Activities like nail biting, hair pulling, and skin picking have surprising connections to behaviors like smoking, drinking, gambling, obsessive phone checking, and overeating. All are self-soothing behaviors that can build up over time and repetition into an unwanted habit.

 

As destructive as they can be, habits hold power by stimulating the brain's chemical reward system and "wiring" a specific feeling to a behavior.  A habit can feel like a compulsion or addiction once your brain becomes used to the reward for that behavior.

 

Using hypnosis I provide you with new ways to reduce anxiety and stress, allowing you to become less dependent on unwanted habits you may have adopted years ago to help you feel good.  I then help train your mind, transforming old habits into new, healthy ones.