09/07/2024
〰️ Skin picking, nail biting and even pulling out eyelashes are a common ailment at the clinic (trichotillomania).
Thank you Rebecca Fearn for visiting us in Soho, it was a pleasure to meet and support you.
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〰️ So how exactly does it work?
Regarding the process, Lydia explains that, “in the deeply relaxed state of hypnosis, your subconscious is more receptive to revising thoughts and actions.” This allows you to be far more aware about how your skin picking operates, identify triggers, and develop new, personalised responses to them that do not involve this habit.
Hypnotherapy also helps with calming and relaxing the body and the brain, so has an overall positive impact on your state of mind.
Then came the actual hypnotism ‘part’.
Lydia lay me down and had me put on headphones, which she soothingly spoke into.
She spoke of breaking old patterns and picking better, healthier outlets for my stress, and acting to reduce it in the first place.
I’ll be honest though; I can’t tell you exactly what she said as I was in a state I can only describe as between conscious and asleep fairly quickly.
I am super sceptical about things like this and always believe my mind is far too ‘busy’ to be susceptible to alternate therapies, but I know I had ‘gone there’ as when I came to, I assumed it had only been around ten minutes, but it had actually been 30. I had successfully been hypnotised.
My task was to then listen to the tape every day for 21-28 days to begin to change my patterns and behaviour.
Lydia explained that the audio would “rewire neural pathways, help to let go of outdated subconscious patterns which keep you on a dated loop, and remind you of why you need to uplift your thoughts to create a kind and supportive culture in your head, which alleviates and soothes the nervous system.”
