Hypnosis is a state of consciousness during which people are more receptive to suggestions given by a therapist, doctor, and even by people to themselves. Counseling involves receiving guidance regarding how to resolve a personal or psychological issue.
The key to coping better with stress is to learn how to think in a way that allows stressful triggers to be interpreted calmly. As a result, such triggers are much less likely to have intense physical or mental effects.
Clues that suggest your child’s emotions are related to their physical symptom(s) include complaints of anxiety, dizziness, feeling something is stuck in the throat, palpitations, shakiness, tingling, or numbness.
A most wonderful fact about hypnosis is that your child can learn to control his or her mind better through entering hypnosis. Once your child achieves improved mind control, the applications are limitless.
People who are highly hypnotizable tend to have particularly good imaginations and can picture things easily and in detail in their mind’s eye. They tend to lose track of time when they are engaged in reading an enjoyable book or watching a movie.
To my patients I define hypnosis as “using your imagination to help yourself.” Hypnosis involves a state of focused attention, in which people are more receptive to suggestions.
Hypnosis should be an essential tool in the kit of every health care provider. Without use of this tool, or another way of addressing patients’ psychological issues, the majority of patients suffer needlessly!
In this first blog entry I share about my introduction to the world of hypnosis when I encountered a very allergic patient who was able to think his way into and out of an apparent allergic reaction.
