Sunday 12 August 2018

By Angela Taylor


The number of Americans addicted to prescription drugs has reached epic proportions. While these drugs are life savers for patients with debilitating pain, others use them to treat the symptoms of illness or disease long after the health issue has been resolved. There are other people, sensitive to the risks, who avoid drugs and turn to more natural methods like the hypnotherapy Albuquerque therapists use for promoting wellness.

Some people think hypnotherapy, or hypnosis, is a form of entertainment rather than a medical treatment. This is usually because their only experience with the technique is from television or nightclubs. The professionals explain that real hypnosis consists of guiding patients into relaxed states that make them open to receiving suggestions. Therapists don't put patients to sleep or make them do things against their will. The common fear of getting stuck in a hypnotic trance is unwarranted.

The actual technique consists of the patient and the therapist discussing what they want to come out of a session before anything else happens. Once the goals are clearly defined, the therapist uses different techniques to relax the patient. The individual is guided through the session with verbal images and encouraged to let go of negative thoughts. At the end of the session, the patient is brought back to awareness, and the two discuss the experience.

Hypnosis can be very beneficial. It can have a positive effect on debilitating conditions like depression, chronic pain, and stress. Scientists are studying the potential it has for conditions such as IBS in adults and children. Hypnosis can be beneficial for increasing the concentration of blood during orthopedic surgery.

Breast cancer survivors have been helped with hypnosis. Drugs used to prevent the cancer from recurring have hot flashes as a side effect. In one study, patients were hypnotized, after receiving instructions for hypnotizing themselves. The severity and frequency of the hot flashes decreased by seventy percent. Women hypnotized before a biopsy often require less sedation and experience less nausea and pain after their procedure.

People who smoke often try to quit by using prescriptions and patches. They could try hypnosis. The advantages of using acupuncture and hypnosis instead of prescriptions is the focus of current studies that are promising so far.

There is an interesting study that has been done regarding weight loss and hypnosis. One group got diet advice only, The second group was hypnotized to reduce stress, and the third group was hypnotized for reducing calorie intake. All three groups lost two to three percent of their body weight during a three month period. Only the group that received hypnosis for stress saw significant weight reduction after a year and a half.

America seems to have gotten into a crisis epidemic before any particular attention was paid to prescription drug addiction. While those who are already addicted certainly need medical intervention, it is important to prevent a new generation from suffering the same fate. The studies done so far show that alternative treatments like hypnotherapy, are effective and safe.




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