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HypnoSOS Episode 45 – Dealing With Irritating People

In a few moments in time… in a few moments in time… if you haven’t already, just close your eyes and let them rest… take three deep breaths… and… let them go nice and slowly… just relax… all the way through relax… continuing to focus in on your breathing… Take a moment and… allow yourself to notice… any areas of physical discomfort… or unease… notice them for the moment and then just… breathe them out… allow yourself to breathe out… nice and deeply, and as you do you will find that your mind will allow you to let go… of any unnecessary nervous tension… any discomfort or unease… let it go… and as you do… you will find that your mind will allow you to focus ever more deeply… on the sound… of my voice… simply the sound of my voice… that will help you to go a little deeper… a little deeper… a little deeper still… into a space… of peace… and in a few moments in time… in a few moments in time… I’d like you to… take a nice deep breath and… when I tell you to… take a nice deep breath… I will then follow it with the word nowww… and when you hear this word… you can breathe out deeply… very deeply indeed… and you will find that any unnecessary nervous tension, any discomfort or unease… can and will simply drain away… and leave in its place… warm relaxed muscles… warm relaxed muscles that… when you notice it… will help your mind to start to relax too so ready… so let’s begin… take the first deep breath in… and hold it… hold it… hold it… and nowww… breathing out all the way deep, deep breath… all the way into your abdomen… and breathing normally now you can find… that if once again, you scan your body… the areas of discomfort or unease are lessening… fading… as you go deeper and deeper… deeper… and deeper relaxed… so once again now … deep breath in… hold… and hold… and hold… and nowww… breathing out… engaging all the muscles of your chest, your shoulders, your abdomen… breathing fully out… letting go of any unnecessary nervous tension… discomfort… or unease…

And… it is now time for you to take control of the process itself… it is quite simple… all you need to do is silently and mentally… count down from 10 to 0… Use your out breath to time the numbers… start whenever you’re ready with the number 10 and your out breath… and as you do this you will begin to find that… you feel ever calmer… the more control you take… for the more control you take… the more deeply you can relax… the more deeply you can relax… the better you will deal with anything… anybody… any situation that you have to deal with in your daily life… and in this particular instance… dealing with irritating people… Some people experience moments where they feel as if they’re drifting or floating… and that will be fine… others notice that… they pay close attention to the words that I say… others still focusing in on the sound of my voice… simply the sound of my voice… helping you to go ever deeper… ever deeper… ever deeper still… just enjoying the moment… and if you find your thoughts drift, that will be fine… if you find that your mind wanders, that will be fine too… because regardless of whether you pay attention to every word or not… you will take in any of the suggestions that are relevant, safe and helpful to you right now… right nowww… and you can go deeper… deeper… deeper still… deeper… deeper… deeper still…

For the moment, nothing else matters… you have control… and just enjoy it… letting go of any unnecessary nervous tension, you let go of any effects that been caused by the impact of irritating people’s words… let it go… breathe it out… and if you find yourself in a mood or a place or situation where in the past you would have become irritated by other people… you can do as you have done in these moments and take a deep breath in and… let it go… blow away their irritation… you can do it in the moment… you can do it after… you can even do it before an encounter, but the most important thing for you to know is that as you choose to do something that brings you back to a relaxed and focused state… other people’s irritation… frustration… stupid words… thoughts… thoughtlessness… move away… and can no longer hurt you in the same way again… because by doing this, by breathing deeply, you’re creating a safe space around you… a boundary… beyond which others and their words cannot intrude… and so the things which in the past would have upset you, they still take place, but you’re no longer taking them on board in the same way… and you can and you will feel strong… you can and you will feel better… and that night when you go to sleep… you can register just how much better you dealt with the situation, how much better you feel, taking back control… and in those moments before you sleep… you can and you will allow yourself to begin to and continue to review the positives from the day… the nice things that happened… and take those into your sleep, into your dreams… even if you have to think hard about what those things are… find them… the colour of a flower… the feeling of warmth on your skin… the laughter of a child… a piece of music that you enjoy and haven’t heard from long time… start to actively seek these moments, and if you can’t find them, it is time for you to create them… you have control of your inner environment… and now you have a boundary… and that will help… and if you listen to this particular audio again, you reinforce it… each time feeling better… letting go of the things that frustrated or irritated you… feeling better… ever more in control…

And in a few moments in time… in a few moments in time, I’m going to wake you… you will hear me count from 1 to 10… and at the count of 8 your eyes will easily open… and at the count of 10, you will be fully wide awake… feeling refreshed… feeling relaxed… feeling better… refreshed… relaxed… better and more optimistic than you have felt in a long, long while… perhaps even ready to smile… so ready… 1… 2… 3… more aware… 4… 5… 6… more alert… 7… 8… open your eyes if you haven’t already… have a stretch… 9 and 10… nice deep breath and take a moment before you get on with your day.

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