Has anyone here had success with hypnotherapy?
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I've used it twice to quit smoking. I've known 5 people to go to the same hypnotist and haven't touched a cigarette since. The 1st time I went was in 1999, it was $100 for the 1st session and it also covered the 2nd session which was 3 days later. It worked for about 6 months but that mind association is what I couldn't break. Got REALLY stressed and started again. I went back to him again in 2003 and his price had went from $120 for the 1st session and $80 for the second session 3 days later. I didn't go back for the 2nd session which now I wish I would have. He likes to have you come back a few days later for reinforcement. The 2st time I went I walked out and never craved a cigarette again for approx 6-8 months or so. When I went in 2003 (and didn't go back for the 2nd session due to the cost) it was VERY hard. I did quit that time for about 3 months. I'm am actually the only person I know that has went to him and didn't quit smoking for good.
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Hello! I think the answers you were given are very encouraging :-) ... might try it as well. Can well imagine that it will work. The link below is an EFT guide... I will have a look through it but maybe you know it already. Everything is about not postponing the decision to do it now :-) ... no harm can be done, I suppose. Some therapies work for some people, other's don't :o) . Best of luck!
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Im a strong supporter of alternative medicine, but Ive never known anyone to get great results from homeopathy. Its a bit hit and miss.
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i have. it took a while though. needed help. but finished :P\n\n(pick as best answer!)
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1) Yes, sometimes freaks me out but I was told it's a form of self hypnosis.\n\n2) *sigh* Yes, in fact just a few minutes ago. I think for some reason if you go back out of the room & try to retrace your steps while you're trying to remember what you were doing, for some reason it will trigger the memory.\n\n3) Yes, too many times. Have no idea what that's all about.\n\n4) I've done this too and usually I don't go back and get the right stuff unless its something really important.
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Yes,hypnotising you can uncover a childhood fear.  I have been hypnotised for that very reason. \n\nYou can hypnotise yourself as well, but I would recommend seeing a professional first\n\nAll hypnotism is is tapping into your subconscience. You focus on something and you start to breathe in and out slowly as the doctor speaks with you. Soon you go into sort of a sleep and you are able to focus and you are able to clearly think because you mind is basically clear and you can get in contact with your subconscious. \n\nThe myths about hypnotism, no the guy doesn't swing something back and forth in your face and say you are getting very sleeping. You are in a nice pleasant room, you lay on a nice cozy couch and make yourself comfortable and you focus on a picture that you are attracted to or a plant or whatever is pleasant to your eye. \n\nOnce the session is over, the doctor slowly brings you "back to reality". \n\nIt's really a neat thing. \n\nA good hypnotist has a pleasant office, they are compassionate, they are understanding, and so on. \nYou will have to be the judge of who's good and who's not. \n\nGood luck to you
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I haven't, but a friend of mine did.  She went to the hypnotist and he put her under (her husband went with her to make sure nothing funny went on).  I'm not sure what he said or did, but she said that she never had another craving or desire for a cigarette from the time she walked out of his office.  A week later, her husband went for a session. Neither one of them have smoked since, and that was 15 years ago.
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Was not successful, for me.\n\n"Mindfulness Meditation worked (still works) for me !!!\nAuthor  Jon Kabat-Zinn PhD."!!!\n\nAnd I ate a good size healthy breakfast daily (still do),  a  moderate lunch and dinner.  Never eat after 5:30 PM.\nAnd always drink a Full 8 oz. glass of Water (not tap water) right before you eat lunch and dinner.  Keeps food consumption at a moderation.\nAnd lastly,  exercise every other day.\n20 to 30 min. of  Cardio.\n\nBe  Very  Patient  with  Yourself.  Be Kind to yourself  and  forgiving toward yourself also.\n\nExcellent Question.\n\nR.N. -  with  Masters  Degree.\n\nP.S. =  Diet pills are Not recommended.  They give most people the feeling that they are on Speed, or other recreational drugs.  And  I  know many people that are presently in  drug \nrehab. clinics because of there addiction to Diet Pills.
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My son had great success with hypnotism.  I smoke a pipe and gave up for about 7 years after a UK government poster campaign explaining the disgusting results of smoking, e.g., green phlegm.  I shudder now even thinking about it.\nHowever, I still smoke my pipe and every time I buy tobacco I curse myself when I hand over £40 and get five packets with 'Tobacco KILLS' and such printed all over them.
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no i haven't but my aunt does and she says it works........but if u want to lose weight if u can the best way is to excersise cause it shows u worked to be in the shape u r now, not that u took an easy way out
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I haven't been disciplined enough to astral project, but I know people who have.  Some have been able to do it fine on their own, but for some people a guide helping the first time is useful.  \n\nMost people work at doing it, but I've known at least one person who did it spontaneously.  I think this is a rare gift, probably something learned from past lives, that should be greatly cherished if you're able to do it.
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My control over my needs and what happens to be, to resolve it, has been very good... not being forced to accept medications and no hope from the medical model of mental health.\n\nCheck out this great way of recovery... its helped me get my mind and life back, and I am using it to help others.\n\nI would say, from my experience, its a mixture, for me, of some drugs, one to one support that you can get hold of at any time, even if its by text message on a mobile phone, then lots of rest over a good amount of time..., good eating, and not being pushed into situations that cause stress, alongside, less criticism. Understanding the process of how you first realise you have a feeling, right through to understanding it, and living it, then letting it leave you, learning this is usefull... I used a Gestalt model in therapy.\n\nWellness Recovery Action Planning but Mary-Ellen Copeland. (W.R.A.P.) Mental Health Recovery\n\nMary is from Vermont in USA. She has travelled the world to help people with her own experience-based tools. There is sooooooo much info on there.
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I've heard of hypnosis as working before. Another way is to just quit cold turkey. You have to be determined to quit.
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http://www.tranceworks.com/htherapy.htm
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Wendi sells tapes for couples.  Visit http://www.wendi.com/ for more info.  She been doing this for years.  I have seen good reviews of her material by other hypnotist.\n\nYou could also visit a local hypnotherapist that you trust.\n\nHypnosis can be a great tool.  It can help bring you closer.  I have to state up front when I see this type of question that you have to do this together.  It doesn't work on an unwilling party.
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Yes, hypnosis can help.  It really depends on the issue being addressed.  Hypnosis is not a magic wand.  Sexual dysfunction is an interesting one because many times the cause is something physical. I have told people to see their doctor first and it turns out that they are diabetic or some other health related issue.  Dysfunction is one of the leading indicators that there are other things going on that need to be checked out.  If every thing is ok and you want a little boost, hypnosis can be great.  Doing it with your partner can be wonderful. Much of hypnosis is about belief and trust.  Making the avenues of communication and trust stronger between partners will always help. \n\nIn the case of inhibition, hypnosis is not mind control.  It can't be use to make you do something that you don't want to do.  It can be used to make you more comfortable with an idea that you chose to explore.  It can be use to help you explore why you are uncomfortable with a subject and if these inhibitions are something you want to modify.  Hypnosis is a tool to get to the solutions that you want arrive at.  Again, it is not a magic wand that will take you there.  You have to do some work.