Freedom from Addiction
Een verslaving is geen rationeel of logisch probleem, want dan zou je er gewoon mee kunnen stoppen. Het is ook geen onwil of gebrek aan intelligentie. Het is alsof de verslaving een deel van je is dat sterker is dan jij, buiten je bewuste wil om.
That is why someone with an addiction often experiences such a strong inner conflict. He does not want to, but does it again and again. This causes his self-esteem to decrease more and more because he is unable to stop it. People with an addiction often feel inferior, are judged by those around them, are not always taken seriously by medical professionals and often do not receive the help they really need.
Why does someone become addicted?
Why does someone do something that is so destructive? You lose your health, your money, your self-esteem and it causes isolation and loneliness. Why does someone continue to do this, despite the many consequences it entails?
Arts en verslavingsdeskundige Gabor Maté zegt: “Je moet niet kijken naar wat er mis is met een verslaving, maar wat er goed aan is. Wat krijgt iemand uit de verslaving wat hij nu niet heeft?” Hij ziet verslaving als een coping mechanisme, een manier om om te gaan met pijnlijke jeugdervaringen.
De neiging is om het verslavingsdeel in zichzelf te willen onderdrukken en het te veroordelen. Maar als we de verslaving gaan zien als ‘coping mechanisme’, een manier om met pijnlijke emoties en gebeurtenissen om te gaan, geeft dit een ander perspectief. De verslaving brengt de persoon blijkbaar iets essentieels, het is helpend op een of andere manier. Vanuit deze visie is het juist zinvol om te onderzoeken welke onderliggende behoeften de verslaving voor de persoon vervult.
How can hypnotherapy play a role in treating addictions?
Hypnotherapy is a very beautiful and effective method to investigate and transform the addiction part and other inner parts that play a role. This makes treatment with hypnotherapy very different from cognitive behavioral therapy,
medication, or a 12-step program.
With hypnotherapy you are able to make contact with the parts that are outside our conscious awareness, such as the 'addiction part'. The addiction part often arose as an attempt to relieve pain or to deal with unfulfilled emotional needs.
The emotional eating that many people know is an example of the latter.
Het dwangmatig eten van voedsel kan iemand een gevoel van warmte, liefde en geborgenheid geven, iets waar zeer waarschijnlijk een gebrek aan was in zijn jeugd.
Alcohol, drugs, gaming, shopping, smoking or sex can also give the person a good feeling, a feeling that has not been expressed in a healthy way for a long time. The addiction part helps the person to get the feeling that he needs so much, in order to be happy. However, this feeling of happiness is only short-lived. More and more use is needed to maintain the blissful feeling.
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Because the addiction still has a ‘positive intention’, namely to numb intense emotions or to make people forget bad events from the past, treating major or minor traumas from childhood is a very important part. Research shows that 90% of people with an addiction have had harmful experiences in childhood, so-called Adverse Childhood Experiences.
These are not always intense traumatic events, such as sexual abuse or maltreatment. For most people, these are experiences such as ‘not being allowed to be yourself’, a lack of physical or emotional safety, being bullied at school, a feeling of rejection by parents or peers.
People often trivialize this because they do not want to let their parents down: “Oh, that’s just how it used to be. I didn’t suffer any consequences.” However, these experiences can have a huge impact on you, especially unconsciously, and form the basis of an addiction. Hypnotherapy is also a powerful method for treating and processing Adverse Childhood Experiences.
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