Stop Smoking and the Mind
When you decide to stop smoking, your own subconscious mind can generate extreme 'withdrawal symptoms' to make you start again
Your subconscious mind is capable of exerting incredibly powerful pressure on your conscious mind if it feels that its needs are not being met
Stop Smoking
There are two processes to the withdrawal process: the chemical addiction and the psychological dependency. The chemical addiction is so mild that most smokers have lived and died without ever realising they were drug addicts. Interestingly, it is the psychological dependency that causes the extreme withdrawal symptoms, not the chemical addition.
Hypnosis is so successful because it works at the subconscious level where the psychological dependency resides.
Patches and Gum
The latest studies show that people using nicotine patches or gum to stop smoking are not significantly more successful than people giving up smoking with no aids at all (approx. 7 in 100 people succeed with NRT).
"The use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for smoking cessation is no longer effective in helping moderate and heavy smokers quit for the long term, and it has no benefit for light smokers" (Sept. 11 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 288, No. 10: 1260-1264).
Psychological Dependency
When you try to stop smoking but get bad withdrawal symptoms, that's a sure sign that your subconscious mind is resisting the change.
Here's an example of how it feels when your subconscious mind makes you do something: when you were young, did you ever try and hold your breath for as long as possible? Do you remember feeling that your lungs were going to burst?
Well, that feeling was generated by your subconscious mind.
Your subconscious mind is capable of exerting incredibly powerful pressure on your conscious mind if it feels that its needs are not being met.
When you try to quit smoking, your own subconscious mind can generate extreme 'withdrawal symptoms' if it wants you to carry on smoking.
"Climbing the walls", "Tearing my hair out" and "Getting the shakes" are all typical examples of the withdrawal effects of someone with strong subconscious needs to carry on smoking.
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