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Yesterday was Hypnosis Day. Did you celebrate? I didn't. Just thinking about being hypnotized makes me nervous. If I contemplate it for long, cold chills and shakes will occur. Hypnosis is totally not my thing.
I know that hypnosis works differently than how it is portrayed in movies and books. I think the "hyperattentive" image scares me as much as the inaccurate "lack of control" image. I don't like either state. Did you see Ellen under hypnosis to try and quit smoking? No thanks. I don't want to go there.
Reading articles about hypnosis on sites health websites, (Hypnosis for Managing Pain, Hypnosis: Focusing Subconscious on Change, and Hypnosis Helps Treat Pain, Other Conditions), still doesn't convince me to give it a try.
I spent about a half hour in the various blog search engines, looking for blog posts (preferably by women) about hypnosis. I've come to a few conclusions. Hypnosis websites are a lot like free porn websites, there are a lot of links - a lot of promises but no real pay-off. And, they seem to be written by men. Are there any female hypnotists?
Apparently there is at least one and she blogs at the Transparent Hypnotist, which is a great blog name don't you think? It's also a pretty good blog.
The other night I dined with a few friends, and a few would-be friends (I had just met them). And as we had not met before, one inevitably asked what I do for a living (yes, I am in the states currently). So, I told them. One thought it was pretty cool. And then there was the biological studies major, who informed me he had spent some time studying hypnosis in a psychology class. They had dedicated something like eight hours (I think it may have been six, but I feel generous today) to discussion, theory, and perhaps practice? He told me in that reverent-I-am-in-college-so-I-know way, that the class came to the conclusion that hypnosis only works if you believe in it. Whenever I hear that I cannot help but think of Peter Pan and "clap your hands if you believe in fairies." And then he dismissed the subject and we were on to quantum psychics.
Here's an interesting post about hypnotism, again written by a man but this time with some terrific content. The Dilbert Blog:
When I was a kid, my family doctor was a hypnotist. He hypnotized my mom before she gave birth to my little sister. Mom reports that she felt no discomfort during the birth, despite being awake and having no drugs. That story had a big impact on me.
When I was in my early twenties, I enrolled in the Pierre Clement School of Hypnosis in San Francisco. I thought I could earn some extra money hypnotizing people. And I figured maybe it could help with dating. I wasn’t getting too far on my charm alone.
Here's one last post about hypnotherapy and weight loss; it's old and I had to search forever, (some sites need better search engines for their content...), but it has stuck with me for more than a year. Here's why:
Because my daughter was only 13, I went in during the therapy. I was allowed to listen with a set of headphones so I could hear everything being said to her. We both had comfortable recliners to sit in so I had all of the same benefits she had. She was given special tapes to listen to each night for a month. She was faithful to the program and the results were incredible. She was a donuts and French fries junkie before being hypnotized. Once she was, she had no desire to eat them. In fact I had a call from her teacher because suddenly she was giving away her donuts and cookies. It was so unlike her, the teacher was afraid she was ill or something. I reassured her she was doing fine and I applauded her sticking with the program.
I remember going to a fast food restaurant and ordering a big burger sandwich, fries and soda. She ordered a salad and a diet soda and was perfectly satisfied. In fact, I would eat the fries in front of her and it never phased her a bit. She stayed on the diet for about three months and lost weight consistently
