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Banish facial tics and social embarrassment |
| Alan Densky |
Facial tics are characterized by sudden, seemingly reflex muscle contractions of entire muscle groups in the face. These contractions are habitually recurring in nature, and appear to have no real reason. Common tics are overstated eye blinking, squinting, nose wrinkling, facial grimacing or even vocalizations such as throat clearing or grunting. Tics often begin during childhood, and most of the time resolve as a child ages. This is not always the situation, though, and many people continue to experience tics as they enter adulthood.
Tics often increase in frequency as a sufferer feels tension 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 compulsion to perform the tic to eliminate the tension; somewhat akin to the approaching urge to yawn or sneeze which relieves the person. Trying to control a tic can trigger tension, which can lead to the onset of another tic. Tics are often described as being unconscious but research and reports from victims indicates they are indeed voluntary motions that can be controlled by the victim.
A tic can manifest as a simple tic, as in facial grimaces, mouth twitches or grunting or it can be more complex such as is seen a lot in Tourette syndrome. Simple tics are more common than complex tics, but can be just as upsetting to the individual; while a facial tic does not cause physical pain to the victim, it can often cause social problems or mental distress.
Especially children, can have a hard time dealing with a tic due to mocking from other students, or teachers who don't fully realize the thorny 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 critical problems in their lives when dealing with a facial tic. Social problems are commonly experienced, and even when tics are generally controlled the adult can become very fatigued 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 continual suffering from a disease that often causes them to become social outcasts.
Relieving an individual from the distress of a facial tic can be a life-changing experience. Self-esteem generally improves, and social anxiety is no longer a force holding an individual back from experiencing a full life. In children, relieving a tic may permit the child to develop with less stress while he/she has a happier childhood.
Over the years, many treatments for tics have been applied with varying degrees of achievement. Counseling or psychotherapy can help uncover the emotional causes of a tic, and may help someone understand better how to combat the urge to give in to their tic. Sedatives and other forms of medication sometimes do well in cases of simple tics. These medications often come saddled with unwanted side effects, so many people consider alternative treatments.
Self-hypnosis and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) methods have been developed particularly for the purpose of overcoming 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 many cases this can be done by allowing the unconscious mind to abort 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 uncomfortable life-affecting malady. Children and adults alike can suffer a lot from the existence of a facial tic such as squinting, eye blinking, facial grimaces, mouth twitches, grunting or nose wrinkling. Eliminating a facial tic can prove very useful to the victim on an emotional level.
Although several treatments have been developed to thwart facial tics, NLP and Hypnotherapy aim to utilize natural unconscious methods of redirecting the tic response. This type of treatment has great benefit over other methods such as psychotherapy, which may not help the tic behavior at all, or attempt to change the conscious response to tic behavior.
NLP and Hypnotherapy also do not suffer from the unwanted side effects of drugs. This beneficial method of treatment can also reduce stress and concern 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, NLP and Hypnotherapy are often the safest, most preferred methods of treatment for tic sufferers.
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| About the Author |
Alan B. Densky, CH offers facial twitch hypnotherapy CD's as well as a large assortment of popular titles for all stress related symptoms. For enjoyment and education visit his Free video hypnotherapy library at his Neuro-VISION self-hypnosis website.
http://www.neuro-vision.us/Products/AudioTicksHypnosisTapes.htm
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