Using Hypnosis: 7 Unexpected & Uncommon Ways
No doubt you know someone who has been hypnotized. Why do I say that?
Because hypnosis is becoming more and more mainstream, used by doctors and nurses, chiropractors, and stage hypnotists. Creative visualization is a form of hypnosis, so if you’ve experienced it in a relaxation or yoga class, you, too, have engaged in a form of hypnosis.
The Mayo Clinic has been employing hypnosis for years. Its founders, the Mayo brothers, were trained in hypnosis and used it regularly to control pain and limit blood loss during surgery.
Psychiatrists used it quite a bit before they could prescribe drugs to control anxiety and depression.
In fact, it’s likely that you know someone who has used hypnosis for smoking, weight control, or stress relief. Or for greater ease in giving birth. In fact, those who use hypnosis during labor usually claim a faster recovery.
But there are also some lesser known uses for hypnosis, all successful to a greater or lesser degree. Consider these:
1.Age regression to “relive” at a safe distance some incident in the past, often childhood, to heal a trauma. Most frequently used by psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.
2.Hypnosis to find lost objects: The person being hypnotized has to have been present during the misplacing of the object. This is not magic but simply a no-pressure way of retrieving a memory. This is sometimes successful but not always.
3.Hypnosis to aid in fertility. When doctors cannot find a physical reason why pregnancy hasn’t occurred, hypnosis for fertility is often successful. While it is usually the woman who is hypnotized, some practitioners are now hypnotizing the
man too. I was trained in this application by Lynsi Eastburn, author of It’s Conceivable and I can vouch that it can be surprisingly successful, sometimes after just one or two appointments.
4.Hypnosis to help smooth the way for love and relationship. My Hypno-Attraction