The Woman Who Became Less Afraid of Her Next Migraine

How hypnosis helped my client reduce pain-related fear and improve coping In 1967, neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote the first version of his book Migraine in just nine days. His inspiration came partly from working in a migraine clinic and partly from a medical book written a century earlier. Long before he became famous for Awakenings,…

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When Fear Turns Up the Pain: How Hypnosis May Help

Before the surgeon made an incision, researchers tried something you might not expect: 15 minutes of hypnosis. In a little-known 2007 clinical trial at Mount Sinai, 200 women preparing for a breast biopsy or lumpectomy received either a brief hypnosis session or a session of supportive listening. At discharge, the hypnosis group reported less pain,…

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Hypnosis and the Mind Body Connection: When the Body Remembers What the Mind Wants to Forget

Understanding Stress-Related Physical Symptoms Through the Mind-Body Connection In 1886, Baltimore physician John Noland Mackenzie placed an exquisitely crafted artificial rose near a woman who experienced severe reactions around real roses. Almost immediately, her throat began to itch. Her breathing became difficult. Her body reacted as though it had encountered the very substance it feared.…

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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐š๐œ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ?

Every cardiac condition is chronic and requires you, as the patient, to care for yourself. It is essential to focus on important self-care activities and identify your strengths that will help you improve and identify barriers. Depression is an excellent example of a barrier that prevents you from participating in self-care. A survey from 2019…

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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐“๐จ ๐‡๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐…๐ฎ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง

I participated in an event at a school near my home when my daughter was three years old. My role was to wear a mouse costume.ย During preparation, my wife brought her to meet me and see the rehearsal. When they arrived, I waved and walked toward them, forgetting I was wearing my mouse costume. My…

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๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž?

Physical violence is not the lone form of domestic abuse. Emotional abuse can impact you in profound circumstances, also. Emotional abuse occurs when a partner: Verbally demeans you Requires all your attention Monitors your time or others you see Condemns you for all that is not right. Threatens to injure you or your family, even…

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๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐‡๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐„๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐Ž๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ?

Obesity and overweight problems are a serious global health issue, and despite many efforts, the prevalence has continued to rise for years. Hypnotherapyย has been gaining recognition as an effective treatment for obesity and overweight problems as scientific research have shown its effectiveness for weight reduction. A total of 539 respondents (82.7% women and 17.3% men)…

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Are You Suffering From Preoperative Anxiety?

Hospital anxiety

Having surgery is never easy. Patients worry that the procedure is successful and that they recover well. It’s totally fine to be afraid. But when that fear is excessive and keeps them from functioning normally, it can become a bigger problem. In this article, we’ll talk about preoperative anxiety and tips on how to help…

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