Three Things Men Put Off
Three Things Men Put Off
(And Why Hypnotherapy Can Help)
(And Why Hypnotherapy Can Help)
Men's Health Week 2026 (15-21 June)
Men's Health Week 2026 (15-21 June)
By Chris Hoare
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Introduction
Introduction
Men's Health Week runs from 15 to 21 June this year, and its focus is simple: encouraging men to take their health seriously before small problems become big ones. That applies to physical health, but it applies just as much to the things that quietly affect quality of life every day, including poor sleep, habits you've been meaning to ditch, and fears that quietly shrink what you're willing to do.
Hypnotherapy works well with all three. I've examined each one below.
1. Smoking: The 'I'll quit soon' habit
1. Smoking: The 'I'll quit soon' habit
Most men who smoke know they want to stop. The gap between knowing and doing is usually not about willpower, it's about the way the habit is wired in. Cigarettes become linked to specific times, moods, and situations, and those links persist even when the conscious mind is trying to break them.
Hypnotherapy addresses that directly. A session works at the level where those associations are held, helping you mentally step away from the habit rather than white-knuckling your way through cravings. Many clients find that the urge simply loses its grip, often after a single session.
Men's Health Week is a good moment to stop putting it off. A free informal chat costs nothing and takes no commitment beyond a conversation.
2. Sleep: The problem men tend to dismiss
2. Sleep: The problem men tend to dismiss
Broken sleep, difficulty switching off, or waking at 3am with a busy head, are so common among men that they're often treated as normal. They're not. Persistent poor sleep affects mood, decision-making, physical recovery, and long-term health in ways that quietly compound over time.
Hypnotherapy for sleep isn't about putting you to sleep in a session. It's about changing the mental patterns that keep you alert when you should be winding down. Techniques include sleep visualisation, breathing-based approaches, and work on the underlying anxiety that often drives the wakefulness. Clients regularly report noticeable improvement after just one or two sessions.
3. Phobias and avoidance: The things you work around
3. Phobias and avoidance: The things you work around
A lot of men have a fear or phobia they've quietly learned to work around: heights, driving on motorways, flying, needles, enclosed spaces. Over time, working around it can feel like managing it, but avoidance tends to keep a phobia in place rather than reduce it. What can make it worse is that every time we use avoidance techniques we are sending a confirmation to our brains that the thing we're avoiding is dangerous.... the phobia gets more profound
The Rewind Technique, one of the approaches used at PlymHypnos, is particularly effective for phobias. It's a structured, evidence-informed process that helps the mind reprocess a fear response without requiring you to repeatedly relive the experience. Sessions are calm and straightforward, and results are often quick. It is just one of several powerful, yet painless techniques we use that can defeat a phobia, quickly and permanently.
In Conclusion
In Conclusion
Men's Health Week is a useful prompt. If any of the above sounds familiar, a free informal chat is a no-commitment way to find out whether hypnotherapy could help. There's no pressure and no obligation, just a conversation about what you're dealing with and whether I can realistically do anything about it.
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