Hypnosis - Does It Help Or Hurt Recovery?
Stephen White
You are getting relaxed and intensely concentrate on my
words...hypnosis can be very effective. This form of natural
healing has a long history of use; with there even being
evidence to suggest that ancient societies used forms of
hypnosis in religious rituals. There are many professionals
that continue to use including psychologists, psychiatrists and
by certified hypnosis therapists.
1. Prejudices About Hypnosis
Hypnosis is most often related to entertaining stage shows
where an audience participant is hypnotized and then does crazy
things, like pretending to be a chicken. Hypnosis is also
thought of by some as a tool to use to aid with the cessation
of smoking. Hypnosis can be much more than a form of
entertainment of a tool of self-help. Hypnosis can also be used
to aid in the recovery of illnesses and injuries.
2. Forms Of Hypnosis
As with the medical field, there are many different forms of
hypnosis. In one form of hypnosis, guided imagery is used. With
this form, hypnotist guides the person into a relaxed state.
This relaxed state is usually accomplished by helping the
person visualize his stress and release it. Hypnotism can also
be done through the use of direct suggestion. Through direct
suggestion, the hypnotist puts the patient into a trance and
repeatedly tells him to feel a certain way. Since the patient
is more receptive to suggestion while in this trancelike state,
he is easily convinced by direct suggestion.
3. Pain Relief
Hypnosis has been shown to aid individuals with pain relief. In
fact, clinical studies have shown it to help relieve pain in
patients suffering from cancer, burns and leukemia. It has also
been shown to reduce pain in women undergoing childbirth and in
dental patients undergoing dental procedures. Hypnosis has been
shown to be an excellent alternative to individuals who do not
wish to use highly addictive pain relievers, such as morphine,
to relieve chronic pain. In fact, hypnosis has been used by
some patients as the only analgesic while undergoing cardiac,
abdominal, genitourinary, and breast surgery. Amazingly, those
who use hypnosis rather than medicine for pain relief found
their relief to be far superior.
4. Childbirth
Examples of those who use hypnotism are woman to reduce pain
during childbirth, and cancer patients claim that hypnotism
reduces pain while undergoing chemotherapy. In addition, many
cancer patients believe hypnotism helped them recover from the
disease.
5. Hospital Illness
Hypnotism has had such amazing results that major hospitals are
even beginning to use hypnotism to help patients relieve pain
and recover from illness more quickly. In fact, the University
of North Carolina uses hypnotism to help patients control
irritable bowel syndrome.
6. Recovery
Lots of research has been done on the road to recovery on this
subject. Much research has been performed in the effects of
hypnosis in recovery. One study was published several years ago
that found that hypnotism before surgery helped patients require
less pain medication. These patients also experienced fewer
complications and were able to leave the hospital quicker than
patients who did not receive hypnosis. If you look at brain
research, hypnotism actually alters brain functioning and
activates specific regions of the brain to control ability to
focus and pay attention.
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