Look at any anti-smoking campaign,
what do you notice that all these promotions have in common? It is fear.Fear of
illness Fear of death Fear of affecting your family Fear of missing out on
being with other people. Etc etc.
But guess what, all of these fearful
advertisements have one thing in common. They don't work! Ask any smoker, they
have seen it all, heard it all, and have been reminded countless times, yet the
message just doesn't seem to get through.
Psychologists call it the Flee
Effect. As in flight or fight. These advertisements create a kind of stress
response that metaphorically causes people to want to run away from the
message. Yes you can scare people into taking action in some aspects of their
lives, but smoking is not one of these.
Governments like to claim success in
reducing the smoking rates with these campaigns, but think about it, as a
smoker you have seen thousands of fearful images in the past and you are still
lighting up.
You may be even doing it as you read
this, I bet you are thinking about it, right! All the advertisements, all the
restrictive smoking laws, all the plain packaging and all the price increases,
won't have an impact until you decide, once and for all to quit.
I have seen clients who have held on
to my brochure or business card for up to two years. Several months is common.
I know it and you know that it has
to be the right time. I've heard many stories of people who have gone to a
therapist to please someone else. A partner, child or maybe their doctor. But
almost 100% of these people fail.
Why? Was the practitioner not good
enough? No the answer is simple, they were not committed to quitting for
themselves, and no practitioner can make someone do something they don't want
to do.
However when you really have had
enough, when you know it's absolutely have to quit, even if you still like it,
then it's time for quit smoking hypnosis. So why does this method work? when we
hear so much about nicotine addiction, and how difficult it is to kick the habit.
It's because it's not about
nicotine, or fear, it's all about being ready to let go of the connected habits
of smoking. All those times and places and people who connect you to the act of
lighting up.
