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Up to 25 percent of all children experience the embarrassing annoyance of facial tics. This condition can most accurately be described as a repetitive, continual spasm that affects the muscles of both the eyes and the face. The true cause is often unknown, but research shows a strong link between stressors and an increase in severity of symptoms.

Another possible cause of tics is deficiencies in essential vitamins or minerals, such as magnesium. Some types of facial tics are symptoms of nervous system disorders, including Tourette syndrome, a disorder resulting from a dysfunction of the nervous system. Tourette syndrome is thought to contain a hereditary facet as well.

A few examples of a facial tic are rapid eye movements or eye blinking, squinting, mouth or nose wrinkeling, twitching, grunting, mouth twitches, facial grimacing, facial twitches, and throat clearing. A tic often develops at an early stage of physical development, and can last for just a few weeks or for several years. In some cases, the disorder lasts even after a child reaches adulthood.

Facial tics can persist and increase anxiety levels in a child whose stress levels are already high because of the condition itself. Other children are sometimes very cruel, making fun of the child’s problem. Worse, educators who lack understanding and are unable to assist fellow classmates to empathize and assist the child in overcoming his condition can can create a devastatingly negative impact on a child’s self image.

This issue, however, is not confined to the experience of the affected youth. Adults who must cope with a facial tic find this extremely difficult to manage. These persons often struggle with overwhelming social difficulties. In some situations, a person can develop the ability to identify the onset and control the urge that causes the facial tic. Even this, however, can result in intense emotional and physical energy drains. Low self-esteem is often a major issue with which these people wrestle. Often, these individuals struggle with low self-esteem.

Grownups who experience cessation of the humiliating effects of facial grimaces and other tics are afforded with an opportunity for social rebirth. Their view of themselves changes, and they no longer are afraid to experience life at its fullest. Children who overcome the effects of this problem experience freedom the paralyzing stress that cripples their social lives, and experience childhood with joy rather than emotional pain.

At times, medications, such as mildly sedating drugs, help individuals manage this problem. While the medications may decrease the appearance of these symptoms, the drugs themselves can often cause undesired side effects. Because of this, persons sometimes rely on alternative treatments to assist them in treating their problem.

Two treatment methods that have demonstrated promising potential in assisting individuals to overcome facial tics are hypnotherapy and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming). Both of these therapies take advantages of the strength of the individual’s unconscious mind to help them manage the repetitive behavior. Because these treatments are concerned with the source of the difficulty through intervening in the unconscious where the problem originates, they offer significantly more hope for success than traditional therapy methods that only attempt to control eye blinking, mouth twitches, squinting, facial grimacing, facial twitches, grunting, or other types of impulsive behavior.

Hypnosis helps the client to reach a peaceful dreamlike state and accept suggestions that allow them to release tension. Because tics are caused by built-up anxiety within a person’s body, releasing this tension enables them to successfully manage the tic. After several sessions, the client ought to be capable of possess the ability to cope with tension successfully.

Alternatively, therapists who employ NLP assist the client to train his or her mind to use thoughts that stress them as triggers for thoughts that will relax them. In addition, the client learns to use a non-related body part, like a toe, to release the anxiety that would otherwise be manifested by the facial tic. This also allows individuals to manage tension without resorting to the embarrassing behavior.

Another benefit of both these is that the client does not experience adverse effects from medication type therapies. For this reason, both hypnotherapy and NLP are frequently viewed as the ideal treatment for individuals who cope with tics, such as nose wrinkeling, or throat clearing, because these therapies do not have undesirable side effects. This relieves significant pain and stress for the sufferer.

Summary: Facial tics are often socially damaging and may yield serious consequences. Boys are more likely to demonstrate this difficulty, which can continue into adult life; however female children may also experience struggles with tics. Although several treatment methods exist, hypnosis and NLP seem to be the most prudent therapies, because they do not result in problematic side effects and are very efficacious.

Alan B. Densky, CH offers facial tic hypnotherapy programs on CDs, as well as his hypnosis facial tics MP3 downloads in English, and Los Tics Nerviosos Faciales en Español.

He also offers a broad assortment of popular titles for all anxiety related symptoms. For enjoyment and instruction visit his Free video hypnotherapy library at his Neuro-VISION self-hypnosis website.