Hypnotherapy may help ulcerative colitis patients socialize more

Laurie Keefer, a clinical health psychologist at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, reckons that the therapy could certainly help boost the quality of life for patients with ulcerative colitis, a nasty gastrointestinal disease that flares without warning and makes it vital for patients to find a bathroom fast.

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Hypnosis goes multimedia!

Excerpt: Sydney’s TV Moore has created six works, incorporating video art and sculptural elements. From a video projection of Moore under hypnosis to an installation re-creating a mirrorball dance floor, the works explore the techniques humans use to escape reality.

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Combat all the negative Swine-Flu news

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Use Hypnotherapy to Treat Bulimia

Excerpt: There are many psychological factors involved with this eating disorder including negative body image, perfectionism, and outside factors such as family…

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Hypnosis Therapy Helps Pediatric Cancer Patients

(NaturalNews) According to the National Cancer Institute, almost 11,000 children (under the age of 15) will be diagnosed with a form of cancer in 2008. Advances in cancer research and cancer treatments have greatly improved since the 1970`s….

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Why Does Pain Get Worse When a Storm Is Coming?

The next time you watch the weather forecast, notice the barometric pressure, measured in inches. Numbers such as 30.04 will be followed by “rising,” “falling,” or “steady.” Typically, when a low pressure front is coming…

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Need more proof of mind over matter?

The Shaolin Warriors from the Chinese State Circus demonstrate their skills in Southampton

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The Role of Self-Hypnosis in Children Experiencing Pain

Self-hypnosis is an easy and useful technique for children to learn. Self-hypnosis is often taught to children by a trained hypnotherapist and it is designed to help them relax in difficult situations. The first step to self-hypnosis is to find a comfortable and quite place to sit or lie down to relax.

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A Definition of Hypnosis & Hypnotism

Hypnosis and hypnotism: what exactly is it? The word itself is derived from “hypnos”, a Greek word meaning sleep. The most commonly used definition is “a trance-like state of heightened suggestibility”.

The concepts and ideas behind it have been around for centuries, medical science has now come to recognize and accept it only in the last 50 years or so.

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Mind Your Language

What is hypnosis?

If you search around the web today you will come back with a hundred and one definitions. The reason for this is that even now people can not agree!

So what is it?
Here’s MY definition
Hypnosis is the utilization of an altered state to introduce suggestions to the unconscious mind.

Some types of suggestible altered states:

• Shock
• Distress
• Anxiety
• Panic
• Trance
• Meditation

What is hypnosis like?
Well it’s just like trance or daydreaming, because that’s exactly what it is! The ONLY difference is the inclusion of suggestions.

Consider a few natural trance states that you might have been in this week:

• Watching a movie
• Driving on autopilot
• Being “miles away”
• Daydreaming
• Getting a massage
• Reading a book
• Listening to music

The hidden hypnotist

Unfortunately anyone in a state of authority can unwittingly perform negative hypnosis, if you are in an altered state, so it’s important for people to be aware of their language in times of stress and shock. Examples include:

• High school teacher
• County Judge
• Police Officer
• Doctor or surgeon
• Parent

How?
Well, when you are in an altered state like trance or shock anything that is said to you bypasses that part of the mind that analyzes whether those statements maybe be truthful or not.

Let me give you a couple of examples:
Positive Hypnosis –

• You explain to someone in trance that they will feel better
• You tell someone in a state of shock that help is coming and that the worst is over

Negative Hypnosis –

• The medical professional explains to you while you are in a state of anxiety that the procedure has a marginal success rate and recovery will take several months
• The dentist about to give you an injection says, “you might feel some pain”