Bad Habits

Nail Biting is one of the most common 'bad habits', and can be caused by nervousness, anxiety, worry etc. In fact, the reason why nail biting first became a bad habit usually doesn't matter, it's more important to find out why it is still happening and to find an alternative. As you remove a bad habit at the subconscious level, you will be given anchoring techniques, amongst others, as a means of replacing it with a good habit.

Similarly Thumb or Finger Sucking or Hair Pulling are habits usually done in private or with close family, as many adults who suck their thumb or pull their hair are embarrassed to be seen doing this.

Whilst in the majority of cases the habit tends to stop naturally in childhood for others it continues into adulthood.
Thumb sucking can provide comfort and is self-soothing which makes it enjoyable thus perpetuating the habit.

Once again Hypnotherapy is extremely helpful as it deals directly with changing the automatic habit in the subconscious part of your mind.
 
Clients seeking to end this habit will come to understand that they are actually slipping into a light trance state when they suck their thumb, or chew or pull their hair, and so are by definition and practise good hypnotic subjects.

Mindfulness techniques also help by bringing awareness to the thought processes, thereby creating an intervention between the thought and the action.

Using Mindfulness techniques will bring a sense of calm and control, and when combined with Hypnosis can help to alleviate the anxiety that led to the problem in the first place.

Blushing is a common example of what some people feel to be an embarrassing behaviour. Like bad habits, embarrassing behaviours need to be dealt with on a subconscious level.
 
It is important to identify the triggers for the blushing (or whatever the problem is) and to learn new calm responses.
 
Again - these calm responses can be acquired while in a state of Hypnosis, and then enhanced with the utilisation of Mindful practices.