Advantages And Disadvantages Of A Hypnosis

By Anna Phillips


This is one type of condition of the human consciousness at which the person only gives a full attention into a specific thing or situation and this lead to a reduction of peripheral awareness and losing it. This can be referred as well to the art, act, and skill of inducing hypnosis. The altered state theory and non state theory are the most common theories explaining the things occurring in this condition.

With this, the person can be able to hightened the focus and also concentration. This would mean that a person has the ability of concentrating intensely to certain memories and thought, and thus, distraction sources are blocked out. The profession which is related into this condition is a hypnotherapist or the one responsible to performing the therapy. Hypnotherapists from Washington DC hypnosis can surely help the people to address their problems concerning this.

There are many different applications of this into multiple fields including the purposes of psychotherapeutic, entertainment, self improvement, medical, and military. Ever since, hypnosis is already being utilized for the supplemental approaches in the therapy for cognitive behavior. It is usually defined in relation with a classical conditioning, in which both the hypnosis and the stimuli are called condition responses.

Aside from these being mentioned, there are also other purposes of this including physical therapy, forensics, education, sports, and rehabilitation. Some artists have been using this also for creative ideas. There are some people who draw analogies between the aspects and the areas of hypnotism which include ritual trances, crowd psychology, and religious hysteria. The following are the pros and cons of hypnotherapy.

Activating deeper responses for the relaxation of body. It helps in reducing the activities that occur in the sympathetic nervous system, blood pressure will be decreased, slowing the heart rate, and healing is accelerated. Another advantage is controlling the relationship, life, body, and surroundings of the person. Thus, the person can realize how life have been unfolded.

This can be considered also as a self hypnosis, and this means that people can be able to control their own hypnotic state. They have the freedom on choosing to explore the subconscious specifically the memories, images, and sensations. And maybe, they can also choose to open their eyes anytime, and return into a room.

Through this, self care methods are also learned, and thus, some of the needed lifetime tools are learned also including the techniques, ideas, and also resources. There are also some changes on the events reactivity and stress response. Due to the changes, the muscles are relaxed, the immune system will restore the healing mode, and the health is increased.

And the disadvantages will include the therapy will not work, most especially if a person will not want it, no willingness, and will not focus on the healing. The hypnotherapist will be the only person that guides them. A patient has the responsibility of paying full participation, time and space dedication, and practicing self hypnosis.

Also, the therapy cannot be quickly fixed. This usually needs a number of sessions for better effect and for a permanent healing. Even if most of the cases require only one session for the elimination of chronic neck pains and also life long allergies. For the chronic diseases, a number of sessions are needed for lasting changes. Multiple sclerosis is an example session.




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