I tested a hypnosis session
Why hypnosis?
I have a friend who stopped smoking with this method and it is the onychophagie or the cigarette, these are two addictions which it is very difficult to separate.
I did not risk much to try. Especially since I knew the hypnotherapist doctor I had chosen.
I start and make an appointment. And no question of canceling for a pseudo false pretense the day before. A question remains deep within me: will I be able to relax enough to be receptive to what the therapist will tell me? I'm kind of nerve-racking.
D-Day
I arrive relaxed at my appointment. The doctor asks me questions to better understand my problem, this mania, this tic that sticks to my skin for so long. Then he offers me to sit comfortably in an armchair, close the curtains to sift the room. But no, he does not extend his hands to me with big round eyes and saying, "your eyelids are heavy, you sleep ..."
He simply asks me to fix a specific point in the room, I opt for the curtain that is in front of me. Then, when my field of vision begins to darken, he offers to close my eyes and relax. "Relax" this word resonates in my head ... How to get there while I have ten thousand things in mind to think for work! I reason with myself and use it. I made the move to come then I go to the end.
The doctor speaks softly, not enough, and asks me to wave to him, moving his head to indicate when I feel relaxed enough to go further in the session. It is only when I give my consent that the therapy really begins. He alone speaks. Based on what I told him at the beginning of the consultation, he goes back more specifically to the process of this nasty mania and to give me keys to make sure that when the desire to bite my nails arises, I am able to go against it.
As the session progresses, I am more relaxed to the point of feeling my arms heavy and numb.
Then, gently the doctor gets me out of my torpor by talking to me and brings me back to reality. It should be that for someone who was apprehensive, everything went well, even though he noticed that at times I was trying to control myself.
He offers to let me spend a few days and see if I feel the need to return.
A few weeks have passed ...
To my amazement, two, then three, then 15 days pass without my hands touching. Several weeks later, my nails grew well, the cuticles and contours are no longer eaten and red. I feel that I am on the right track even if I admit to shooting one or two small skins ... But nothing like what I did not long ago!
How can a session be so effective? I do not try to understand the mechanism of my subconscious, the result is there and that's the main thing. I look with pride at my hands, an apprehension persists as to my ability to hold on for the long term. The bet is not won yet! Tomorrow I'm going to get my first manicure done.
