Why Hypnotherapy can benefit ADHD
When the world is not set up for people like us, the environment around us can become a source of invalidation. Unsupported, this can result in a lifetime of invalidation that shows itself in low self-esteem, chronic stress, and sometimes as a knock-on effect, chronic health issues.
We're navigating day to day life in chronic high alert and this can take a toll on our mental and physical wellbeing. Things that seem innocent suddenly become threatening- the tone of that email from a co-worker reads as hostile or belittling, an innocent comment from a stranger comes across as judgemental or condescending. In other words, we become reactive.
Our feelings of not being good enough are now manifested outwards- raw for the world to see and judge. This has been coined as "Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria". We might get labelled as overly sensitive, emotional or argumentative. This is the unspoken side of living with ADHD.
Cognitive Hypnotherapy can help you start healing from emotional wounds of old, or perhaps those that have been accumulated more recently. These wounds might have helped cement feelings of not being good enough, being inadequate or simply of being different. But these feelings and beliefs are not set in stone to be with us forever: we can change them.
Cognitive Hypnotherapy can help you re-write your life script in subtle and incremental yet wonderful ways, as well as process diagnosis and what it might mean for you. By taking control of the narrative, we can put ourselves firmly back in the driving seat.
But above all else, constantly striving to be "good enough" can damage the most important connection of all... our connection to ourselves. Cognitive Hypnotherapy aims to restore that connection to yourself and bring about renewed confidence as you go about healing.