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Posted by Lisa Simpson on November 2, 2000, at 5:28:52
Has anyone here ever had any hypnotherapy? Or does anyone know whether hypnosis can be used successfully in treating depression? Any information at all about this would be very much appreciated.
Lisa
Posted by chdurie2 on November 2, 2000, at 22:16:30
In reply to Hypnosis, posted by Lisa Simpson on November 2, 2000, at 5:28:52
> Has anyone here ever had any hypnotherapy? Or does anyone know whether hypnosis can be used successfully in treating depression? Any information at all about this would be very much appreciated.
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> Lisalisa-my p-doc referred me to the "grandfather" of hypnosis, Herbert Spiegel, of NYC. i saw him for four or five sessions. he hypnotized me and then taught me how to hypnotize myself for anxiety etc. with a hypnotic technique that can be applied to a vast array of things - including depression. it was quite an experience. but one hypno-session, either from him or by me, doesn't have lasting effects - cure depression. like cognitive therapy, you have to keep doing it. some people are more hypnotizable than others -- according to spiegel, who trained surgeons at columbia presbyterian to use hypnosis as anesthesia, it's part physical and part psychological. the physical part has to do, believe it or not, with how high you can roll your eyeballs upward while still keeping your eyes centered, whether they are open or closed. the psychological part has to do with how highly suggestible you are. when i'm really down or anxious i do the process he taught me - it works. but i think meditation or visualization would do a similar thing if you got into it enuf.
caroline
Posted by Lisa Simpson on November 6, 2000, at 8:13:18
In reply to Re: Hypnosis » Lisa Simpson, posted by chdurie2 on November 2, 2000, at 22:16:30
Hi, chdurie2, thanks very much for your reply. I saw a hypnotherapist for a while a few years ago. He was convinced something awful had happened to me when I was young, and was trying to help me remember it. I had paid for a course of six sessions, but he actually continued seeing me for quite a few weeks after that for free, as he was very interested in my case, and he was so sure he could get me to remember this thing. During the sessions I would see these flickering lights which would give me a feeling of complete and absolute terror, like I had never experienced before. I had to stop seeing him in the end as it was doing more harm than good - I was getting into such a state. And it took over six months for these feelings he triggered to go away.
So it's interesting to hear of someone else' experiences!
Lisa
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