It’s fair to say that hypnosis has its believers and non-believers just like many forms of complimentary therapy. But this is where people are going wrong because by starting hypnotherapy as a non-believer, they are already sabotaging their treatment. This is because, for the most part, hypnosis works by the person being willing to let the process work.
Put in the simplest of terms, hypnosis works by allowing the person’s subconscious part of the brain to accessed once they have been put into a trance (although hypnotists protest that this isn’t a form of mind-control on their part). Hypnosis allows the hypnotist to alter the thought processes of the person, helping to change their rational and conscious thought processes.
Therefore, in order to be treated, the realistic goals of the hypnotherapy have to be established before therapy begins. For example, curing cancer via hypnosis isn’t possible, but reducing stress and anxiety levels can potentially improve the healing process. Equally, hypnotherapy can’t find you new friends, but it can install self-confidence to make you go out there and make them yourself. You get the picture.
By not believing that hypnosis can work from the start, the person is creating a catch-22 situation because it is the patient’s willingness to participate that creates success. If the person, for example, doesn’t want to try to give up smoking and is just looking for a quick solution, then it can’t work. Another way of putting it is that the hypnotist is the ‘facilitator’ and the patient is the one that decides whether they succeed or fail.
It must also be said that hypnosis has definitely helped many thousands, potentially millions, of people since it was first used in Ancient Egypt. There’s no reason why it can’t work for you unless if you believe it truly can work. With scientific studies supporting that the brain really does function differently under hypnosis, the image of the therapy is becoming much more respected by medical professionals.
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