I am not sure if there are more pills to cure disease or if there are more actual diseases in the world at this point. One thing is for certain, all of us at one time or another has taken some type of pill for some sort of symptom. We don’t even have to have an actual disease or illness, merely a symptom to reach for that little pill bottle. We take pills when our head hurts, when we can’t sleep, and we feel nauseous. There are not just aspirins now, but aspirins for backache, headache, arthritis, migraine, joint pain, muscle aches and the list goes on. We even take pills to get ourselves to do what we want to do but are just unable to like: losing weight, quitting smoking, or sexual compulsiveness.  We take pills when we have low energy or if we are too hyper. We even take fertility pills if we want to get pregnant or sexual enhancement pills for better sex. We take pills to control our OCD or any other undesirable condition that we may suffer from.The list is endless and I will bet for any symptom, there is a pill somewhere to make it better. And it makes sense to us for why suffer through life if we do not have to with all these annoyances.

All of these methods of “fixing” ourselves are legal and accepted in our society today. We don’t think twice to reach for an aspirin if we have a headache or a sleeping pill if we cannot sleep. Do we ever wonder why we are getting that headache or if there could be a reason behind the constant stomach pains or need for internet porn? We don’t think twice of giving our child a pill for that ADD or learning disability he or she might have. In fact  we feel we are helping our child to do and perform better by giving him or her a pill to overcome their “disability” or inadequacy.

Do we ever stop to think what that little pill might be doing to our bodies and our minds? Our minds start to learn to rely on these “helpful” synthetic chemicals, such that we know if we get a headache, relief is just a pill away. Or if our stomach gives us agita, relief is just a plop, plop or fizz away. But is this how we really want to go through life, with synthetic man made chemicals to correct for life’s twists and turns. Our bodies become a vast wasteland when we think of how old we will live in relation to how many grams of chemicals we toss into our bodies and that excludes all the chemicals we ingest from food processing and other means of pollution on a daily basis. It is very rare that any of us in this polluted and fast paced hectic world today does not suffer from some sort of “aliment” be it high blood pressure or headaches. The list is just too long to even think of. And even if we don’t suffer from any particular symptom, we  take something to prevent getting the symptom in the first place such as pills to boost our immune system.

Would it not be better if we could allow our minds to help in controlling our bodies?  Would it not be better to allow our minds to heal our bodies naturally? This can be done through hypnosis. Through the art of hypnosis one can stop smoking, learn to relax enough that they no longer need a pill to wind down, or help get them to a better state of mind to have more energy without having to take that stimulant, to be able to focus more or eat less. Whatever the desired result, hypnosis can assist your mind in allowing your body to do what you want and desire for it to do naturally.
The Physicians Desk Reference is a huge book, and it contains hundreds of pills, drugs and medicines all designed to make our lives better. I question the fact that these drugs always improve our health. In many cases, they are needed.  In many cases maybe they do improve our health. In all too many cases, not only are they not needed, but there is an alternative that is not as easily reached for in our society because it is not as advertised or drummed into our minds as much or as easily as reaching for that pill.

Hypnosis is thought of as an alternative medicine. Alternative medicines are not always thought of as our first line of defense when we have a health issue. You will not find hypnosis in CVS, Walgreens or Rite Aid. We tend to automatically reach for the easy and quick fix, that pill. Wouldn’t it be better to get rid of the underlying cause of the symptom be it a simple headache to insomnia. If these symptoms and ailments are chronic and bothersome on a regular basis, and if you have just had enough of treating the symptom and want to treat the cause to prevent the symptom, perhaps hypnosis is a possible alternative to simply popping that pill.

Hypnosis can help you conquer just about anything that you might want to take a pill for, and there are no side effects. Taking one pill for one symptom sometimes causes another separate symptom for which you take another pill. With hypnosis, there are no side effects, and you will deal with the issue at hand not creating any others in the process. You will overcome what it is that ails you from sexual compulsiveness to drug addiction to insomnia without creating any other issues in the process. Taking too many aspirins can cause an ulcer. Isn’t it better to deal with the headache, before you get that ulcer? Isn’t it better to allow our bodies own natural chemicals to do the healing? Our bodies have the natural ability to produce the chemicals we need to live the comfortable lives we want, we just have to know how to access them, not to be found in a bottle or in CVS, Walgreens or Rite Aid.

Note: Hypnosis for medical issues is to be used in conjunction with your medical professional. Referrals from medical professionals are required under the law of most the states in the United States and many other countries for your own safety.

Article written by Donna N.

Anyone who has taken medication and felt better almost immediately realizes that this result most likely was too soon to be caused by the medication. This effect is known in the medical field as the “placebo effect”. Doctors are taught that 30% of the people who are treated with placebos will show signs of improvement. However they are also taught that this improvement is subjective and temporary because the illness will continue to take its course.

In 1993 a study was published in Clinical Psychology Review proving that 70% of the time placebos were effective in treating Herpes, stomach ulcers and angina pectoris. Placebos have also been noted to reduce cancerous tumors as well as regenerating the immune cells of AIDS patients.

Pharmacologist Candace Pert, author of Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine was able to demonstrate that neuropeptides which transmit the messages in the brain’s neurons influence the behavior of almost all the body’s cells proving that our mind is actually located through out our body, not just in the brain.

The placebo effect accounts for everything that we do not yet know about the body, explaining the healing of shamans, and other healers, such as hypnotists. Scientific medicine has replaced this ancient knowledge with the mechanics of how the body works, never taking into the account the patient’s spiritual aspect. If you are requiring medical interventions do yourself a favor by locating a doctor that is willing to consider every part of you: body, mind and spirit in the healing process, willing to work with complementary medical professionals in order to offer the most well rounded care you can receive. It will definitely shorten the length of the illness while allowing you to have more control over your healing process creating the best results for you.

When you are seeking a hypnotist to work with the medical professionals make sure that they have appropriate certification by one or more of the professional associations for hypnotists. Check out their website to note if they have any testimonials from past clients that have had a similar situation to yours and that they were able to effectively work with your issue. It would also be a great idea to interview them to make sure that you feel comfortable with them before making an appointment to work with them.

One other very important thing that you may not realize is that one need not have a medical license to do hypnotism. Hypnotism is a separate profession from psychology, psychiatry and the medical profession requiring knowledge about how one needs to speak to the unconscious mind. You would be best served to work with someone who is competent as a hypnotist is working in the field full-time as true professionals are dedicated to constantly learning their craft by actually practicing and continuously upgrading their education as new and better techniques come along. If you are really lucky you may find someone who has truly added to the field based on the work that they have been doing in their practices.

Certainly for any medical intervention you always need to get a referral from your doctor before seeing the hypnotist to make sure that they are both working in concert on your behalf. Any hypnotist who is willing to work with you on a medical basis without a referral is someone with whom you should stay away from. The reason for this is two fold. First it is against the law in the state of Massachusetts and many other states to work with a patient when they are presently working with a licensed professional. Second, there are many tests and much knowledge the doctor has that a hypnotist would never have which needs to be taken under consideration when ever you are under going a medical treatment of any sort. The doctors are able to use scanning equipment like MRIs, Pet Scans and x-rays along with blood test to find out what is wrong with you. Once the doctor knows what is wrong with you, or has ruled out the obvious problems, maybe finding out that the issue is of the mind, instead of the body, then it is time to work with a hypnotist to work in conjunction with your doctor.

When one is using hypnosis for pain control, it is doubly important to have a medical referral for the pain is there to make you aware that there is a problem. It is up to the doctor to diagnose what the problem is and that what ever can be done medically is being done. Only after that has been done do you go to a hypnotist to have the pain relieved. You wouldn’t want to have a horrible situation happen because the hypnotist relieved you of a pain that could be indicating a very serious or even life threatening event, would you? So be aware of the treatments that are available and use your best judgment to take care of your issues in a manner that will get you back to health with all the professionals on board with consistent care with your interest at the heart of that care.

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