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Clinical hypnosis has been my professional focus for more
than a quarter-century. Even though I am a Certified
Registered Nurse Anesthetist and have held executive
positions both as a nurse and a hospital executive director
there is no treatment tool I know of that is more powerful
in helping people control their bodies, their feelings and
their lives than hypnosis. Hypnosis is a fascinating domain
of clinical research and practice that involves the study of
how seemingly ordinary people like you and I can accomplish
extraordinary things by using our minds.
All hypnosis is self-hypnosis and involves nothing more than
learning to focus your mind. All mental images thoughts and
ideas influence the body’s responses in some very special
ways. In one article I discussed the biochemical changes the
body makes just by thinking about eating a lemon. The brain
does not know that a thought or a memory is not the real thing.
Research has given us a great deal of knowledge through the
study of hypnosis on how the mind experiences both reality and
perception. What scientists discovered is that the mind cannot
tell the difference between reality and perception.
We have learned that people can learn to become so deeply
absorbed in daily life experiences that they can permit their
body to be more comfortable even when there are reasons
that perhaps they shouldn't be. I have worked with patients
having dental procedures with Novocain, and childbirth with
no anesthetic. I have even been at a foot ball game where a
3 year old was stung on the hand twice by yellow jackets and
in only a few moments helped her take the pain completely
away. Much better than Grand Ma’s snuff use to do.
In the minds of some people the word “hypnosis” has
connotations of magic, or hocus-pocus. The media misrepresents
it when they show stunts with audience members clucking like
chickens or doing an Elvis impersonation. People think they
are in an unconscious state, when in fact the opposite is true.
You are more alert with the
mind very focused and concentrated
somewhat like taking a magnifying glass and concentrating the
sun into such a small spot that you can create fire.
A lady came to me many years ago to stop smoking. She had a
wonderful result and was very happy that she no longer smoked.
However, her friends who were smokers starting saying to her,
“I can’t believe you let him control your mind like that. Why
there ain’t no telling what else he might have told you to do.”
So in all her wisdom the lady called and said, I quote; “I don’t like you controlling my mind. I want you to hypnotize me and give me my smoking back.” Simply amazing don’t you think.
Recently one of my clients came straight from her physician’s
office to my office. I asked her. “What did your doctor say
about you coming to a hypnotist?” Her reply was, “My doctor
said I can’t believe you are going to let him have control of
your mind.” She responded so well to hypnosis for her problem
that she wasn’t about to quit the hypnosis.
Fortunately, the truth of the matter is that the hypnotist is never in control. A hypnotic suggestion works only if you accept it, and the therapist cannot make you do something you would not do consciously, something that goes against your moral code or religious beliefs, for example. The practitioner’s goal is to help you use your own mind to solve problems, rather than give you the answers. If you have ever day dreamed then you have been in hypnosis.
About the Author: Michael R. “Ron” Eslinger, Captain, U.S.
Navy, Retired is a Board Certified Hypnotherapist, Advanced
Practice Nurse, Certified Hypnotherapy Instructor and Certified
Registered Nurse Anesthetist. He is the Past President,
Virginia Association of Nurse Anesthetists and is the Founder/Director of Healthy Visions Wellness Center in Oak Ridge, TN USA. For more information regarding hypnosis as an adjunct therapy, go online to http://www.eslinger.net for more information.
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