As the levels of people suffering from depression and other mental-health issues rises, unconventional treatments such as hypnosis and self-hypnosis have become more popular.
The hypnotic-state is a form of consciousness similar to deep-sleep and can allow people who attain it to enable intense concentration on a specific event or memory, in a manner that results in complete cognitive-immersion. This form of immersion is referred to as “the non-state theory”, whereas, “the state-theory” is the normative mental-state, in which people spend the majority of their waking-hours. Within a therapeutic context, it is referred to as, ”hypnotherapy”, and can have a range of benefits, including stress and anxiety-relief, addiction-cessation, weight-loss, increase in self-belief and often works as an effective treatment for phobias, such as vertigo and the fear of flying. You are probably also aware of the concept of, “stage-hypnosis”, which is used on many television programmes; although there is much controversy surrounding the authenticity of this technique.
Essentially, hypnosis is a variation of a process known as “Neuro-hynotism” that was founded by the Scottish physician – James Braid in 1841, and has in recent years become increasingly accepted by the mainstream medical community as a means of preparing patients for surgery.
As it provides a range of possibilities, you may wish to find out more about it – in order to discover if it can help you in any way. The internet would be a good place to start and provides a wealth of information on different techniques and outcomes. However as hypnosis can achieve many different things, it’s advisable to consider what you really want to get out of it before starting the research.
The hypnotic-state can be self-administered or achieved with a professional therapist, and can have a highly-beneficial impact on your mental and physical health and wellbeing.
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