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Home | Self Improvement | Stress Management Tics often increase in frequency as an individual feels stress or discomfort. People who suffer from tics tell us that they are often aware of an impending tic. It's often described as an overwhelming feeling of tension and the urge to engage the tic to break the tension; somewhat akin to the approaching urge to yawn or sneeze which relieves the sufferer. Trying to control a tic can trigger stress, which can lead to the beginning of another tic. Tics are often described as being automatic but research and reports from victims indicates they are indeed voluntary motions that can be controlled by the sufferer. A tic can manifest as a simple tic, as in mouth twitches, grunting or facial grimaces or can be more complex such as is seen very often in Tourette syndrome. Simple tics are more commonly seen than complex tics, but they can be just as devastating to the sufferer; while a facial tic does not cause physical pain to the sufferer, it often causes mental distress or social problems. Children, in particular, can have a hard time dealing with a tic due to mocking from other kids, or teachers that don't fully recognize the tricky situation the child is in. While tics are often described as not being totally involuntary, control of a tic is difficult to establish, especially for children. Children often do not establish the skills to recognize a tic onset as well as an adult. Adults can also face crucial trouble in their lives when dealing with a facial tic. Social problems are very common, and even when tics are generally controlled the adult can become quite tired by the incessant need to identify the onset of and control the tic impulse. Adults and children alike may suffer from self-esteem or self-worth issues due to their continuous suffering from a disease that often causes them to become social outcasts. Relieving an individual from the pain of a facial tic can change that person's life. Self-worth generally improves, and social anxiety is no longer a strength holding a person back from experiencing a meaningful life. In children, relieving a tic may let the child develop with less anxiety while he/she has a happier childhood. Over the years, many treatments for tics have been used with varying degrees of success. Counseling or psychotherapy can help discover the emotional causes of a tic, and may help an individual understand better how to fight the urge to perform their tic. Sedatives and other forms of medication are sometimes successful in cases of simple tics. These meds often come saddled with negative side effects, so many people consider alternative treatments. Hypnotherapy and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) methods have been developed expressly for the purpose of dealing with tics. Since facial tics are not strictly unconscious in nature, these treatments aim to change the sufferer's unconscious response to the onset of a tic episode such as throat clearing or facial grimacing. In most cases this can be accomplished by allowing the unconscious mind to avoid the onset of the tic. In some extreme cases, however, the sufferer's response will be redirected to some innocuous portion of the body such as twitching a toe instead of facial muscles. Facial tics can be an awkward life-affecting problem. Children and adults alike can suffer a lot from the occurence of a facial tic such as squinting, eye blinking, facial grimaces, mouth twitches, grunting or nose wrinkling. Eliminating a facial tic can prove very beneficial to the sufferer on an emotional level. Although several treatments have been developed to combat facial tics, Self-hypnosis and NLP aim to utilize natural unconscious methods of redirecting the tic response. This type of therapy has great benefit over other methods such as counseling, which may not help the tic behavior at all, or attempt to change the conscious reaction to tic behavior. Self-hypnosis and NLP also do not experience the unwanted side effects of drugs. This beneficial method of treatment can also cut stress and anxiety in the sufferer's life, thereby both reducing the impulse to form a tic and proving a benefit in everyday life. Due to these factors, Self-hypnosis and NLP are often the safest, most preferred methods of treatment for tic sufferers. Article Source: http://www.articlewheel.com
Alan B. Densky, CH offers facial tics hypnotherapy CD's as well as a broad array of popular titles for all anxiety related problems. For entertainment and education visit his Free video hypnotherapy library at his Neuro-VISION hypnotherapy website.
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