Is hypnosis real does it work?

This is a question I am often asked and it comes from intelligent and usually switched on people. But is it real? One of the problems that hypnotherapists face is that the general public and even medical professionals don’t know what it is.

Not an easy question to answer. Look on the internet especially in the areas of brain research and you can find some amazing research. Yet when you ask researchers what it is they can give you a range of physiological and neurological symptoms.

"...changes in subjective experience, alterations in perception, sensation, emotion, thought or behavior. " The hypnotic state may also facilitate change in the body: it has been successfully used as a treatment for irritable bowel syndrome,as an alternative to chemical anesthesia,and it has been studied as a way to soothe skin ailments”.

It used to be thought and still is by many that this state involves you breathing deeply, being relaxed and being with your eyes closed. We still do use this type of technique however it is not how most of our clients behave all day long so may not be the most useful idea to grasp.

Someone comes home from work and goes in to the kitchen to make a cup of tea. While they are waiting for the kettle to boil they re-run an argument they had that day at work with someone. As they go through it in their minds they begin to argue with that person again and may even change what they said in reply. As they do this they begin to feel strong emotions in their body and manage to change their state and body chemistry. So they feel angry or resentful or put down or what ever.

It is becoming apparent that hypnosis is really how our minds work and we are in states of our created reality that may have no bases in what others can see. We create our own realities and hypnotic experiences all day long.

When someone comes to see me for a personal consultation for therapy in my practice in Leamington Spa this is one of the first things I run them through. All of them ten realise that hypnosis is real and it does work they also discover that they are doing it to themselves.

That allows them to come to the realization they they can have all the power and feelings over their lives that they could ever want. It puts the back in power it is only their desire to make their lives more pleasant that they now have to make.

All you have to do is learn how to control your mind. Make friends with your subconscious and teach it how you will be and decide just how good you want to feel.