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Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence
Started this discussion. Last reply by Duncan Murray Apr 27, 2010. 47 Replies 0 Favorites
I am researching the validity of nicotine as an addictive substance as hypnotherapists are routinely helping smokers walk away from long term smoking within 2 hours with no withdrawal or…Continue
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Nicotine replacement therapy an article on dependance
Started this discussion. Last reply by Henxy Jan 25, 2010. 9 Replies 0 Favorites
I have just read this article published in the Sunday mail I gave up smoking now am addicted to nicotine see link …Continue
Hypnotherapy and PTSD
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jane Bregazzi Jan 20, 2010. 17 Replies 0 Favorites
Post traumatic stress disorder is a very real problem for members of the armed forces in the UK I organise a network of therapists who are prepared to treat those members of the armed forces serving…Continue
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Duncan Murray replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"Wayne - it is quite simple - 'What the Thinker thinks - the Prover proves' - known as Orr's Law - what you think is true - you will prove is true...self-image psychology/self-perception/'my model of reality' i.e. what I…"
Henxy replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"Oh. That's a shame. I'd never bothered to check the orgins of this because the 'good as you' bit served my belief system. I think I'll continue to live in my little world, oblivious! ;-P
Hugs back at ya,
H X
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Wayne James Fearn replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"Hi Cheryl,
Nicotine does not replace stress-reducing chemicals in the body. It increases brain function (like choline), raises blood pressure and the heart rate so really it is a stress inducing chemical. Smokers only feel like it is…"
Wayne James Fearn replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"Thanks Duncan, I am not being sarcastic with the following. 'It was there all along!'
So if you use the principles of CBT, how do you use hypnosis to support this?
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Fable Goodman replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"Hi Henxy,
It's not often I disagree with you, is it?
According to most sources there is no evidence for this urban myth.
it appears to be a backronym.
According to Wikipaedia "A backronym is a phrase constructed after the fact to make…"
Cheryl Westley replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"My opinion (without reading this entire thread first) is that, since nicotine replaces stress-reducing chemicals/hormones in the body... hypnosis, with the right suggestions, can get the body to start producing those again as the nicotine is…"
M bishop replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"Hi Henksy Thanks for that I wasn’t aware that was how it started maybe we should give smokers a name like
HaTS Habitual Tobacco Smokers
now we have a unique term for them
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Henxy replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"Gay as in homosexual was coined as an acronym: Good As You!
But the English language is so rich and diverse, we can have several meanings for each word. It's the context which matters.
I guess this doesn't apply to 'addict'!"
M bishop replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"Good point well made but how about we leave the term addicts to the addict and smoker to the smoker a very clear distinction then we can treat a smoker as a smoker not as an addict with all the incumbent social interpretations that comes with the…"
Henxy replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"Hmm. Hi.
I respectfully disagree. If a person does not wish to be treated as a patient (or indeed an addict), they have no need to seek a dr's treatment...or labelling system.
If they do not want to be prescribed drugs at all, a Western dr is…"
M bishop replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"Absolutely knowing the toxic effects of nicotine for a non smoker how can it be perceived as therapeutic in a smoker when you look at the addiction model it doesn’t hold with nicotine. There is no benefit from Nicotine as a chemical. However…"
Duncan Murray replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"Marc - potentially a good idea - as the problem is actually proving the efficacy of smoking cessation with statistically valid numbers and follow-up...at least there would be a chance to bypass that critical element...
- And Wayne, I am not being…"
Wayne James Fearn replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"So are you saying that the smoking is a mental pattern that needs to be broken and the nicotine is not the real cause of people feeling the 'need' to smoke?
Would CBT be useful? As it would address what goes throught the mind of a person…"
M bishop replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"Thank you gentlemen for getting back on track and welcome Henxy one of the points made is uniquely displayed here if we are to be taken professionally we must act professionally
We agree that smoking is dangerous
We agree that as professional…"
Duncan Murray replied to M bishop's discussion Nicotine addictive or smoking a habit the evidence"Getting back to the issue of nicotine/NRT - even my GP says that smoking has nothing to do with nicotine...NRT is about a 20th (1.56%) as effective as a placebo (35%)....
So, who benefits?"
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