To Score:

Add your rating scores for each of the items and enter the total score for each set of items as indicated. Then rank the scores by marking the highest score as "1", the next highest as "2", and so forth.

Then look at your individual scores in each area. More than 24 in any area is a high score, and indicates work needs to be done on this particular area. For instance, if you scored 25 in Social, and this was your number-one ranking score, you need to begin by focusing on handling social influences better and this can be done very efficiently with the aid of hypnosis.

Score Interpretation:

Social -- A high score here means you are especially susceptible to influence from other people. Hypnosis can help you to develop skills in communicating more assertively, handling conflict and managing anger. It can also help you to explore your beliefs about the need to be polite, and the obligations you feel you must fulfil. Through hypnosis you can learn to think and act independantly become much more assertive much more positive whilst remaining calm, clear and focusedl

Emotional -- Emotions, both negative and positive, are important triggers for inappropriate eating habits for many people. A high score here means you need to develop skills in coping more effectively with emotions. You need to learn to avoid situations that produce emotions and to react differently to upsetting events that do happen. You need to learn new ways to respond to old situations. Hypnosis will teach you how to become more relaxed, more self confident and develop a coping strategy that will enable you to manage negative emotions/situations in a positive way. Using positive thinking and stress management you will learn to recognise situations and your emotional response to a situation thereby giving you the option on how to react in any situation.

Situational -- A high score here means you are especially susceptible to external influences. Perhaps you are creating this susceptibility by worrying too much about food, weight and dieting. In any event, you need to learn whenever possible to avoid cues to eat and to respond differently to those you cannot avoid. You need to rearrange your environment so that inappropriate eating is less likely. This involves changing the way you buy, store, cook and serve food -- and the way you clean up afterward. It involves anticipating potential problems and planning ahead how to handle them effectively. Through hypnosis your mind can be re-programmed to focus outward to look at what is going on in the world around you and take the focus off food. Learn to enjoy meals but smaller portions and less often. Take away the guilt of eating and focus on the confidence that comes with weight loss. Building confidence, ego and self esteem by putting you back in charge of your life.

Thinking -- An important factor in inappropriate eating is the way you think; including how you talk to yourself, the pictures in your head, the beliefs you hold and your memories and expectations. You need to learn to be less self-critical, less of a perfectionist and more flexible in your beliefs about the way things ought to be. You need to recognize when you are making excuses or rationalisations that allow you to eat, and to focus your thoughts on the benefits to be gained from persisting in your weight- management efforts, as well as the costs you will pay if you don't. Hypnosis can boost your confidence in your ability to do the things you want and ought to be able to do, like losing weight with ease and with pride. Pride in yourself your efforts and realising what you can and will achieve is within your grasp. Learn to release the power of your imagination.

Physiological -- Often, the way you eat, what you eat, or medications you are taking, will affect your eating behaviour. A high score here means you may be skipping meals, which can cause trembling or headache. Or, you may be eating to reduce physical arousal or to deal with physical discomfort. Some medications affect hormones that cause you to feel hungrier. Too much caffeine can cause your body to produce more insulin, which can produce low blood sugar and accompanying trembling and other physical symptoms.

You need to eat three regular meals a day and, perhaps, plan regular snacks in order to keep your blood sugar and your insulin at fairly even levels throughout the day. You may need to learn more effective ways to cope with pain. You should examine the medications you are taking to determine if they contain caffeine or some other ingredient that produces adverse physical reactions for you -- and switch to an alternative, if necessary. If your medications could be affecting your hormones, discuss possible alternatives with your doctor. Self hypnois is of huge benefit to sufferers of pain and the best way to learn self hypnosis is through hypnosis itself. If taught properly and practised frequently then self hypnosis is a tremendous asset to anyone suffering chronic pain.

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