The fast pace of life and work in today’s society make stress a very common complaint.  Stress  is a feeling of being under too much pressure.  A certain amount of pressure can help to motivate you and improve your performance but too much pressure or prolonged pressure can lead to stress, which is unhealthy for both the mind and body.

Stress can limit your ability to live a meaningful life and have an adverse effect on your relationships and your work as well as leading to more serious health problems.

People often think they should be able to deal with stress on their own and are too embarrassed to ask for help.  As a result they may turn to alcohol,  food or smoking to get some relief which can often lead to more stress.

SYMPTOMS OF STRESS

These are many and varied and can be different for different people. They can feel  completely overwhelming and include:

• difficulty sleeping
• anxiety
• lack of appetite
• difficulty concentrating
• food cravings
• frequent crying
• anger and frustration
• breathlessness
• diarrhoea or constipation
• sweating

TREATMENT

Feeling anxious, angry, tired or upset in any situation will reduce your ability to cope which makes the stress worse. Very often, within just a few sessions, hypnotherapy can help you to become calm and confident, reduce stress and anxiety to normal levels, help you to become more assertive and boost your ability to cope confidently with whatever happens in life.  The result is often increased self-esteem and self-worth which reduces stress even more and enables a greater work output.

Hypnotherapy focuses on the solution that can help you regain control of your life by changing old and, perhaps, negative thought patterns and behaviours.  As a result you can develop a different perspective on the situation and therefore react differently.

You may not be able to change the situation but you can change your response to the situation and that is what is usually causing the stress!