Hypnotism - Thoughts?

McDaniel

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Hey All,

Has anyone here had an experience with or thought about being hypnotised to help deal with things? I am going through a bit of a tough patch in my life right now and more then anything it is affecting my sleep severely! I have sleep issues anyway as my mind is always active and it could take an hour or two to get to sleep – at the moment I am only getting about 2 maybe 3 hours of sleep in total, this has been happening for almost 2 weeks now. I am really not sure about taking sleeping pills due to things I have read and what not – but I have got a Dr’s appointment later on to get their suggestions.

Hypnotism worked quite well for a friend who had a fear of flying and I am considering having some done to help both with my sleep, and also confidence issues. I have a confident personality but not in my looks, so I tend to be quite insecure around ladies and don’t take rejection, take it very personally and don’t seem to bounce back like others around me.

Thoughts, criticisms?

Cheers
 
also been there , done it , highly recommend it.

i actually trained as a hypnotherapist but didn't follow it through as a career..

i would say that it works for some things for some people but overall anything that is based around trying to relax your mind is the best application for it
 
McDaniel said:
Don't suppose you could supply more detail then that, like why you decided to, what for etc...? I understand if its something you dont want to share though :)
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A friend of mine is a registered clinical hypnotherapist and I've been under more than once for various things.

If done correctly, you're always in complete control and can back out at any time during the process.
 
Paulus said:
you are always in complete control.. there is no such thing as being made to do things against your will
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I have read this and to be honest that is not fear or anything - it's more does it work, do you have to have some "belief" in its ability to work effectively. Can you go in with a "im not sure" attitude but still get results?

Some actual experiences and changes people made after would be interesting.
 
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I'm sceptical on most of these sorts of things. However, even if there's not actual basis to them they can still have a noticeable benefit due to the placebo effect.

E.g. while there should be no real difference between paracetamol that's the expensive branded variety and the cheap own-brand packs (as they have the same active ingredient) studies have shown that people do feel better if they take the branded ones, just down to the belief that they will!

Problem is that as I'm a sceptic I don't get that effect from these things! So maybe it's better not to be a sceptic!
 
It was on the episode of CSI i watched last night, Woman managed to get another woman to think she was diving into an ocean when she was actually diving off a balcony.

Beware of Loony Hypnotists!
 
Geoff65 said:
I'm sceptical on most of these sorts of things. However, even if there's not actual basis to them they can still have a noticeable benefit due to the placebo effect.

E.g. while there should be no real difference between paracetamol that's the expensive branded variety and the cheap own-brand packs (as they have the same active ingredient) studies have shown that people do feel better if they take the branded ones, just down to the belief that they will!

Problem is that as I'm a sceptic I don't get that effect from these things! So maybe it's better not to be a sceptic!
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I am similar, last paracetmol i got were 38p from Somerfield, seemed to do the trick i dont buy branded.

But at the same time i am so desperate for something to change i think i would have enough belief in it for that reason that if there is a placebo side it may actually benefit me.

From what i can tell around the local area they offer free consultations, and even home visits too - so might be worth a phone call?
 
you are always in complete control.. there is no such thing as being made to do things against your will
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is this still relevant in the case of show hypnotism? people acting like chicken etc?

what about derren brown and him making people rob banks etc?

or am i just being foolish?
 
Sanguinnus said:
is this still relevant in the case of show hypnotism? people acting like chicken etc?

what about derren brown and him making people rob banks etc?

or am i just being foolish?
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Supposidly its people that want to do something outrageous! The Hypnotist has to be really good at reading people and picking the right person who they think will want to do something crazy.

Same i would think with Derren Brown, he seems to be able to read people brilliantly and probably chose those likely to do it.
 
Sanguinnus said:
is this still relevant in the case of show hypnotism? people acting like chicken etc?

what about derren brown and him making people rob banks etc?

or am i just being foolish?
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TV stage hypnosis gives a lot of bad press to genuine hypnotherapy.

people that act like a chicken do it willingly. it might appear that they are doing it against their will, but they are not, they know what they are doing.

and derren brown is just TV, you cant count that as real hypnosis. the show where he shoots with a gun, do you think he really put his life on the line?
 
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