Hypnotherapy - anyone done it?

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Hope this doesnt count as a medical thread!


I have suffered from anxiety and panic attacks for around 7 years ago. Started suddenly for no reason in particular. It got progressively worse as it ended up that i was so scared of having another, that trying to prevent it it fuelled the anxiety, and made me develop a range of phobias of anything i (at times irrationally) feared would cause panic attacks.

I had hypnotherapy yesterday, and can honestly say its the best thing i've ever done. Had a 2 hour session, and walked out feeling like it hadn't really done anything, but I am now 24 hours past, and have not felt anxiety once. Its vry weird after all that time of constant daily panic attacks, I almost dont know what to do with myself because Im so used to worrying constantly about panicing that I feel like I "should" be doing somehting. The only way I can describe it is that i imagine its what people leaving prison after a long sentence must feel like.


Wondered if anyone else had had it and what their experiences were :)
 
I have had it hypnotherapy for anxiety and just as you say you dont feel it has worked straight away but after a while you can see you feel a change in the pattern of your thinking, atleast thats how it worked for me.

Unfortunately mine didnt work to well after about 6 session my mind kept its guard up and would not fully let the change in thinking take place so my anxiety did not go away.

I would recommend it as well, its a very weird experience. Did your mind start throwing up a lot of random thoughts that didnt really make much sense?
 
Lodgey said:
I have had it hypnotherapy for anxiety and just as you say you dont feel it has worked straight away but after a while you can see you feel a change in the pattern of your thinking, atleast thats how it worked for me.

Unfortunately mine didnt work to well after about 6 session my mind kept its guard up and would not fully let the change in thinking take place so my anxiety did not go away.

I would recommend it as well, its a very weird experience. Did your mind start throwing up a lot of random thoughts that didnt really make much sense?
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Yes, i found myself realising that I was thinking random things and would then think "how have I ended up thinking about this?!"

Ive found i still think about the things i was anxious about, but i think about it rather than actually feeling the feeling of anxiety and panic., so i can immediately brush it off.
 
Yes, quite a few times, but it wasn't a long term fixed for me. Loved th of relaxed feeling you get from it. Super, super chilled. Euphoric, even. Had quite a few proper sessions and used a cd too. But they were more patches than deep root fixes, mine was the public speaking fear stuff.

Girlfriend is training to be a counsellor. I'd go down that route and properly address your issues.
 
I'm surprised there isn't more ridicule in this thread :o
It's all the power of suggestion and how susceptible you are to that, in the end it's your own will, you always had it just you needed someone to help push you along.
 
ChrisJSY said:
I'm surprised there isn't more ridicule in this thread :o
It's all the power of suggestion and how susceptible you are to that, in the end it's your own will, you always had it just you needed someone to help push you along.
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And would you say the same to CBT and counselling? Do you think the brain has the capacity to change how neurons are connected and communicate in response to external stimuli? Do you think therefore there sometimes has to be an external stimuli to illicit a change? Do you think it would be a bit Victorian to presume the only valid stimuli would be an alien (to the body) chemical compound?
 
AshD93 said:
Placebo effect much?
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perhaps to some extent... while I'm pretty skeptical of stage hypnosis - the idea that someone is in some magical state and the hypnotist can control them make them do silly things is a bit far fetched and relies more on the pressure to conform in front of the audience with added public embarrassment for not playing along "hypnotism doesn't work so well on people with low IQs etc.."

hypnotherapy though - even if it is partly a placebo and maybe relies on conditioning to some extent might well be worth a look.... perhaps not for serious mental conditions where you require proper medical help but I don't see a huge issue with people wanting to give up smoking/give up other bad habits etc.. even if it just serves to act as a bit of extra encouragement... perhaps the fact they think they've now got this extra willpower to help becomes a self fulfilling prophecy....
 
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