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Originally Posted by jeff3  NLP (neuro linguistic programming) has several models that are used to re-frame or re-associate old memories. They tend to focus on changing the relevance of a memory or belief rather than 'erasing' it. I have no personal experience with NLP but have lots of experience and info about hypnosis. I have been a non-smoker for 7-8 years after 1 hypnosis session, I was a real die-hard smoker too, could not put together over 2-3 days w/out smoking. The suggestions were comprehensive, positive , and delivered properly, ie the induction was good and I was in hypnosis. basically, I was re-programmed to be a non-smoker, not someone who was quitting or trying to quit. |
This is cool. I was talking to someone else who is also a smoker and her dad did the same thing. Smoked for like 30 years and went to a hypnotist and bam, after one session never smoked again. He didn't even really believe it would work before or after the session, but then just didn't smoke anymore. He said there was no willpower involved etc.
I can totally see how hypnosis could do something like this. What I don't get is if it's so effective why isn't there a hypnotist on every corner like a McDonalds. Like why wouldn't someone who's had success with a hypnotist go into a session and ask to be programmed as a millionaire? or eating ONLY healthy foods, or exercising regularly with no willpower required?
Maybe it's effectiveness is too scary for people to accept? Knowing that someone can go in there and change your programming seems kind of dangerous. What if he stuck an extra instruction in there.
