Nervous Tics: Curing with Hypnosis

What Are Nervous Tics?

nervous tics wrinkling her nose

According to the online Medical Dictionary (medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com), nervous tics are “an involuntary, compulsive, rapid, repetitive, stereotyped movement or vocalization.”

Involuntary obviously means that the individual who suffers from nervous tics has no control over these unpredictable movements. However, stress can increase the frequency at which they occur. This is why the nervous tics decrease in frequency when the person is asleep.

Tics also decrease when they are engaged in some sort of activity that requires really heavy concentration. For example, when reading a book, watching somethinervous tics hypnosis video watching TVng on TV, or watching a video.

When nervous tics occur in children, it often bothers the parents more than it does the victims themselves, who also suffer from the avoidance of other children.

In this article, we will mainly discuss treating nervous tics using hypnosis for anxiety.

Facial Twitching Causes

nervous tics panicked womanFacial twitching is more commonly known as facial tics. Facial tics are most often triggered by excessive amounts of stress and anxiety.

Muscle twitching can occur in any part of the body. Stress and anxiety are almost always a part of the underlying cause of muscle twitching. However, muscle twitching can also be caused by a disorder of the nervous system. Some of the most widely-detected facial twitching and muscle twitching causes are discussed in the subsections below.

Lifestyle

There are numerous lifestyle habits that can aggravate nervous tics. Avoiding or decreasing these habits can also decrease the severity of tics disorder or make it disappear altogether. Among these bad habits are:
• Smoking
• Alcoholism and alcohol abuse
• Withdrawal from the above
• Having too many caffeine-rich drinks
• Side effects of some medications
• Fatigue, anxiety, work-related stress and intense emotional outbursts

Severe Nervous System Disorders

In other cases, tic disorder can be the result of an underlying nervous system malfunction, such as: Bell’s palsy; ALS; Huntington’s disease; Parkinson’s disease; hemifacial spasm (HFS) or hypoparathyroidism. Treating the underlying disorder, whatever it is, can help to remove the nervous tics.

Bell’s Palsy

This disease is caused by the herpes simplex virus, which is also responsible for cold sores. This is a very common cause of muscle twitching. Involuntary facial twitching in this case is a result of swelling and inflammation of the nerves in that part of the body, which may also be paralyzed on one side. The patient may also lose the ability to taste, or suffer from headaches, though these symptoms are generally only temporary.

ALS

nervous tics hawkingALS might not be as widely known if it were not for the famous scientist Stephen W. Hawking, who has been suffering from the disease for over fifty years now. (Today, incidentally, he can no longer operate his wheelchair unaided, and has had ever-increasing difficulty in breathing. He has also been unable to speak since 1986.) The disease also claimed the life of the blues singer Lead Belly in 1949. The famous baseball player Lou Gehrig also died from it; hence an alternative name for ALS is Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Doctors do not know what causes ALS. However they do know that it works by interfering with the ability of the brain to transmit signals to the voluntary muscles. This causes these unused muscles to gradually waste away. Eye movements, the senses and involuntary muscular movements such as the beating of the heart remain unaffected. Breathing, swallowing and elimination, which require both voluntary and involuntary muscle action, are gradually hampered. Eventually, the patient dies from either pneumonia or suffocation.

Huntington’s Disease

nervous tics huntingtonsHuntington’s disease, also known as Huntington’s chorea, claimed the life of the American singer Woody Guthrie, author of “This Land Is Your Land” — in 1967. (When Bob Dylan, then an up-and-coming singer, visited Woody in the hospital five years earlier, he described him as “a mere carcass of a man.”)

Besides the face, areas typically affected by Huntington’s include the limbs and the abdominal area. The patient may also become clumsy and have difficulty balancing, and also develop cognitive disabilities and changes in personality. Wasting of the brain cells is the cause of the disease, which most commonly affects middle-aged individuals, though it tends to be more aggressive when it affects members of the younger generation. Only on the rarest of occasions do children acquire Huntington’s.

Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease has been called by a variety of other names: Paralysis agitans; hypokinetic rigid syndrome; idiopathic Parkinsonism; and primary Parkinsonism. Michael J. Fox, bicyclist David Phinney and possibly Muhammad Ali are all afflicted with the condition. It is often characterized by grimacing and increased twitching when the victim is not speaking.

HFS

Another common cause of nervous tics, HFS causes involuntary twitches to occur on one side of the face and eventually spreads into its lower half. Many patients feel as though half of their mouths have been stripped off them.

Hypoparathyroidism

When the parathyroid gland — the one responsible for regulating serum calcium, phosphate levels, and vitamin D synthesis, fails to produce enough hormones to perform those tasks, the result is the disease known as hypoparathyroidism. Tics disorder is a common by-product.

Transient Tics Disorder

Doctors divide nervous tics into five categories:
1.    Transient
2.    Chronic motor or vocal
3.    Tourette
4.    Miscellaneous
5.    Unspecified

The transient type strikes, lingers on for a while and then disappears, typically within a year. It commonly occurs during childhood. About 20 percent of all children under the age of 18 suffer from it. Some of its signs include grimacing, nose scrunching, squinting and eye blinking. Vocal tics (making the same sounds, such as coughs or grunts, repeatedly) also occur, but they are relatively less common. Chronic nervous tics, on the other hand, last much longer.

Tics Treatment Through Hypnosis

nervous tics Nervous tics, especially when occurring in children, can be effectively treated through hypnosis based extreme relaxation techniques. As long as the techniques are employed on a regular basis, tics of this origin will be greatly reduced or even completely eliminated.

Hypnosis operates on the subconscious mind, which is where the disorder takes up residence. The hypnotherapist works by probing deep into the unconscious mind of the patient. He employs techniques that reduce, and in many cases, eliminate the stress and anxiety which is triggering the tics.

When the nervous tics go away as a result of the treatment, the client feels a deep sense of relief. Clients have been surprised at how the twitches become significantly fewer or just disappear, seemingly without effort. Indeed, even many of the therapists themselves have been astonished at how easy it is to make twitches go away. Sometimes, all it takes is one or two sessions! It is simply a matter of coming into the hypnotist’s office, sitting down in a comfortable chair, closing your eyes, relaxing and letting the hypnotist do the work for you.

Self-Hypnosis

nervous tics in childIn many cases, self-hypnosis may prove to be as effective as hypnosis performed by another person in removing the twitches, according to a new study performed by researchers at the University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine.

Using thirty-three participants between the ages of six and nineteen, all of whom were suffering from Tourette syndrome — a form of tics — these scientists succeeded, within only a few sessions, of enabling the subjects to take control of their nervous habits. All of the subjects had the motor form of the syndrome, and three also had the verbal variety.

First, those conducting the experiment showed the subjects a video of a young male Tourette’s victim before, during and after he had received self-hypnosis training. Individual sessions then followed in which each of the children was taught the techniques. They were instructed to practice self-hypnosis three times a day. Also part of the study was a series of questions specially chosen to make victims more aware of tics and the kind of sensation that the condition produced in them.

According to Dr. Jeffrey Lazarus, self-hypnosis is helpful in producing the kind of state of mind that combines relaxation, on the one hand, with focusing on a desired goal on the other. Once the patient had zeroed in on that “highly-focused special place,” then the actual work on controlling the tics could be done. Patients were asked to describe how they felt just before a twitch occurred so they could “put up a stop sign” the instant they felt that way. The doctors also encouraged them to think of their own images.

Case history

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Jo Ann Darby

Jo Ann Darby purchased a program hypnosis program available on CD’s as well as an MP3 download entitled, “Peaceful Face!”. “I was actually astonished that after the very FIRST session I noticed a remarkable difference and I can proudly say that my tics are now almost completely gone and I can get back to enjoying life. I had been so embarrassed that I had quit going to any social functions and even gave up being with friends. I’m a different woman thanks to your program. I intend to continue using the CD’s weekly and/or as needed.”

Conclusion

Facial tics most often occur as either a symptom of stress, or they are triggered by a neurological disorder. When tics are a symptom of stress and anxiety, hypnosis is an effective technique which can drastically reduce, and in many cases completely eliminate the tics.

When the tics appear as the result of a neurological disorder, there is almost always a stress element involved. Again, hypnotherapy can be used to eliminate that element of the tics to help reduce the frequency of the tics. And based on medical research, the hypnosis can also have an effect on tics that are triggered by the neurological disorder itself.

Alan B. Densky

Alan B. Densky, CH

 

Alan B. Densky, CH offers an effective facial tics and facial twitch hypnosis and NLP program, a Free hypnosis article library. and a free hypnosis videos library.

 

Dealing with facial tics is no laughing matter. Jason facial tics in children

People suffering from this disorder have to cope with the annoying stares of others and feel completely embarrassed by their uncontrollable condition.

Jason is 12 years old. His mother ordered a set of “Peaceful Face!” hypnosis & NLP CDs. Soon after she reported that his tics disorder immediately calmed from a tic once every few seconds, to a tic a few times an hour.

He had previously experienced difficulty sleeping. When listening to the CD’s in bed, he was falling into a deep sleep within moments. In his mom’s exact words, “It is AMAZING!”

Introducing “Peaceful Face!” facial tics Hypnosis & NLP Audio Program

 

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder Treatment Hypnosis

Regarding Generalized Anxiety Disorder Treatment: Hypnosis & NLP

Generalized anxiety disorder is very common. Unfortunately, anxiety and stress can act as a catalyst for many diseases, including the bit “C” – Cancer.

There’s an old Chinese Proverb about generalized anxiety disorder.

generalized anxiety disorder birds nest in hair“That the birds of worry and care fly above your head, this you cannot change. But that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent.”

The definition of stress: A state of mental or emotional strain or tension. Strain or tension resulting from circumstances.

The point the author of the Chinese proverb is trying to relay is:

  • There will always be some stressful or worrying situation
  • You can decide how you will respond to the surrounding worries
  • There will always be worries, but you can keep them from taking over

generalized anxiety disorder Nail-BitingEveryone has some type of stress that causes anxiety.

The definition of anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness or unease. Anxiety is usually caused by an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.

Do you suffer from a high amount of anxiety on a daily basis? This can be generalized anxiety disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder is caused when the body reacts to stress in a negative manner.

Anxiety caused by stress has symptoms that are difficult to ignore.

Symptoms of anxiety: Tense muscles; dry mouth; sweaty palms; irregular heartbeat; even vomiting. Long term anxiety may cause: Sleep problems; high blood pressure; and depression. Health risks can include heart disease and cancer. Many other chronic diseases are attributed to anxiety.

Traditional stress management isn’t as easy as knocking the bird of worry’s nest from your hair. Generalized anxiety disorder treatment is often an anti-anxiety medication. These medications come with side effects.

Exercise can help with stress management. Exercise releases endorphins. Endorphins are natural mood boosters. Meditation is another effective stress management tool. These methods, however, do not go to the root cause of stress.

hypnosis techniques psychiatristHypnosis for anxiety and stress related symptoms has been accepted by the American Medical Association since 1958. The dream-like state of hypnosis is used to communicate with your unconscious mind. New ideas and points of view are suggested. These suggestions eliminate the thoughts that are causing the anxiety.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming: The NLP “Flash” technique programs your own stressful thoughts to act as a trigger to create relaxing thoughts. In other words: Your stressful thoughts will automatically generate relaxation.

 

Fear of hypnosis and misconceptions abound.

Because if misconceptions and fear, many people avoid using hypnosis. That’s too bad because it offers a wonderful opportunity to take control of your stress, anxiety, and your life.

The common misconceptions about hypnosis are:

  1. Hypnosis is sleep. Actually, hypnosis is a state of keen awareness, where the mind can become much more focused.
  2. You have to be of low intellect to be hypnotized. Actually the higher a person’s IQ, the more hypnotizeable they tend to be.
  3. You can get “stuck” in hypnosis. Actually, since hypnosis typically involves a state of deep relaxation, the worst thing that can happen is that you fall into a natural sleep. when you awaken, you will feel refreshed, and will no longer be in the state of hypnosis.
  4. Hypnosis is a power that resides within the hypnotist. Actually, all hypnosis is self-hypnosis, and the power is within the subject. The hypnotist is merely a guide.
  5. The hypnotist will make them do something against their will. Actually, a hypnotist cannot “make” the subject do anything. A person in a hypnotic state will NOT do anything that goes against their moral compass.
  6. The hypnotist will make them give up their secrets. Actually, nobody can “make” you give up your secrets, including a hypnotist.

Case History:

Harriet Turner lost her long time partner and husband. How to manage stress while facing a new life alone was a problem. She needed help with her anxiety. She ordered Relaxation in a Flash! online. When they arrived, she listened to the two CD’s. The results were immediate. The program helped her to heal. It changed her focus and diverted her mind from stressful thoughts and memories. She wants other people to know that it works.

generalized anxiety disorder stress managementHow to manage stress is a question we all ask at some point. When stress becomes unmanageable and develops into anxiety, hypnosis for anxiety is the best option. Hypnosis for anxiety will help even generalized anxiety disorder. It gives you the tools to handle triggers without the common nervousness and fear.

The NLP “Flash” technique will reprogram your mind. The “Flash” will make it so that thoughts that trigger anxiety – trigger relaxation instead. The very essence of hypnosis is relaxation. By using a program that features both hypnosis and NLP, you can regain full control over anxiety.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder Treatment Hypnosis Alan B. Densky

Alan B. Densky, CH

Alan B. Densky, CH is an NGH certified consulting hypnotist. He offers a complete line of anxiety relief hypnotherapy CD’s through his www.Neuro-VISION.us self hypnosis website. Alan started his practice way back in February of 1978, making him a modern pioneer in both hypnosis and NLP.

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Natural Remedies for Insomnia: Hypnosis and NLP

natural remedies for insomnia counting sheep Natural remedies for insomnia that work.

If you suffer from insomnia, you’ve probably tried many natural remedies for insomnia. A few may have worked temporarily. But the cure for insomnia can often be elusive. You may often feel that you’re at the mercy of your insomnia.

What is insomnia exactly? Insomnia is a sleeping disorder. It’s a habitual sleeplessness or inability to sleep. It has a negative effect on your health, your mood and your overall satisfaction. Worst of all, you are helpless to stop insomnia’s impact on your life.

“O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frightened thee, That thou no more will weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness?”

-William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2

You’ve probably tried lots of things to weigh your eyelids down. Here are some Natural remedies for insomnia you may have tried:

  • man-sleeping-on-laptopWarm milk
  • Lavender
  • Melatonin
  • Relaxation techniques
  • Turn off the TV
  • Make the room as dark as possible
  • Exercise early, rather than late
  • Turn your bedroom into a tranquil, sleep-inducing oasis
  • Wear a certain thing, like PJs (to signify sleep)
  • Replace your pillow
  • Replace your mattress
  • Get a white noise machine
  • Try more breathable sheets

All of those suggestions are great. But if you are reading this, they aren’t working. You’ve spent so much effort making things perfect so you can sleep, that now you are not only worn out, you are stressed out.

Prescription sleep aids have lingering side effects. They suppress REM sleep, which is when you get your rest.

natural remedies for insomnia woman popping sleeping pillsNo wonder a lot of people just pop a sleeping pill instead of trying one after another of these natural sleep remedies. But prescription sleep aids have lingering side effects. They suppress REM sleep, which is were you get your rest. So during the day, you may still be drowsy, dizzy, have a dry mouth, tingling in your limbs, or worse: You could become addicted to sleep aids.

“Many things-such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly-are done worst when we try hardest to do them.”

-C.S. Lewis

 

woman-awake-clock-insomniaThe law of reversed effect

In other words, trying to fall asleep often invokes the “Law of reversed effect”. If you try, you get the opposite. And the harder you try, the more you get the opposite.

If you’ve worn yourself out trying natural sleep remedies, then you should know there is an easier way to cure insomnia naturally. Enjoy falling asleep at will. Wake refreshed in the morning, a full night’s sleep under your belt.

Insomnia is a sleeping disorder that has underlying causes.

There are several different types of insomnia. But the one that most of us suffer from is called Psycho-reactive Insomnia. This form of insomnia is caused by two main issues.

  1. natural remedies for insomnia bogeyman

    Bogeyman

    The expectation (or fear) that one will be stuck lying awake all night. Or in some cases, the fear that if one does fall asleep, something bad is going to happen. In this case, the mind does everything to keep us awake.

    1. A common example of this is when children are afraid that there is a boogeyman who will come out from under the bed and attack them. An unconscious part of them fights to keep them awake to stay on guard for that boogeyman.
  2. Stress and anxiety are usually a major cause of Psycho-reactive insomnia.
    1. An exacerbating factor can be caused when a person puts pressure on themselves to fall asleep because they have to get up early to go to work in the morning.

One of the most natural remedies for insomnia is hypnosis.

natural remedies for insomnia baby sleepingInsomnia hypnotherapy, administered by an experienced consulting hypnotist, is one of the most natural remedies for insomnia. Hypnosis is sometimes mistaken for sleep itself. However, hypnosis is not sleep. It is a state of keen awareness, often characterized by a deep state of relaxation. Your mind is more open to suggestion in this state. Therefore, suggestions are accepted more readily.

Hypnosis will help you to relax and allow the underlying cause of psycho-reactive insomnia, fear of remaining awake, to be released. It will also rid you of the stress and anxiety contributing to your insomnia sleep disorder.

Hypnotism is available for use at home. Self-hypnosis may sound scary, but it is actually very safe. You won’t do or say anything you don’t wish to. You are in complete control the entire time. Any time you are being hypnotized, you are allowing yourself to be brought into the Alpha state. The Alpha state is the state you enter every day just before you fall asleep. You also pass through it as you awaken, while you watch TV, or while you daydream.

Hypnosis is one level above natural sleep. It is impossible to get stuck in hypnosis. However, when hypnotized, since you are usually deeply relaxed, you might fall into a natural state of sleep. If you do fall asleep, you will awaken refreshed and out of the hypnotic state.

Recorded hypnosis CD’s & MP3 downloads.

Alan Densky CDROMS natural remedies for insomniaWhen choosing a recorded hypnosis program, it is important to purchase a program developed by a trained, professional, and highly experienced consulting hypnotist. This is mandatory in order to reap the full benefits of your time and money spent.

Experts recommend recorded self-hypnosis programs that use a mix of Traditional Hypnosis, Ericksonian Hypnosis, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Results from multi-session programs like these can be remarkable. Clients report nearly 100% success! They go from dreading going to bed, to actually looking forward to it, because they know they will be sleeping like a baby.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a fairly new school of therapeutic intervention. It capitalizes on deciphering the thought processes that are causing an individual’s problems. The client is then taught to use the same thought processes that are creating a symptom, to eliminate it.

NLP offers some powerful insomnia treatment techniques that have an amazing success rate. For instance, one NLP technique named the “Flash” can be used to make stressful triggers into relaxing triggers. If lying in bed previously made you feel nervous or stressed, after using the “Flash” technique you will feel relaxed instead. Releasing stress is vital to cure insomnia naturally.

Ericksonian Hypnotic Metaphors are basically stories told by the hypnotist. These stories engage and distract your conscious mind, so that post hypnotic suggestions hidden in the text of the story can slip into your subconscious mind, and calm your thoughts. They will eliminate anxiety about your insomnia sleep disorder.

sleep hypnosis Steve Schier

Steve Schier

Steve Schier suffered from insomnia for a long time. He took Ambien, which gave him bad side effects. He ultimately developed anxiety and a dependency on Ambien. Eventually, he sought psychological counseling and began looking for natural sleep remedies. He needed a cure for insomnia.

His counselor encouraged him when he started using hypnosis CD’s for insomnia that he ordered from the Neuro-VISION.us website. He gradually overcame his anxiety by listening to the hypnosis CD’s, and was able to stop taking the Ambien. He still uses the CD’s and recommends them to his friends.

Steve says, “They worked wonderfully for me!”

What is insomnia for you? You can turn insomnia into a peaceful night’s rest with no effort and no more worry.

Get back to sleeping the way nature intended with nature’s most effective natural remedies for insomnia. In Steve’s case, a well-crafted hypnosis program called “Sleep Like A Baby!” found on the Neuro-VISION.us website was the cure for insomnia.

Alan B. Densky

Alan B. Densky, CH

Alan B. Densky, CH. is certified by the National Guild Of Hypnotists, and he is an NLP Practitioner. He offers hypnotherapy CD’s for insomnia. He hosts a FREE hypnosis article library on his Neuro-VISION.us Video Self-Hypnosis website.

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