your body settles down and things go back to normal.

Chronic stress refers to the same kinds of stressors, but over an extended period of time. That means your body doesn’t have enough time to settle down, and that puts a lot of strain on it.

More stress hormones are triggered more often, coupled with raised blood pressure levels, all of which depletes your energy reserves and leads to a certain amount of wear and tear on your body.

The damage that stress can cause shouldn’t be underestimated. And that relates to your mental health as much as your physical health.

Stress affects every aspect of your life, including your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. Some of the symptoms you may experience if you’re feeling stressed include the following, according to an article on WebMD:

Feeling frustrated or moody
Feeling overwhelmed
Being unable to relax
Feeling worthless and lonely
Wanting to avoid other people

The article adds that physical symptoms can include:
A lack of energy
Headaches
Nervousness
Chest pain
Frequent colds and infections
Difficulty sleeping
Your mental reasoning can also be affected, with symptoms such as:

Constant worry and anxiety
An inability to focus
Forgetfulness
Always seeing the negative side of things
Too much anxiety messes with your mind, making it impossible for you to make good decisions. You can’t be creative or innovative either if you think you’re on the verge of a panic attack.

And living in a constant stressful state means that you have neither the energy nor the peace of mind to gain insights, make revelations, or solve problems.

Being able to relax mentally and physically is crucial, especially when you’re going through tough times or making important decisions.

That’s when hypnosis can be such a powerful and useful tool.

The secret is this: you can’t be stressed when you’re relaxed.
Hypnosis is totally geared towards inducing relaxation.

And when you’re relaxed, you’re able to let the conscious world go and just focus inward on the things you want to change.

It’s easy to say, of course, but where’s the proof? Is hypnosis really that good at inducing relaxation and helping to relieve stress?

How The Science Backs Up Hypnosis
In their article The Effectiveness of Hypnotherapy in Reducing Stress Levels, authors Alizamar et al tested 6 counselees who were known to be in a stressed condition before being given hypnotherapy.

After hypnotherapy, their stress levels declined. The authors concluded that hypnotherapy was effective at reducing stress levels.

If you would like to work with me to reduce and alleviate your stress and anxiety levels ,learning new techniques which will empower you to control anxiety and stress both now and in the future.
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