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Hypnosis: An altered state of consciousness

By Mayo Clinic staff

Have you ever been totally absorbed while reading a book or cooking or watching a movie? Did you zone out to the point where you didn't notice what else was going on around you? If so, you have experienced a type of trancelike state or focused attention that's similar to what happens to you during hypnosis.

Although its medical uses aren't entirely understood, hypnosis, when provided by a certified hypnotherapist or other qualified clinician, appears to help with a variety of health conditions. These range from helping to control pain to easing the symptoms of asthma. Before considering hypnosis, learn more about how it works, what conditions it may be helpful for and what to look for in a hypnotherapist.

What is hypnosis? 

Hypnosis, which is sometimes referred to as hypnotherapy or hypnotic suggestion, is an altered state of consciousness. This state of consciousness is generally artificially induced and is different from your everyday awareness. When you're under hypnosis:

* Your attention is more focused.
* You're more responsive to suggestions.
* You're more open and less critical or disbelieving.

The purpose of hypnosis as a therapeutic technique is to help you understand and gain more control over your behavior, emotions or physical well-being.

It's not clear how hypnosis works. However, it appears to affect how your brain communicates with your body through nerve impulses, hormones and body chemicals such as neuropeptides. Hypnotherapists say that hypnosis creates a state of deep relaxation and quiets the mind. When you're hypnotized, you can concentrate intensely on a specific thought, memory, feeling or sensation while blocking out distractions. You're more open than usual to suggestions, and this can be used to improve your health and well-being.

Who is hypnosis for? 

Hypnotherapy has the potential to help relieve the symptoms of a wide variety of illnesses and conditions. It can be used independently or along with other treatments. For example, it's one of several relaxation methods for treating chronic pain that has been approved by an independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health.

According to preliminary studies, hypnotherapy can be used to:

* Treat pain during childbirth and reduce labor time
* Control bleeding and pain during dental and surgical procedures
* Relieve cramping and other symptoms associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
* Reduce blood pressure and regulate blood flow
* Enhance the body's immune system and ability to fight infection
* Control nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy
* Reduce the intensity or frequency of migraine headaches in children and teenagers
* Treat and ease the symptoms of asthma
* Hasten the healing of some skin diseases
* Improve psoriasis and atopic dermatitis
* Change negative behaviors, such as smoking, bedwetting and overeating
* Reduce fear, stress and anxiety
* Eliminate or decrease the intensity of phobias

Although hypnosis may have the potential to help with a wide variety of conditions, it's not a magic bullet. It's typically used as one part of a broader treatment plan rather than as a stand-alone therapy. Like any other therapy, it can be very helpful to some people and fail with others. It seems to work best when you're highly motivated and your therapist is well trained and understands your particular problem.

Types of hypnosis 

A variety of hypnotic techniques exists. The approach you choose depends on what you want to accomplish, as well as your personal preferences. Your hypnotherapist may make a recommendation regarding the best technique for your particular situation.

For example, in one method, a hypnotherapist leads you into hypnosis by talking in gentle, soothing tones and describing images that create a sense of relaxation, security and well-being. While you're under hypnosis, the hypnotherapist suggests ways for you to achieve specific goals — for example, reducing pain or stress or helping to eliminate the cravings associated with smoking cessation.

In another technique, once you're under hypnosis the hypnotherapist helps stimulate your imagination by suggesting specific mental images to see in your mind's eye. This conscious creation of vivid, meaningful pictures in your mind is called mental imagery, and it's a powerful way to help bring about what you want to achieve. For example, hypnotherapists can help athletes specifically visualize what they want to accomplish before they perform it physically.

Self-hypnosis is a third technique. A certified hypnotherapist needs to teach you how to induce a state of hypnosis in yourself. You then can use this skill to help yourself.

Although hypnotherapists, like other health care practitioners, each have their own style, expect some common elements:

* A typical session lasts from 30 to 60 minutes.
* The number of sessions can range from one to a series of several.
* You generally bring yourself out of hypnosis at the end of a session.
* You can usually resume your daily activities immediately after a session.


Myths about hypnosis 

If you've ever seen a "hypnotist" who uses trance states as entertainment in a stage act, you've probably witnessed several of the myths about hypnosis in action. Legitimate clinical hypnotherapy practiced by a qualified professional is not the same process as that performed on stage.

Myth: When you're under hypnosis, you surrender your free will.
Reality: Hypnosis is a heightened state of concentration and focused attention. When you're under hypnosis, you don't lose your personality, your free will or your personal strength.

Myth: When you're under hypnosis, the hypnotherapist controls you.
Reality: You do hypnosis voluntarily for yourself. A hypnotherapist only serves as a knowledgeable guide or facilitator.

Myth: Under hypnosis, you lose consciousness and have amnesia.
Reality: A small number of people who go into a very deep hypnotic state experience spontaneous amnesia. However, most people remember everything that occurs under hypnosis.

Myth: You can be put under hypnosis without your consent.
Reality: Successful hypnosis depends on your willingness to experience it. Even with voluntary participation, not everyone can be led into a hypnotic state.

How to choose a qualified professional 

Hypnosis as a practice is not regulated in most states, so it pays to be very careful when selecting a therapist. Certified lay hypnotists are individuals who have completed 200 or more hours of training in hypnosis but don't have additional professional health care training. Licensed health care professionals who practice hypnotherapy, such as psychologists, doctors and social workers, are trained in hypnosis in addition to their university training.

Apply the same care in choosing a hypnotherapist as you would a doctor. Ask someone you trust for recommendations. When you find a potential hypnotherapist, ask questions such as:

* Do you have training in a field such as psychology, medicine, social work or dentistry?
* Are you licensed in your specialty in this state?
* Where did you go to school, and where did you do your internship, residency program or both?
* If you're a lay hypnotist, how much training have you had and from which school?
* What professional organizations do you belong to?
* How long have you been in practice?

When conducted under the care of a trained therapist, hypnosis is generally safe as a complementary treatment method.
 

Consumer Reports Magazine: Hypnosis: A safe and potent pain reliever

Hypnosis: A safe and potent pain reliever

Discomfort during certain medical procedures can be reduced with the
help of hypnosis. In a study in Wales of 80 cancer patients ages 6 to
16, for example, those who received hypnosis from a therapist reported
less pain and anxiety, and demonstrated less distress than those who
received only standard care when undergoing painful spinal cord
punctures. A review of nine earlier studies, published in the June
2004 Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, concluded
that there was enough positive evidence to warrant larger-scale
investigations of the use of hypnosis in children with cancer.

Hypnosis may also relieve procedure-related pain in adults. A small
trial of patients undergoing angioplasty, an invasive heart procedure,
found that the sedative effect of hypnosis was slightly better than
that of the drug diazepam (Valium).

Clinical trials have also found that hypnosis can help adult patients
control other forms of pain, relieve gastrointestinal problems,
stimulate weight loss, clear up skin problems, and accelerate the
healing of bone fractures and surgical wounds. And the newest
guidelines from the U.S. Headache Consortium, a coalition of seven
medical groups, include hypnosis among the nondrug measures most
proven to help prevent headaches.


Not for everyone

Hypnosis doesn't work for everything or everyone. Though often
promoted as a smoking-cessation tool, it was not found to be very
helpful for would-be quitters in a review of 59 studies published in 2000.

The technique may work best for people who are imaginative, trusting,
able to focus their attention, and willing to do the follow-up
exercises that often accompany it--including listening to
self-hypnosis tapes at home.

Side effects are rare, chiefly headache or lingering relaxation, and
can be worked on in subsequent visits.

It may take some looking to find a qualified practitioner. Most states
do not license hypnotherapists. Ideally, you will want a licensed
health provider with advanced hypnotherapy training. A hospital
affiliation indicates the person has been professionally screened. The
cost, comparable to a visit with a mental health professional, may not
be covered by insurance.
 

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How to Lose Weight and Keep it Off


By Irwin Bluestein



There has been a lot in the news about the Federal Government finally paying attention to the epidemic of obesity sweeping the country. According to the Puget Sound Business Journal of November 27, 1998 the weight loss industry was raking in over $60 billion annually and growing. The Jenny Craig web site places it at $40 billion today and estimates $48.8 billion by 2006.

It boggled my mind when I tried to imagine $60 billion vs. $40 billion. According to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing the thickness of a $1dollar bill is 0.0043 inches. Pile up 1000 of them and the stack is now 4.3 inches high. Pile up 1000 such stacks to reach $1 million dollars and the pile is 4300 inches or 358.3 feet high. To get to $1 billion we need 1000 such stacks. 1000 x 358.33 feet = 358,333 feet or 67.87 miles high. $60 billion would reach 4,072 miles into space while $40 billion only reaches 2,715 miles. On its side the “short” stack almost makes it from New York to Los Angeles (2800 miles)

There is no shortage of enterprises organized to cash in on this bonanza. Each has a convincing story and a ton of anecdotal “evidence” in support of their claims. America is the world leader in fast food and quick fixes. Television commercials offer more medicine per pill and faster relief followed by a hyper velocity spewing of potentially distressing side effects. Isn’t it about time that we learned the truth?

The complexity of the human body is such that with all the medical research to date, medical science can offer definite cures for only about 20% of the illnesses that afflict us. As much as all of us humans are alike with the same major organs functioning in much the same manner we are all different. The diversity in tastes, tolerance and allergies make the selection of a healthy and effective diet plan far from trivial.

One of my favorite old sayings (and I love old sayings) is that “If the only tool in your kit is a hammer then every problem looks like a nail. Considering the complexity of the human body and its nourishment, why would you attempt to correct a problem using only a single tool?

Have you ever tried to tighten or loosen a screw with firmly attached nut that turns with it? The solution is not to replace the screwdriver with different tool but to add a tool, such as a wrench, to compliment it.

The major craze sweeping the country today is the Atkins diet. I remember when it first became popular about 30 years ago. At that time just about every physician advised against it. Those of us who followed the diet, ate a lot of fat and lost a bunch of weight.

In addition LDL cholesterol (the bad stuff) levels remained low. In a very unscientific way we proved the doctors wrong – didn’t we? We didn’t notice the increase in the number of people developing blockages in their coronary arteries despite the low cholesterol levels. Most physicians today still do not recommend this diet and warn that following it for too long a period of time leads to problems such a heart attack, stroke and kidney failure.

So if you follow the Atkins diet for a short time to lose weight and you make no other changes in your life-style the odds are that you will regain the weight after you go back on your normal diet. Of course you could continue with the Atkins diet, maintain your weight and risk the aforementioned health problems.

There are a plethora of diet plans for weight reduction each with its own advantages and disadvantages. Pick one without the help of a skilled dietician or physician and you risk damaging your health. Achieve your desired weight, quit the diet, and in all likelihood you will pack it all back on.

On the web site of the USDA (http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/wgtloss.html) you will find the following statement under the heading of “Sensible Weight Maintenance Tips”:


“Losing weight may not be effortless, but it doesn't have to be complicated. To achieve long-term results, it's best to avoid quick-fix schemes and complex regimens. Focus instead on making modest changes to your life's daily routine.”



That’s certainly good advice. Reminds me of the famous advice to investors “Buy Low Sell High.” Also easy to say, but not so easy to do. How can you alter a behavior pattern that you’ve built over your lifetime? The answer is hypnotherapy – not as an alternative to a healthy diet plan but as a compliment to it.

Hypnotherapy is a tool that can help alter a person’s behavior patterns. For example it can eliminate (or drastically reduce) dependence on will-power and make following a diet very easy plus make new healthy eating habits the automatic preference. Exercise caution in selecting a diet plan because hypnosis can help a person follow a diet whether it’s healthy or not.

The bottom line is:

1. The FDA advises against using over-the-counter diet pills. They don’t regulate these products and can only ban those that are proven harmful.
2. Consult with your physician or dietician to devise a plan tailored to your body.
3. Use the services of a hypnotherapist to help you stay on the diet until you reach your goal weight and continue with hypnotherapy, as required, to make your new healthy eating patterns automatic.




This article was submitting by Hypnotic World's US Representative, Irwin Bluestein, CH