Gastric Band Hypnosis
What is it?
Gastric band hypnotherapy is a treatment for weight loss. A hypnotherapist uses this method to suggest to your subconscious that you have a gastric band put around your stomach. A hypnotic gastric band is a non-invasive alternative to weight reduction surgery that can provide many of the same benefits without the risk of side effects.
One type of weight reduction surgery that is frequently viewed as a last resort is a conventional gastric band. By physically limiting how much food you can consume by having a band fitted around your upper stomach, the procedure frequently promotes weight reduction. The possibility of the band loosening or deteriorating is one among several issues that patients who have physical gastric bands suffer in the months and years after surgery, according to research.
For many who have had difficulty with lasting weight reduction, diet modifications, and weight-related concerns, the very considerable and sustained loss of weight that frequently follows gastric band surgeries can be quite alluring. Gastric band hypnotherapy, often called as a "virtual gastric band," does not require surgery.
What will happen in-session?
A hypnotherapist can assist you subconsciously believe that you've undergone a medical surgery and your stomach has shrunk by dealing with your subconscious. It is a safer, painless alternative because no surgery nor medicines are required. Hypnosis with a gastric band can aid in weight loss without the dangers associated with surgery. Several hypnotherapists employ a two-pronged strategy. They start by trying to figure out what is causing your emotional eating.
Your hypnotherapist can help you recall long-forgotten food-related memories via hypnosis that might be unconsciously influencing you right now. They can also assist you in identifying patterns, responses, or behaviours you may not even be aware of. Before beginning gastric band hypnotherapy, addressing and recognising any problematic thinking patterns related to eating might be useful.
Following that, your hypnotherapist will do the virtual gastric band therapy. Gastric band hypnosis is intended to subconsciously indicate that you have undergone a gastric band insertion procedure. The goal is for your body to respond to this suggestion by making you feel fuller faster, just like if you had the actual operation.
Getting a virtual gastric band is intended to support you in making significant lifestyle changes, unlike dieting. Hypnotherapy can assist you in taking the initial steps toward making good change by identifying and resolving underlying issues, teaching you to recognise triggers, and working with your subconscious to help you feel fuller for longer.
How does a gastric band hypnosis work?
A hypnotherapist will induce hypnosis in you using relaxation methods. Your subconscious is more susceptible to suggestion when you are calm. Hypnotherapists now offer recommendations to your subconscious. This proposal is that you've had a physical band fitted using gastric band hypnosis.
Because the mind is so strong, if your subconscious accepts these recommendations, your behaviour will alter as well. Along with the 'fitting' of the virtual gastric band, you will usually be given advice on confidence and behaviour to assist you adhere to this change in lifestyle.
Hypnotherapy has been proved in studies to be an effective method of losing and maintaining weight reduction. Learn more about hypnotherapy and hypnosis studies and research.