Wedding Nerves
You look perfect. The dress is divine, the veil makes you look like a heavenly angel and your hair comes straight out of a Brides magazine. The church boasts more flowers than your local florist, the limousine is gleaming and the cake is an artistic masterpiece. The reception venue is beyond your wildest dreams, and your passport and honeymoon tickets are packed and ready. The sun is shining and it's a perfect day for a wedding ...so what could possibly go wrong?
Your wedding day is supposed to be the happiest day of your life - so why let it be ruined by nervous stress? If you find yourself obsessing about every little detail, losing sleep and constantly worrying, you are suffering from a bad dose of wedding nerves! So what's the cure? Well, you could try a wee whisky, but then slurring your vows won't look too good on the video, and puffing on a cigarette even less so. Hmmn...how about nlp & hypnotherapy?
Learn basic relaxation techniques, which consists of regulating your breathing by concentrating solely on controlling your inward and outward breaths, and moving on to mentally and physically relaxing your body. Once this initial stage of relaxation is reached, your therapist will gently bring you further into the hypnotic trance. Using 'deepeners' such as 'counting down' or a visualisation, where you imagine yourself relaxed and happy. Your therapist will help you achieve the deepest possible trance state. It is when your mind is this relaxed that it is most open to suggestion.
Your therapist will use positive suggestions to help reinforce your own wish to achieve complete relaxation on your wedding day. These positive suggestions may also be 'anchored' in a physical way, such as squeezing your fingers and counting to three in a particular situation. For instance, if an anxiety 'trigger' (such as the thought of the cake toppling over, the limousine breaking down or the groom simply not turning up) suddenly pops into your mind, the anchor is used to bring you back into a state of complete relaxation, fending off the wedding nerves. It's a question of relearning your reaction to things and reprogramming your mind's 'internal chatter' from negative to positive. It can be the difference between a day to remember - or a day you would rather forget!
All sorts of psychological, physical and stress-related problems can be helped (including wedding nerves!) such as lack of confidence, poor self-image, fear of public-speaking, fear of flying, and weight loss. Even the best man or bride's father can be helped to deliver his speech with complete confidence!
Having the perfect wedding day takes careful thought, planning and preparation. Regular nlp & hypnotherapy sessions could be part of your wedding preparations and your wedding day could be a truly joyful stress free, event. Perhaps you could let the groom in on your secret too!