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Hypnosis Doesn't Work
I recently attempted to submit an article about hypnotherapy to an exercise related website that I will not name. I received a reply stating that they would never publish the article because nobody should ever use hypnosis. I wrote back asking for the reasons why they felt this way. Here is the response I received....
"If you understand how the mind works you know that the unconscious mind is not helpful to the person, it contains only buried memories of pain and upset, it works as a stimulus response mind and is not under the persons control.
Anything wrong with the person (fears, compulsions, repressions, etc.) comes from his unconscious mind.
To implant commands into a persons unconscious mind is just adding to the problem.
If you want to help someone you don't put them to sleep you wake them up by strengthening the conscious mind. Education, observation in the present, problem solving exercises, etc.
Or by uncovering the buried memories in the unconscious mind and making them part of conscious memory again, reverse hypnotism if you will.
Any of the above would not involve being put to sleep, drugs, trance or relaxation techniques the person must be fully awake and alert."
Anyone have any thoughts on this? I understand about the education, observation and problem solving being helpful, but I'm wondering what they actually know about hypnotherapy! They come from a stance that they are very knowledgeable, yet seem to think a person is asleep when in trance. Thoughts?
"If you understand how the mind works you know that the unconscious mind is not helpful to the person, it contains only buried memories of pain and upset, it works as a stimulus response mind and is not under the persons control.
Anything wrong with the person (fears, compulsions, repressions, etc.) comes from his unconscious mind.
To implant commands into a persons unconscious mind is just adding to the problem.
If you want to help someone you don't put them to sleep you wake them up by strengthening the conscious mind. Education, observation in the present, problem solving exercises, etc.
Or by uncovering the buried memories in the unconscious mind and making them part of conscious memory again, reverse hypnotism if you will.
Any of the above would not involve being put to sleep, drugs, trance or relaxation techniques the person must be fully awake and alert."
Anyone have any thoughts on this? I understand about the education, observation and problem solving being helpful, but I'm wondering what they actually know about hypnotherapy! They come from a stance that they are very knowledgeable, yet seem to think a person is asleep when in trance. Thoughts?
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Permalink Reply by Jess Marion on -
This response has everything to do with that person's own beliefs and relies on zero scientific thought. It would be very fun though to talk to them in person. With some frame control and reversals you could change this guy's beliefs pretty quickly. Probably would be a lot harder over the internets though and really not worth the energy.
Cheers!
Jess
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