A simple and good semi-hypnotic approach for healing

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Permalink Reply by Mentat on February 21, 2011 at 6:21am

 

This is the original poster.  I'm just adding more to my original post because I'm fairly excited about my results.  

 

The results I'm getting from this simple approach have me interesting in exploring all types of mental procedures(not just hypnosis) and possibly making a career out of it.  I don't know.  

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Permalink Reply by Kelley Woods on February 21, 2011 at 7:07am

Your approach is wonderful: you have discovered the secret to feeling better. You are giving yourself permission to feel good and then you are taking time to imagine just what that experience is like! Stepping into this state and feeling good in a "present" way makes the difference from just hoping to feel better at some future date, doesn't it?!

 

You can enhance this process while still keeping it simple by magnifying those feel-good emotions and then anchoring them with breathing, a thought or a gesture...this will make it easy to return to this state whenever you desire.

 

Feel good!

 

Kelley

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Permalink Reply by bruce on February 21, 2011 at 7:36am

Hello Mentat. 

 

I find that self-hypnosis has sort of become my "dreamtime" where I let creative ideas flow into my mind - ideas which are often insightful and improve the quality of my existence. From your post, I imagine that what you're doing with your question might be similar, and if you really feel it's working for you, then that's great.

 

You might find it valuable to look into what's behind the phrase "...better in every way". To me, this phrase implies a dissatisfaction with the self as it is; it implies a striving to change something that's wrong, or become something that's more "better" than what you are. 

 

For me, and I think most people, if you really examine your own thoughts and feelings carefully, under all the self-improvement enthusiasm there's a sense of... what shall I say? sickness with the idea of "becoming better". I think if most people are capable of being really honest, they'll find that sense. 

 

So, I'd suggest a place to begin would be to observe the feelings and thoughts behind "becoming better". Try the zen thing of just observing them without judgment. Ask yourself if these thoughts are really self-loving or not. Do they make you feel alive? Are you connected with your body when you have them, or are you in the future.

 

I know what I'm saying may not be popular in this day and age of timeline therapy and positive thinking, but you seem like somebody who is willing to experiment and find your own answers, and in the end, those answers are the best. And it's even better when, someday, the need for answers subsides a little...

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Permalink Reply by Mentat on February 21, 2011 at 9:19am

 

 

When I say in every way I'm merely referring to all of my ailments.  Not myself as a whole.  

bruce said:

Hello Mentat. 

 

I find that self-hypnosis has sort of become my "dreamtime" where I let creative ideas flow into my mind - ideas which are often insightful and improve the quality of my existence. From your post, I imagine that what you're doing with your question might be similar, and if you really feel it's working for you, then that's great.

 

You might find it valuable to look into what's behind the phrase "...better in every way". To me, this phrase implies a dissatisfaction with the self as it is; it implies a striving to change something that's wrong, or become something that's more "better" than what you are. 

 

For me, and I think most people, if you really examine your own thoughts and feelings carefully, under all the self-improvement enthusiasm there's a sense of... what shall I say? sickness with the idea of "becoming better". I think if most people are capable of being really honest, they'll find that sense. 

 

So, I'd suggest a place to begin would be to observe the feelings and thoughts behind "becoming better". Try the zen thing of just observing them without judgment. Ask yourself if these thoughts are really self-loving or not. Do they make you feel alive? Are you connected with your body when you have them, or are you in the future.

 

I know what I'm saying may not be popular in this day and age of timeline therapy and positive thinking, but you seem like somebody who is willing to experiment and find your own answers, and in the end, those answers are the best. And it's even better when, someday, the need for answers subsides a little...

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Permalink Reply by Mentat on February 21, 2011 at 9:33am

 

hi 

Please tell me what an anchor is and how to use it.

Is it like an association?  What is it?

Kelley Woods said:

Your approach is wonderful: you have discovered the secret to feeling better. You are giving yourself permission to feel good and then you are taking time to imagine just what that experience is like! Stepping into this state and feeling good in a "present" way makes the difference from just hoping to feel better at some future date, doesn't it?!

 

You can enhance this process while still keeping it simple by magnifying those feel-good emotions and then anchoring them with breathing, a thought or a gesture...this will make it easy to return to this state whenever you desire.

 

Feel good!

 

Kelley

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Baboch on February 21, 2011 at 11:19am

an anchor is an association. here you want to associate a certain state and certain feelings to a trigger (like touching your ear) so you can trigger it easily later.

to do this, get yourself into the desired state, let it grow until it reaches its peak, then touch your ear for example, and let the state go for a few moments then do it again. after a few repetitions, break state and test your anchor :)

 

Chris

Mentat said:

 

hi 

Please tell me what an anchor is and how to use it.

Is it like an association?  What is it?

Kelley Woods said:

Your approach is wonderful: you have discovered the secret to feeling better. You are giving yourself permission to feel good and then you are taking time to imagine just what that experience is like! Stepping into this state and feeling good in a "present" way makes the difference from just hoping to feel better at some future date, doesn't it?!

 

You can enhance this process while still keeping it simple by magnifying those feel-good emotions and then anchoring them with breathing, a thought or a gesture...this will make it easy to return to this state whenever you desire.

 

Feel good!

 

Kelley

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Permalink Reply by Mentat on February 22, 2011 at 3:30am

 

It's actually kind of scary to be affecting so much with my imagination or imagining it. Even though it does seem to be getting the screws back in place so to speak it is a bit weird to say the least to be affecting so much so powerfully with my imagination.  Feels good most of the time though.  Like I had inflammations and they went away.  

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Permalink Reply by Mentat on February 22, 2011 at 3:32am

 

Sorry I wanted to delete my previous post and didn't know how so I am just editing in this way.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Baboch on March 3, 2011 at 7:25am

today i woke up feeling a bit sick, and i wanted to try something different than simple suggestions. so i imagined a cold blue flow going through my entire body, but where the sickness is (my upper respiratory system) it was rather red and hot. and i imagined that the blue cold is taking over the red hot, attacking it and destroying it until it became almost like anywhere else in my body.

 

a few minutes later, i started to notice the first signs of my body fighting the sickness, and i felt a lot better for the rest of the day.

 

Chris

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Permalink Reply by Graham Old on March 3, 2011 at 10:41am

Are you familiar with autogenic training?

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Baboch on March 3, 2011 at 7:51pm

Yes, but I'm still in the first week. And I used autogenic training right before this exercise.

Chris

Graham Old said:

Are you familiar with autogenic training?

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Permalink Reply by Stephen Gruber - www. ask-the-hypnotist.com on March 4, 2011 at 5:30am

Very good process Mentat.

 

To add to it in an interesting way you could do the following.  Once you have experienced what it is like to feel good, "step" back into your present body and notice how it feels different.  Then imagine again what it would be like to feel good.  Notice the difference.  Keep this process going.  I wonder how many times you will have to do that until you notice no difference between the two experiences.

 

Stephen

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