![]() When your mind is really busy and distracted like that, how can you really focus on resolving that one thing that keeps you from moving forward in life?ĭuring hypnosis, the physical body is so relaxed that it doesn’t need to tune into environmental cues such as temperature, clothing, or light. Did you realize that everything in your life needs your attention? You tune into the sounds that are around you, you may feel hot or cold, you may realize how uncomfortable your shirt feels, etc… on top of the things that the mind is already busy with figuring out such as your job, relationships, and other existing problems. Let’s focus on the core principles of hypnosis. That’s why it’s a tool that can work on some people but not on everyone. So much so that we know as a fact that a hypnotherapist cannot control your mind or make you do things you don’t want to do. Now we know how hypnosis works and we also know that it’s far from magic. They didn’t understand how hypnosis really worked in the mind then, they just knew that it works! And since it wasn’t understood well, it was perceived as this magic that was done by “certain people”. ![]() Initially, it was known as magnetizing or mesmerizing because inexplicably, people started seeing improvements in their lives with the simple change of their mindset. Hypnosis has been around in different forms since the 1800s. Let’s start with understanding how hypnosis works in the mind. The answer may not be as easy as you think… So far, if you’ve seen hypnosis mostly from movies or stage shows, you probably think -rightfully so- if a hypnotist can make me do anything, maybe they can also use the same power to get rid of the things that I don’t really enjoy in life, such as forgetting something that doesn’t serve anymore. You may be wondering in your mind, would it work for forgetting something? Many people think of hypnosis as a magic tool that works on the most astonishing scenarios. Maybe an ex, or an unpleasant memory that changed your life… “It’s a real-deal treatment that should be given the same respect that a lot of other treatments we use that are sometimes less efficacious and more dangerous.Have you ever wanted to forget someone or something? ![]() “If opiates affect certain regions of the brain like the dorsal anterior cingulate and some other brain regions, there’s no reason why we can’t use a different approach to produce similar effects in the brain that are real effects that reduce pain and anxiety and help people stop smoking,” he says. ![]() More needs to be learned about hypnosis in order to harness its potential effects-and for that, researchers need to take it seriously, Spiegel says. “Now that we realize the addiction potential of opiates is very high, it’s potentially a very valuable alternative, and it’s a shame that we’re not making better use of it,” he says. His own previous research has shown that when people in pain are taught self-hypnosis, they use half the pain medication and had half the pain than those who were just given access to opioids. Spiegel believes that the practice can-and should-be used instead of painkillers in many cases. Taken together, these changes help explain how hypnosis can have powerful effects, including tamping down stress, anxiety, pain and self-consciousness. “That’s why sometimes people will do embarrassing or silly things in staged hypnosis shows-they’re not thinking about themselves doing it, they’re just doing it.” “One thing you see in hypnosis is that people tend to do things but not reflect on their doing it,” Spiegel says. The researchers saw more of a disconnect between that same region of planning and routines, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and a part of the brain characterized by self-reflection. Meanwhile, other brain areas became less connected. This suggests that “your brain in hypnosis is intensifying its connection to your body,” Spiegel says. This was true of the part of the brain where you plan things and carry out routines-the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex-and the insula, a part of the brain that helps regulate body functions, like increasing blood pressure and heart rate. “They fire together, basically,” Spigel says. The second change was that certain parts of the brain began syncing up in their connectivity. This part of the brain, which fires up when there’s something to worry about, actually simmers down during hypnosis. “It’s a context decoder: a part that alerts you to what you should attend to and what you can ignore,” Spiegel says. The researchers saw a drop in activity in the dorsal anterior cingulate, part of the salience network of the brain. Three interesting things happened in the brain-but only in the highly hypnotizable group, while they were being hypnotized.
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