Do you want to stop vaping, forever? 

Are you worried about your vaping habit? Maybe it’s time to stop vaping, forever. You can, with hypnotherapy.

When vapes arrived on the market they seemed like the perfect solution to stopping smoking – no more harmful smoke drawn directly into the lungs, a pleasant fragrance and still the nicotine hit you’re used to. No need to go through the pain of nicotine withdrawal, but avoiding the bad breath, smelly clothes and risks of mouth, throat and lung cancer that accompany a cigarette smoking habit – or so we thought. 

It’s been proven, however, that vaping carries its own risks, and really quitting all forms of smoking or vaping is the only way to avoid them.

Risks and harms of vaping

Harmful chemicals: Vape liquids can contain chemicals that are also found in cigarette smoke, along with other substances. These include heavy metals like nickel, tin, and lead, as well as volatile organic compounds, and flavorings like diacetyl, which is linked to a serious lung disease. 

Addiction: Nicotine, found in most vapes, is highly addictive and can negatively affect mental health by causing stress, anxiety, and mood disorders. It can lead to long-lasting changes in your brain’s attention, memory, and cognition, especially for developing brains that continue to mature until around age 25. So if you catch your teen vaping, make it stop!

Lung damage: Vaping can lead to lung diseases such as bronchiolitis obliterans (popcorn lung), which causes scarring of the air sacs, and can cause short-term issues like coughing, shortness of breath, and irritation. There is also a risk of serious lung injury, though the specific triggers are still being studied. Personally, I’d prefer to not wait until the results are in on what those specific triggers are, the very words ‘serious lung injury’ are enough for me to know it’s something I don’t want in my life.

Heart and circulatory issues: Research suggests vaping can be bad for your heart and contribute to cardiovascular disease. 

It was all of the above that brought a recent client to me. Magdalena Szymczak had a powerful 1,500 puffs a day habit, and was growing increasingly anxious about the damage she was doing to her health – both seen and unseen.

Together, we brought Magdalena to a point where she not only no longer craves vapes, but has absolutely no interest in them – she doesn’t miss them at all.

How does hypnotherapy to stop vaping work?

In exactly the same way as hypnotherapy to stop smoking works.

Vaping, like smoking, is both an addiction and a habit, but one is more powerful than the other. You might think you’re addicted to the nicotine, but in fact the nicotine leaves your body within two weeks. The reason the cravings are so hard is because it has a half-life of around two hours – which means that it packs a strong punch but the levels in your blood stream halve within two hours, meaning you start craving your next ‘fix’ quite quickly. If you can get through the first three days, it’s not the nicotine that you crave, it’s the security of the habit.

The brain becomes dependent on the dopamine surge nicotine provides, and the act of smoking becomes deeply ingrained in daily routines and emotional responses. Emotions like stress, sadness, or even a moment of relaxation can trigger a craving for a cigarette or a vape, because the smoker has learned to associate smoking with those feelings. Let’s call it a reward cycle. The smoker’s brain gets a quick burst of pleasure when drawing on the vape or cigarette, but when that feeling fades, the withdrawal symptoms lead the person to smoke again, creating a false belief that smoking relieves stress. 

Smoking or vaping does not relieve stress. It’s a false notion that in fact creates a vicious circle of stress-vape-stress-vape, all the while getting increasingly anxious about the effect it’s having on your health.

Hypnotherapy to stop smoking is about changing habits and learning new ways to relax and feel calm

Your brain loves a habit. It feels safe doing something repetitive and practised. In times of stress, doing something well-practised is a safe choice to make, surely? Your brain, of course, doesn’t understand why this particular habit is a bad idea.

Stop smoking or vaping in just two sessions

It takes, on average, no more than two sessions with me before you will be able to stop vaping, or smoking, for good.

In our first session we take the time to go into the reasons why you want to quit vaping.  This is an intensely personal session, where we focus the brain on why YOU want to stop, followed by a gentle hypnotherapy session to plant the seeds of quitting. You then leave with some straightforward tasks to complete and a recording to listen to, before you come back one week later.

The second session is where the really influential work gets done.

In this session, I use hypnotherapy to lead you away from the bad habits by giving you the strength and self-belief you need to accomplish your goal, and working with you to find alternatives to the pattern of daily smoking or vaping, whether that be solo or social.

We also fully activate a disgust response to the very thought of smoking or vaping; anchoring in a feeling of nausea every time your mind flicks to the idea of lighting up or drawing on a vape. Feeling sick at the idea of it makes it SO much easier to give up, forever, as you actually don’t want to do it anymore. You are not relying on willpower alone; you are genuinely repulsed at the thought. This was a key aspect in my sessions with Magdalena, and you can see below how she feels now.

Magdalena says: “I have to say I couldn’t be more impressed or grateful for Sally’s help. I do not crave vaping at all and it feels as if I never smoked before the hypnosis. She guided me also to practise nice, calming techniques…to keep myself at peace and make me feel more positive.”

 

Take control of your vaping or smoking cravings, and how you feel about yourself, with hypnotherapy for stopping smoking. Call me now for a free 20 minute telephone consultation, on 0161 374 0227, or complete the form here.

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