You have surely heard of hypnosis, and you have probably either seen a demonstration on television or have personally witnessed it. Frankly it probably scares you and it should. There is a lot of damage to be done when you give a person the authority to suggest things for you to either do or believe while you are very vulnerable and suggestive. Thankfully things are being regulated better now and the great news is that the power of this exercise is incredible.



Hypnosis can be used to treat thought disorders, addictions in the medical world. Hypnosis can also be used to motivate, give confidence to, and success train those in or aspiring to be in some sort of business. Because both the business and medical worlds have seen the benefits of this powerful technique there has been pressure on the governing bodies in this country that have made it more safe for the patient or client.

Doctors are now more comfortable writing a script for hypnosis therapy as they have seen the data that shows significant improvement for patients that suffer from harmful patterns of thought including those with anxiety and depression to even more severe mental illness like bipolar and schizophrenia. Insurance companies are now starting to pay for this treatment because of the data that they have especially for things like addiction and smoking in particular. You talk about one of these hardest things to accomplish like smoking cessation and you can start to understand why now that it is being treated successfully with hypnosis.

This tells you something about the way our brain operates. Basically a lot of things are happening in the background that we are not aware of, in our sub-conscious. This makes sense too when you can think of a good example where it is obvious. I personally think of sports and athletic performance (which also can and is being improved through hypnosis) as my example. Sports are so fast that there is not enough time to think about each little important step. If you did you would either be real slow or real sloppy. So there is a part of you that is obviously taking in the information and moving your body accordingly in order to do what your brain is telling you--this is the subconscious.