Nine out of ten people with high blood pressure (hypertension) have what’s called primary or essential hypertension. Although there is no clear medical cause, it is known that some lifestyle factors can contribute.
- Smoking
- Family history
- Obesity (being very overweight)
- Drinking a lot of alcohol
- Lack of exercise
- Your diet (especially salt)
- Stress
Causes of High Blood Pressure
Hypertension is called the silent killer. Blood pressure can increase without any symptoms and can cause a stroke or heart attack. Hypnotherapy for high blood pressure is very effective for all of its causes. Hypnotherapy helps clients with high blood pressure deal with many of the factors that cause and maintain high blood pressure.
Clients who are diagnosed with high blood pressure are told to stop smoking, lose weight, reduce alcohol and salt consumption, increase exercise, and reduce the effects of the stressors in their lives. For most people, that is easier said than done. Hypnosis can help clients achieve these goals.
If you have high blood pressure, you already know that to continue smoking is like pointing a loaded gun at your head. Certified Hypnotists can tackle the most common emotional and lifestyle factors in an easy and fun way.
Hypnosis for high blood pressure works because we use the power of your subconscious mind to change your thinking processes, making it very easy to stop. Normally, people will use their willpower to try to stop. This creates irritability, mood swings, bad temper, cravings, and possible weight gain. New Scientist magazine has proven that hypnosis is the best method of Stopping Smoking. Their findings were the result of an in-depth study of all methods used to stop smoking.
It looks at lifestyle factors such as:
- Childhood events
- Social beliefs and expectations
- Conditioning and traumatic events
- Releasing inappropriate beliefs
- Fears
- Family pressures
Stress
Stress is the number 1 cause of disease. An event or episode triggers it. Hypnotherapy teaches you to learn to recognize your stress triggers. Then you can learn to introduce new, alternative behaviors when you start to experience a stress trigger, thereby stopping the cycle of building triggers that contribute to high stress. While in the hypnotic state, you can see alternative perspectives and behaviors in stressful situations. You can learn to reprogram your thoughts and actions while in a trance state to help you develop new behavior in the waking conscious state.