![]() ![]() She slowly guided me into deep relaxation, talking me through breathing and releasing stress and tension in each part of my body. ![]() After we talked through my current habits, she walked me through exactly how the session would go - referring to it as “an app upgrade” for my brain. I set up my session with Wasfie (which, ironically, was over FaceTime) for a weekday after work in hopes that I would spend the rest of my day fully present. Needless to say, I was excited to dive in. According to her, using hypnosis to “de-hypnotize” yourself from these habits is one of the most effective ways to break them. “Social media and scrolling is a state of trance or hypnosis, but it’s unconscious and designed to be addictive, activating the reward deprivations of dopamine and serotonin and an over sensory experience,” says Shauna Cummins, professional hypnotist and author of WishCraft: A Guide to Manifesting a Positive Future. What I was surprised to learn was that doomscrolling is considered a form of hypnosis itself. It can be used to address everything from phobias and addictions to behavior patterns, self-limited thinking, manifestation, and more. By tapping into it through deep relaxation in the theta brain wave state, a person is open and accessible to suggestions and reprogramming. Wasfie explains that the unconscious mind is where a person’s belief system, shadow self, and traumas are stored and where their patterns and “inner child” live, influencing up to 90% of day-to-day actions. A practice dating back to 2000 BC, it was approved by the American Medical Association as a safe form of therapy in the 1950s.Īs founder of Remix Acupuncture and Integrative Health Giselle Wasfie puts it, hypnosis is “the ultimate form of self-control, where the client experiences a calm and deep state of relaxation to access the unconscious mind.” During hypnotherapy, you’re brought into a trance state where you’re fully aware of your surroundings (so, no, you can’t be tricked into thinking you’re a chicken). Shutterstock Hypnosis To Stop Doomscrolling: How Does It Work?Ĭontrary to popular belief, hypnosis - or hypnotherapy - is nothing like how it’s portrayed in the movies. Instead, I decided to look inward and help break these habits with a mindful approach: hypnosis. When I was finally ready to admit that I had a screen dependency - something that finally clicked after spending an entire evening watching every single video ever posted by a TikTok mortician (morbid, I know) - I knew it was time to take action, even if I wasn’t quite ready for a full social media break. ![]() Even after spending countless hours working on my laptop each week, I was starting and ending my days glued to my phone, eyes glazed, watching hours of TikTok cooking videos and wondering why everyone else seems to be doing just fine despite the state of the world (or so it looked via their Instagram feeds). However, the constant barrage of bad news being shared isn’t the only culprit I’ve also been using tech as a way to dissociate from my anxiety. The world is still in hypothetical flames, and it seems that I find myself spending every waking moment scrolling through my news feed to read up on the latest tragic event - otherwise known as doomscrolling - and the anxiety that comes with it has been bleeding into other aspects of my life, resulting in bad sleep and constant exhaustion. Even as the world slowly opens back up and faster vaccine rollout makes “normalcy” feel less like a distant dream, I’ve now been starting to feel the effects of too much tech more than ever. It’s been over a year since New York first shut down and all aspects of my life - both work and play-have moved entirely to the digital realm. ![]()
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