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HypnoSOS episode 10 – Anger Management

Sit down or lie down… it doesn’t matter which… as long as you can be comfortable… allow your eyes to rest comfortably closed throughout… and… I want you to know that if at any point in time… you find that… you need to pay attention to something else… you can and you will… and you can return to this audio… continue and gain all the benefit… you are completely in control.

So just in these moments… just for these moments… rest… take a deep breath… let it goes slowly and evenly… take two more… and as you do… let the muscles of your shoulders relax… allow the space between your shoulder blades to widen… and warm… let those muscles relax… and… as you do… you may find that…you can breathe more easily… ever more deeply… and this will continue… as we go on… taking time now… finding space to just rest… a little space and time where you can let go of the things have caused you to be angry… a little time and space to decant the frustrations… a little time and space to find your strength again… regain your balance… because one of the things we forget when we become angry… it sends us out of balance… can disturb you for the entire day or more… and sometimes it’s the smallest things… that can tip you over… however, as you enter this space in your mind… the part of your mind that knows you best… that is awake even when you are asleep… can and will… find that which helps you to balance… so you can reconnect with your equilibrium… reconnect and… feel once again grounded and strong… and the way to do this is… to continue to breathe deeply and evenly during this process… for it is your breath that will bring to you the things around you that help you feel strong and in control… It is your breath that will carry away the frustration and anger… for you know that there are many things that can make you angry and frustrated… and yet not all of them cause you harm… not all of them get through… so it is not about the thing that has happened… but it is more about how you cope… how you strengthen yourself… how you create boundaries… and protect yourself… so that no matter what happens… you can stay calm and in control… and the things which in the past made you angry or frustrated…. are just external events things outside of you… and yes, perhaps outside of your control… but there is one thing you can control… always… fully… completely… and that is how you react…

 And in a few moments in time… in a few moments in time… you will hear me count down from 10 to 1… and with each descending number… each descending number between 10 and 1… so all the things which have made you angry will fade… and all of the things that give you strength… will come into focus… and there is no need at any point in time to be consciously aware of what these things might be… just know that… the unconscious part of you… the part of you that is awake… even when you are asleep… that part of you knows… knows how to protect you… knows how to remove the frustrations… knows how to deal with your anger…

 So ready… 10… and all the while you go deeper, deeper… deeper still… deeper… deeper… deeper still… 9… 8… 7… deeper and deeper… deeper and deeper… 6… 5… 4… deeper… deeper… and deeper still… deeper still… 3… 2… and 1… and now… take a moment… a moment for three more deep breathes to get your balance… to let go of anger and frustration… and to take on board… to bring in feelings of peace… calm… strength…

 And in these moments… sometimes people experience sensations of drifting or floating… just as you would in those moments before sleep… and that’s fine… just fine… you will experience these moments in the best way possible for you… the best way possible… for you to understand that you have control over your responses…. even if you have no control over the events… you can and you will… stay calm… you can and you will… take three deep breaths… you can and you will remain balanced… and have perspective… and I want you to know that… through listening to this audio and re-listening to it… you reinforce this strength… and as the days and the weeks and the months go by… and you allow yourself a moment to take three deep breaths… before dealing with anything which in the past would have frustrated or caused you to become angry… you find that you no longer feel that way… you just let it go… in fact, you find that you’re feeling better with everything… everything around you… within you… focusing on that which you can control… and letting go of that which you cannot… and yes, it gets better… things get better… you get better… you have control.

In a few moments in time… you will hear me count from 1 to 10… and at the count of 8… your eyes will naturally and easily open… and at the count of 10… you will be fully wide awake… all normal, healthy, appropriate responses will be back with you in the present… and remember the word present means gift as well… it’s time to give yourself the gift of feeling calm… so ready… 1… 2… 3… more aware… 4… 5… 6… more aware… 7… 8… eyes open now… eyes wide open… 9… and 10… have a stretch now fully wide awake.

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