Hypnotherapy

[desertwoman]

one thing that has helped me a WHOLE LOT is to eat clean - stay away from food additives and eat as natural as possible. a brilliant doctor turned me on to this. she told me and i found it was true tht the chemicals in the foods and processing and growing built up in my body and caused all sorts of medical problems things like restless leg syndrome, insomnia, fibro ... once i reduced the amount of chemicals my body had to deal with it started to heal itself and most of the medical problems went away. dairy was definitely not good as was processed food and artificial anything. lots of the medical problems i was taking medication for went away...it is truly amazing. :thumbsup: honestly it REALLY works.

[Purple Banana]

So I convinced my therapist to try hypnotherapy for my anxiety and panic. I went in, somewhat anxious, which he noticed. His chair is one of those nice leather ones from Brookstone, with the heating pad. He reclined back my chair, and held up my hand by the wrist, and let it stay suspended while I focused on a spot on my hand, as he brought it closer to my face; when my hand touched my face, I instantly relaxed, and he talked me through progressive muscle relaxation.

I don't remember much after that, I heard him, but I was just suspended in this absolutely blissful relaxed state, it felt amazing... So far, it's definitely helped with my anxiety control, and I haven't had any panic attacks lately. I'm very impressed... I thought the more intelligent one was, the more difficult it was to have them go under hypnosis. I was wrong. I'm so happy

[Coelho]

I thought the more intelligent one was, the more difficult it was to have them go under hypnosis. I was wrong. I'm so happy

Well... as you already noticed, intelligence doesnt have anything to do with the difficulty of being hypnotised... what really matters is how much one is willing to be hypnotised. Anyone who fights the hypnotizer is hard to be hypnotised, and anyone who cooperates is easy to be hypnotised.
And now that you had a very good experience, im pretty sure it will be even easier for you to reach again that blissfull depths of relaxation... and they are blissfull indeed...

[fernandogress]

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Anxiety therapy technique without medications

[Purple Banana]

I was reading through my old posts, and this one struck up a chord with me. I've completed my therapy, and after several more sessions of hypnosis, there was not only a change in my level of anxiety immediately after the session, but the more I practiced in addition to hypnosis in his office, the better I was able to deal with the anxiety. In addition to cognitive-behavioral, hypnosis was the icing on the cure cake, if I may be so metaphorical.

Apparently I was an excellent subject; after the first few sessions, I was able to go into a somnambulistic state; so deep I have no memory of the session. He knew about my cannabis use, and encouraged me to smoke before a session if it helped relax me; that made a WORLD of difference. Things seemed so much more fluid and natural when entering trance. He kept requesting if I ever was to have surgery, he would really like to do some work with me prior to surgery to see how it affected my healing time, as he had already worked on a study report of me and a few other patients who had been relieved of anxiety through hypnosis.

I'm having a lot of financial problems right now, and before, I would have completely shut down and not been able to deal with the pressure. Now I use proactive measures to head off the anxiety, and I practice self-hypnosis daily. It's so easy for me now to just slip into trance, and stay in the same mindset for an hour at a time; it really is wonderful, and it's helped tremendously with my pain levels as well. Socially, I've become so much more relaxed and at ease; my eye contact levels have improved beyond what I ever thought they'd be.

I completely recommend hypnosis, it was certainly an unforgettable experience. I can't stop thinking about how positively it's helped my life, in conjunction with cannabis.

[DreadedHermie]

I remember reading some of your posts from awhile back. Always enjoyed your insights.

You have support you don't know about. We're behind ya, hang in there. :thumbsup:

Best, Hermie

[jakester]

Having only read the OP I have an experience to relate.

We had both our kids naturally, no meds, the second one at home in a tub, no screams, no blood, no pain. We used hypno-therapy for pain. It worked amazingly. I am not the mother but I was there holding her hand, listening to Nick Drake and having a beautiful experience. The first birth took 17 hours. I watched her go from screaming for medication to looking fast asleep 10 minutes after we put her tape on. We had a prerecorded tape of our therapist guiding a meditation with some sort of introduction to a control panel in the mind sort of mumbo jumbo. I rolled my eyes through three weeks of sessions and then had my mind blown. The doctor came in to the room and asked who authorized the epidural. The staff were all completely humbled.

I will testify to the strength of hypnosis when done seriously. I could never pull it off, give me medication.

[Purple Banana]

I tend to think of many practitioners who have intensive psychological training and a degree as more valid than those who simply make CDs and videos and books for the lay public, and charge enormous fees. It is a very personal experience, and one should find a practitioner who understands not only how to tailor each experience to the individual patient, but how the actual psychological process works.

People who perform hypnosis and make dubious claims for weight loss, cigarette cessation, and even worse, past-life regression and repressed memories should NOT be taken seriously. Hypnosis can help with cigarettes and weight loss, but it takes a lot of time, effort, and skill from both parties. These mass-marketed CDs give false hope and expectations to those who want to be successfully treated, and the hypnotists claim dubious and immediate results, riding on the coattails of rigorous scientific and psychological theory which they neglect to practice.

For me, it took a lot of hard work from MY part, and several different methods before I really started to notice a change in the way I reacted to situations and my pain. The therapist I worked with was very patient, understanding, and very quick to tailor the session to what I needed the most. That's far more than any $20 CD could ever offer. Don't go to the people who dig into your wallet and charge upwards of $350 PER SESSION, find a psychologist who knows the ins and outs of hypnosis, who can help you much more than any guy with a certificate from a weekend course at the local Hilton can.

[jakester]

I tend to think of many practitioners who have intensive psychological training and a degree as more valid than those who simply make CDs and videos and books for the lay public, and charge enormous fees. It is a very personal experience, and one should find a practitioner who understands not only how to tailor each experience to the individual patient, but how the actual psychological process works.

People who perform hypnosis and make dubious claims for weight loss, cigarette cessation, and even worse, past-life regression and repressed memories should NOT be taken seriously. Hypnosis can help with cigarettes and weight loss, but it takes a lot of time, effort, and skill from both parties. These mass-marketed CDs give false hope and expectations to those who want to be successfully treated, and the hypnotists claim dubious and immediate results, riding on the coattails of rigorous scientific and psychological theory which they neglect to practice.

For me, it took a lot of hard work from MY part, and several different methods before I really started to notice a change in the way I reacted to situations and my pain. The therapist I worked with was very patient, understanding, and very quick to tailor the session to what I needed the most. That's far more than any $20 CD could ever offer. Don't go to the people who dig into your wallet and charge upwards of $350 PER SESSION, find a psychologist who knows the ins and outs of hypnosis, who can help you much more than any guy with a certificate from a weekend course at the local Hilton can.

Very true. It's a process of placing suggestions in a very custom assembly and using very custom tailored symbols...hell, I dunno, it was about three weeks of sessions twice a week.

But yeah, I don't think you can just buy a tape and get to the controls of your brain.