While many balk at the idea of hypnosis of any kind, many kinds of hypnosis are becoming more popular alongside other ‘non-prescription’ and ‘non-Western’ medical care. Hypnosis might be used to ‘cure’ a ‘problem’ such as helping one lose weight, and thus ‘curing’ obesity, but for the most part, hypnosis is about changing the body and the mind from the inside, out.
Self-hypnosis is one type of hypnosis, gaining in popularity both as a result of recent trends in alternative healthcare as well as being, for some people, the most attractive kind of hypnosis. Many who are unwilling to be hypnotized are willing to try self-hypnosis because in self-hypnosis the hypnotizer is also the hypnotized!
One might try self-hypnosis in order to lose weight, or perhaps to reduce stress or to increase happiness. Practitioners promoting hypnosis claim that hypnosis can be used for absolutely anything; there is no exact, fixed list of things/problems that hypnosis can treat. Self-hypnosis, as well as other types of hypnosis can be used for whatever it is that one wants to change in life.
Self-hypnosis is done by relaxing and putting oneself into a meditative state. It can be practiced by adults and children alike, in fact, studies have shown that children are very successful at self-hypnosis because they have developed imaginations and have not yet developed a truly skeptical or rational outlook. Self-hypnosis with children should be closely monitored and should not stand in the place of professional medical care.
In self-hypnosis, there’s nothing to lose. The fear of losing control in traditional ways of being hypnotized does not apply. If you’re curious and open-minded, give it a try; there’s nothing to lose and a multitude of benefits to gain.
