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Medical Applications

Pain suppression

One of the major initial applications of hypnosis was the suppression of pain during medical procedures. This was supplanted (in the late 19th century) by the development of more reliable chemical anesthetics.

Dental application

The use of hypnosis in dentistry has a long history. Dealing with hypnodontia – the use of hypnosis in dentistry – has attested to the increasing sophistication of hypnotic procedures to deal with the special problems of the dental patient. Besides smoothing out dental procedures by way of its generalized anti-anxiety effects, it can increase overall patient comfort, make the dental experience acceptable and bearable and through posthypnotic suggestions, encourage more rapid recovery.

Educational applications

The use of a triad of suggestions: "(a) enhancing confidence, (b) strengthening focused interest in the work and (c) improving energy to do the studying necessary." pointed the way toward the need to apply hypnosis especially with students having trouble studying.

Focused attention and Memory Enhancement

Some schools of thought hold that hypnosis as a state is very similar to other states of extreme concentration, where a person becomes oblivious to his or her surroundings while lost in thought. Often suggested as an example is highway hypnosis, when a driver suddenly finds his or her self much further down the road without any memory of driving the intervening distance.

Hypnodermatology

Hypnodermatology is the practice of treating skin diseases with hypnosis.

Smoking Cessation

Hypnotherapy is widely promoted as a method for aiding smoking cessation. It is proposed to act on underlying impulses to weaken the desire to smoke or strengthen the will to stop.
The average person tries to quit smoking between four to six times before they are successful. The majority of those who quit smoking gain a great deal of weight. Hypnotherapy offers a powerful alternative that allows smokers to quit without having to suffer from withdrawal or weight gain.

Allergies

Asthma is a serious respiratory disease, which can prove really handicapping and at times even lethal. Drugs will help the patient with the physical symptoms and might provide quick relief in the case of an attack. Nonetheless those drugs present several undesirable side effects. Hypnotherapy will reduce the need for drugs. It is also an effective asthma treatment and asthma attack treatment and will help the patient prevent the occurrences of asthmatic symptoms.

Appetite Suppression and Weight Loss

Medical science researches have proven that all diets are effective if you can stick to them. But researchers have also proven that almost no one can stick to any diet because of his or her appetite. Weight loss is the decrease of bodily fluids, fat, adipose tissues and lean mass leading to a reduction of the body weight. Appetite is a desire to eat and drink for pleasure. It significantly differs from hunger, because hunger is felt when your body doesn’t have enough reserves to sustain itself and therefore calls for nourishment. Perhaps the most popular use of hypnosis today is to help people to lose weight.

Exercise Motivation Hypnosis

We can make ourselves feel highly motivated to exercise by utilizing different forms of hypnosis.

Facial Tics and Facial Twitches

Facial tics are brief, repetitive, sporadic spasms of facial muscles. Methods that use hypnosis have been designed particularly for the purpose of treating facial tics. They can help to reduce them over time.

Insomnia & Sleep Disturbances

Insomnia is one of the most common symptoms of stress and depression. Whether you have had a hard time falling asleep, or you fall asleep promptly and then awaken later and are unable to fall asleep again, you have insomnia. Hypnosis has quick effects in revealing Insomnia.

Nail Biting

Nail biting, is related to skin picking and hair pulling. Skin picking, hair pulling, and nail biting are labeled as Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders. Hypnotherapy can reduce or completely eliminate this disorder. In the first place, nail biters are generally unaware that they are biting their nails until after they have been chewing on them. And even if the biter is aware that he/she is about to bite, he/she feels a powerful compulsion to do so in order to receive the modicum of stress relief and pleasure the habit can offer.

Headache & Migraine

Headaches are the most common disorder of the nervous system. Headaches are commonly treated with drugs which have side effects. Hypnotherapy as a natural method for eliminating headache and migraine attacks.

Phobias

A phobia is defined as an irrational fear that causes uncomfortable feelings of panic. People experience phobias to normal everyday activities and locations, and these phobias greatly reduce their quality of life. According to the National Institute of Health, approximately 40 million adults in the United States suffer from anxiety disorders and phobias. Suffering with a phobia greatly reduces the quality of life. Hypnosis is an effective help for it.

Self-Confidence Hypnosis

Self-confidence is an attitude which allows individuals to have positive, yet realistic views of themselves and their situations. Self-Confidence is a learned trait which anyone can acquire. Self-confidence could be increased by hypnosis. Self-confident individuals usually have a better knowledge of what they can achieve and are more likely to succeed in what they attempt. They are also more likely to accept and understand their mistakes.

Stress Management

Many surveys indicate that most adults perceive themselves to be under a great deal of stress. Authorities in the field estimate that 75 - 90 percent of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress related problems. Hypnotherapy is natural tools that can be used to eliminate stress at the source as an effective relaxation method.


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