Hypnosis and hypnotherapy
What is hypnosis?
Hypnosis is used to "record" knowledge and new activities that allow a person to better cope with the challenges life presents. The state of hypnotic relaxation involves a "superconcentration" that enables easier assimilation of information. If the ideas are simple, rational, and clear, they "embed" themselves in the practitioner's consciousness and, within a short period, become "automatic thinking," based on suggestion.
It can be used in the treatment of various mental disorders. Hypnosis is very useful in controlling anxiety, as it serves as a technique for inducing relaxation, helps in learning self-calming, achieving peace in stressful situations, and relieving accumulated tension. In this sense, simple exercises in hypnotic induction are sufficient to learn how to reduce anxiety. It can also be applied for weight control in combination with an adequate dietary plan and physical exercise regimen.
It is a suitable complementary method for overcoming various addictions. Hypnosis provides a form of relaxation to counter the nervousness caused by quitting smoking; it reduces the sense of "compensation" triggered by the act of smoking and helps to "change" the smoker's attitude towards tobacco.
It has been used in the treatment of hot flashes in patients who have undergone breast cancer surgery, as noted by the team of Elkins from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, on the website for traditional and natural medicine, Infomed.
Other studies highlight the use of hypnosis for treating depressive symptoms, preventing nausea and vomiting caused by cancer treatments, controlling pain during medical procedures performed on children and adolescents, preparing pregnant women to breastfeed their babies, and as a diagnostic method in forensic procedures.
Principle of hypnosis
Hypnosis is the way our brain operates, induced by various means. When a patient enters a state of hypnosis, their mind ignores everything around them. Hypnosis makes them highly responsive and overly sensitive to the hypnotist's speech.
In this state, the patient perceives things more broadly, holistically, and with a certain detachment. With heightened sensitivity, the patient can more easily confront and resolve their problems, calm their fears, or change behaviors that no longer align with their life.
This state of hypnosis is often compared to a person so absorbed in what they are doing (reading, watching a movie) that they cannot hear what is happening around them. Sometimes, it is our eyes that immerse us in this wakeful state. Overworked, they no longer bother to focus... we begin to daydream.
This state of relaxation offers opportunities to influence the mind, process information, manage emotional responses, and affect the body.
Hypnotherapy can alleviate or resolve many disorders: pain, addiction, phobias, depression, digestion, sleep issues, and more.
