Thoughts can heal your body

Our thoughts can make us sick, and they can help us get well. Medical research increasingly supports   the role played by the mind in physical health. Dr. Herbert Benson, founder of the Benson-Henry Institute for mind body medicine at Massachusetts General   Hospital. What’s new is our detailed scientific knowledge of how the mind   connection operates.Scientists first proved a link between stress and disease in the early half of the century.

We can now measure changes in immune cells and the brain in ways that give us objective scientific proof of the connection between them.The body responds to mental input as if it were physically real, “explains Larry Dorsey, a physician and advocate for mind-body study since the 1980s. “Images create bodily changes–just as if the experience were really happening. Brain scans show that when we imagine an event, our thoughts “light up ” the part of the brain that are triggered during the actual event. Such singing, sports of any kinds, past anger, fears, motivation any event.

The placebo effect is an example of how the connection between brain   and body works in healing. It has been demonstrated when a patient believes   something will relieve pain, the body actually releases endorphins that do so.   In a recent study, Parkinson,s patients who were given fake surgery or fake drug   treatments produced dopamine (a chemical their bodies lack) in quantities   similar to those they might have received in a genuine intervention. Medical   research has suggested that 30% to 70% of successful treatments may be the   result of the patient,s belief that the treatment will work.

“There is ample evidence that negative thoughts and feelings can be   harmful to the body,” says Lorenzo Cohen, director of the Integrative Medical   Program at the M. D. Anderson Cancer in Houston. Stress is known to be a factor in heart disease, headaches, asthma and many other  illnesses.

 By: Robert Moss

8 ways hypnosis relieves sadness

• Boosting confidence
• Enhancing the belief that your traditional treatment plan will work
• Decreasing pain perception
• Improving sleep (which can do wonders to improve mood)
• Increasing motivation for activities (social interactions, exercise, others)
• Improving perception of self-worth
• Improving belief about a brighter future
• Enhancing coping skills to stressful events

Hypnosis sooths IBS

The effect of hypnosis on clients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is rapid and lasting. In fact, research bears this out, which is why I decided to specialize in this form of hypnotherapy.
The first wave of symptom relief is instant relaxation. IBS’ers are always on guard, they anticipate trouble everyday. They worry about public bathroom availability and whether they can keep their embarrassing secret from their friends. The never ending anticipation of symptoms actually exacerbates the condition and manifests what they worry about, thoughts become things.
My first time IBS clients obviously don’t really know me, have never been to my office, and know nothing about hypnosis but still experience tremendous relief after their first session. Hypnosis seems to have a way of hitting the reset button.
These clients also appear very different at the conclusion of a session, they are calm and happy. For the first time they experience what it is like to be themselves without the weight of IBS. That disconnect occurs on session one and with each visit the distance between themselves and their symptomatic past increases.
Clients also reinforce the new foundation of relief by listening to sessions daily at home. The repetition of symptoms over the years created the chronic pattern of misery, so we take the same approach with the solution and it woks consistently well.
 
Paul Gustafson, R.N., C.H. has been featured on WBZ radio, hosts TV show Healthy Hypnosis, is an Angie’s List ‘Super Service’ provider. Check out his in-office IBS Relief program. Also available as MP3 download.
Contact Paul for free consultation: 888-290-3972 or info@burlingtonhypnosis.com and visit Burlington Hypnosis.