To minimize risk of exposure to and spread of the COVID-19 virus and COVID-19 variants, I am continuing to suspend in-person hypnotherapy sessions with me in my office. Meanwhile, phone, and Zoom consultations ARE and WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE!
(This blog was
originally posted on July 12, 2016)
Even though at least one million sensations are going on in the body at
any one time, we typically only perceive a few of them at once. So, at this
point in reading my blog I want you to focus attention to your feet and how
they feel in the shoes you have on. Until I gave you that suggestion, had you
even noticed your feet or shoes? This
kind of selective attention is very fortunate; otherwise, we would be in a
state of sensory overload every minute—every second—of the day.
This kind of selective attention is also what facilitates
hypno-anesthesia. Consider Dr. John
Kappas’s definition of hypnosis: “Hypnosis is created by an overload of
message units disorganizing our inhibitory process (critical mind), triggering
our fight/flight mechanism and ultimately resulting in a hyper-suggestible
state, providing access to the subconscious mind.” When you are in this state,
the level of awareness is actually heightened. However, the message in the hypnotic
script has you focus on a specific issue(s) or sensation(s) while
disregarding or reforming the significance of conflicting messages/perceptions.
For example, when preparing a pregnant client to manage the discomfort of the contractions in labor,
I would suggest that she imagine/perceive the contractions as the gentle
massage that is helping to bring her child into the world. By changing the meaning or association of the sensation
from something uncomfortable to a process that is bringing joy into her life,
she can also change the perception of that sensation.
Hypnosis to manage/control pain is one of the most common
requests/uses/applications of this modality. The body naturally produces its
own analgesics (pain-control enzymes) when the subconscious mind is overloaded
(distracted) or when you are comfortable and relaxed, such as during
hypnosis/hypnotherapy/therapeutic guided imagery. Therefore, when you are
relaxed and calm in hypnosis, you are more likely to feel greater comfort and
be better able to manage or control physical pain. However, the anxiety and
fear that often accompany pain typically increase this perception. Since
hypnosis helps a person relax and reduces anxiety and stress, being in this
state, alone, is a natural analgesic.
Unlike medically-induced anesthesia—which can induce physiological
complications from medication-induced side effects—hypnosis is a safe, natural,
drug-free state of awareness. In addition to helping create pain-free
labor/delivery, it is useful to control pain/discomfort during dentistry procedures,
low-back pain, headaches, arthritis and more.*
*California law allows access by California residents to
complementary and alternative health care practitioners who are not providing
services that require medical training and credentials. The purpose of a
program of hypnotherapy is for vocational and avocational self-improvement (Business
and Professions Code 2908)
and as an alternative or complementary treatment to healing arts services
licensed by the state. A hypnotherapist is not a licensed physician or
psychologist, and hypnotherapy services are not licensed by the state of
California. Services are non-diagnostic and do not include the practice of
medicine, neither should they be considered a substitute for licensed medical
or psychological services or procedures.
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Hi, there. I am Tom Neil and I want to clarify how life had been for my younger brother living with schizophrenia and how he had been forever able to overcome this debilitating disease via a naturopathic, herbal method.
ReplyDeleteMaicon - my kid brother was twenty years old when he was brought to the emergency room by the campus police of the college from which he had been suspended several months ago. A professor had called and reported that he had walked into his classroom, accused him of taking his tuition money, and refused to leave.
Although he had much academic success as a teenager, his behavior had become increasingly odd during the past year. He quit seeing his friends and no longer seemed to care about his appearance or social pursuits. He began wearing the same clothes each day and seldom bathed. He lived with several family members but rarely spoke to any of them. When he did talk to them, he said he had found clues that his college was just a front for an organized crime operation. He had been suspended from college because of missing many classes. My sister said that she had often seen him mumbling quietly to himself and at times he seemed to be talking to people who were not there. He would emerge from my room and ask my family to be quiet even when they were not making any noise.
My father and sister told the staff that Maicon's great-grandmother had had a serious illness and had lived for 30 years in a state hospital, which they believed was a mental hospital. Our mother left the family when Maicon was very young. She has been out of touch with us, and they thought she might have been treated for mental health problems.
Maicon agreed to sign himself into the psychiatric unit for treatment. The whole family except I had agreed to have Maicon transferred to a mental asylum. I knew inwardly there was still some plausible means by which my kid brother could overcome this condition. I knew botanical means of treatment will be more favorable than any other type of treatment, and as such, I had taken a keen interest in the research of naturopathic alternative measures suitable for the treatment of schizophrenia. I had pleaded for some little patience from the family in the delay of the transfer, I was looking forward to proving a point to the entire family, of a positive botanical remedy for this condition.
It was during my ceaseless search on the internet I had been fortunate enough to come across Dr. Utu Herbal Cure: an African herbalist and witch doctor whose professional works had majored on the eradication of certain viral conditions, especially schizophrenia, ( improving the memory capacity positively), via a traditional, naturopathic process and distinguished diet plan. It was by the administration of this herbal specialist that my brother had been able to improve his condition for better.
Before the naturopathic remedy - Maicon's story had reflected a common case, in which a high-functioning young adult goes through a major decline in day-to-day skills. Although family and friends may feel this is a loss of the person they knew, the illness can be treated and a good outcome is possible.
My brother Maicon is just like many other patients out there suffering from this disease. Although he was able to overcome this condition via a naturopathic herbal remedy administered by this African herbal physician and saved completely thus, rekindling the lost joy which had been experienced by the family members.
I wish to use this opportunity to reach across to anyone who may happen to be diagnosed with this disastrous condition to spread the hope of an everlasting herbal remedy that is capable of imposing a permanent end to this disease.
For more information concerning this naturopathic herbal remedy, feel free to contact this African herbal practitioner via email:
drutuherbalcure@gmail.com