Hypnotherapy Puns

I stop by this nice little coffee shop in my town everyday. Today I was connecting with the shop owner, and she shared her extensive history in holistic healing. We talked about how we already have what we need, and according to her, I need to drop my medication and just meditate with her for $500 a session to resolve my ADHD.

It’s so interesting that some people think they understand our biological predisposition. It’s not dopamine, it’s not serotonin, it’s just that we aren’t yet “aligned”.

I didn’t have the heart or patience to explain to this lady how hard life can be with unaddressed symptoms of ADHD. How we have a hard time maintaining relationships, how we can’t find the willingness to connect, how we can become very irritable for no real reason and how all of these symptoms accumulate over time and cause life to be far less rewarding.

It’s okay to explore other means of therapy and healing, but don’t discredit the value of pharmaceutical intervention. Don’t let people tell you that it’s YOUR FAULT. The world is full of people that think ADHD is a child disorder, or a blanketed approach to describe laziness.

It’s frustrating when my condition is invalidated by those that don’t understand the way I feel. It’s not a superpower, it’s not laziness. It’s an executive function disorder.

Take care of yourselves.

TLDR; everyone has the answers, people that don’t understand us can’t relate to the struggles we go through. I forgive them, but I receive their opinions with a grain of salt.

Edit: used the word Mediated in the place of mediate. Whoops

Edit part 2: used the word mediate in my edit instead of the word MEDITATE.. Maybe if I aligned myself before the post I wouldn’t have typo’d...../s

22M. Thanks for readings. 6-8 months ago I was diagnosed as severely depressed. This was caused by a chain of unpleasant events that manifested themselves as trauma. I am now on SSRIs, antipyschotics and occasionally benzodiazepenes (Xanax). I will attend psychotherapy as soon as I will be able to afford it and I have been reading about hypnotherapy a little bit more (well, still not very much lol).

The thing is, my life dream is to become a famous musician and because all of what's happened (I mostly brought it upon myself) my confidence has tremendously dropped. I want to become a rapper and the cringey past is holding me back. Could hypnosis help with something like this? Any tips, experiences maybe?

If the title alone wasn’t a clue... yes I relapsed. Otherwise I wouldn’t be here. However, it’s a testament to how long quitting can take and the ups and downs of my relationship with weed. But 15 years ago my usage had gone from purely recreational and sporadic to constant. Attempts to quit on my own weren’t working and I had a new job in the security industry and needed to clean up my act. So I signed up for hypnosis.

First off, my assumptions about being hypnotized were incredibly cliche: it’s a circus trick/ get a guy to believe he’s a chicken etc. The information session with the hypo therapist was excellent at dispelling my juvenile and uninformed opinions. We proceeded to meet every fortnight for 12 sessions in total.

I guess the best way to describe it was .. it’s like guided meditation, but with magic disco lights in your head.

The therapists room was a windowless office, decorated very cozy, like a study. There was a basket of blankets and I was encouraged to drape one over myself each session. He’d dim the lights and then fit a visor over my head and instruct me to close my eyes. This visor had red lights configured in concentric circles, that would pulse in different rhythms during the session. With my eyes closed, the lights would still register on my closed lids, the way you can still sense a bright light flashing in your face even with your eyes closed. He’d then switch to a monotone voice- virtually no inflection- and start a guided meditation... very similar to the stuff you get on apps now. We’d start by picturing me descending on an escalator... down, down...then a head to toe body scan where he’d ask me clench/ tense a body part then release. Some body parts were weird/ hard to do (my ears ?? Dude what?? Clench my ears ??) but by this point, I’m just going with it. The disco lights are pulsing against my eye lids, but I’m not “out” yet.

And then, somewhere around this mark the therapist started the specific topic for the week— perhaps about avoiding triggers, or healthy habits, or self acceptance. And every session?... I’d get as far as hearing the first three sentences of the topic and then I’d just...... go away.

I was out. 100%. I’d come to 45 minutes later, hearing the phrase “.... on the count of 3...2...1....and we’re back.” I felt insanely relaxed and refreshed. And I had no idea what had happened in the interim. I’d take off the visor, yawn, blink....

The therapist would give me the recorded CD of the session. My home

I went to see Hypnotheripist yesterday it wasn’t really what I was expecting. I suppose I expected that there would be some sort of hypnosis involving watches or spirals when in fact it was much more like a guided meditation. I spoke to the Hypnotheripist for awhile about Aphantasia and about my in ability to visualise before I went.

Just a quick bit of background - I have been attempting to visualise by doing regular meditations, trying to be more conscious of my thoughts and by attempting lucid dreaming.

I am able to dream vividly for me it’s more like a the images in my head are being snatched away before I can see them.. very frustrating I know everything about the apple but if I try to summon a picture of the apple it’s just out of reach. It’s my personal theory that my visual mind and my conscious mind are not linked like some peoples are so I have been exploring the weird state between dream and wakefulness those ‘Gates of Horn and Ivory’ in a more scientific way I am trying to induce controlled Hypnagogic hallucinations with the hope of being able to control my visual mind.

The Hypnotheripist suggested that I under go an hour of hypnosis in order to enter my subconscious where he would use positive reinforcement to remove what he termed as blockage in my subconscious.

We did as he suggested and I went to his rather modest therapy room attached to the side of his house. The guy was very friendly and not at all what I was expecting, he seemed very normal and put me at ease very quickly. I was a little nervous about the whole thing so had secretly set my phone to record in case I woke up with some unexplained stains on my pants or desire to assassinate JFK junior.. luckily non of that happened and I can remember the entire session.

We had brief formalities and Then he asked me to lie down on a couch and close my eyes. As he spoke his voice took on a much deeper and commanding tone, telling me to “SLEEP, “RELAX”, “GO DEEPER “ this went on for several minutes and I did feel completely relaxed my heart rate monitor on my fit bit can attest to that. After a while He gave me the classic count down and told me I was in a hypnotic state I didn’t feel paralysed but I did feel very calm and very trusting of his voice. He began to tell me that this state is how it feels to be relaxed and that I can enter it at any time I like, and not to be afraid of any pictures or thoughts that appear here.

After about 45 minutes I did reach the ed

Hi I recently went for hypnotherapy because my mum suggested but after that my personality changed to that of an antisocial one, my mind is blank almost all the time and cant think. Its ruining my life. Can I undo hypnotherapy? Its seriously ruining my life.

I grew up in a religious Jewish Orthodox home. Ive become an agonstic/atheist but i still like the words/ laws of the Torah have dominion over me. Like I’m marked by them in some way.

Can hypnosis or hypnotherapy help me get over this and the indoctrination so that I completely move on from religion and my religious upbringing and not care anymore? I guess in a way I’m asking if hypnosis can help “deprogram” me like you would someone in a cult

If anyone here can help me or knows someone who can help me it would greatly be appreciated. I’m willing to pay for such services as well.

Thank you

Yeah I read that It can really help. Has someone any experiences ?

Hey folks,

Back with my tail between my legs after my last post in 2019. I managed to lose about 14lbs before being diagnosed with Lipoedema, and the diagnosis and what it meant for my weight loss prospects was too much for me to handle on top of covid. I backslid, ate McDonalds for the first time in 6 months and for the last 6 I had McDonalds almost every day. 💸

Some will be able to relate to this but I never actually wanted it. I just got it because it was easier than wrestling with the craving and then giving in by the evening, disappointing myself and making me feel worse.

I saw a hypnotherapist 7 years ago who cured my lifelong ARFiD in two sessions. I reached out to him again (won't drop the name here because it may seem like advertising) and asked if he could help me with weight management.

Worth mentioning that my relationship with food is something I've already been working on actively with my regular psychologist, but something wasn't clicking.

Through the session we realised it was a reparenting issue more than a motivation one and we talked about that for an hour before 20 minutes of hypnotherapy.

The cravings that have been ruling my life and the battle I've been having with myself is gone, and I'm ready to start working towards my lifestyle goals again.

CW: 198lbs GW: 140lbs

I’m basically at my wits end here looking for a way to get rid of these nightmares. I’m scared to fall asleep, then when I finally do I’ll sweat through my clothes and sheets, mumble to myself, and sometimes literally wake up screaming. I just want the memories to go away completely. I’ve heard hypnosis can help “get rid of” unwanted traumatic memories, does this really work or is it bullshit? I don’t wanna risk retraumatizing myself if the odds are it won’t work. I just really need to find a way to be able to sleep without these awful memories coming back in the most horrifying way.

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Does anyone heard about the effect of such a thing? Isnt it a bit scary?

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I went to a hypnotherapist for 12 weeks. He made me 2 files that when I listened to, gave me only marginal improvements.I stopped listening to them because I continues to relapse. Due to the pandemic my meetings with this therapist were inconsistant towards the end. I tried to be direct with feedback over our weeks and ultimately his indirect approach didnt work and his direct approach wasnt good enough. Now 3 weeks out of therapy and none of the techniques are sticking. Im still choosing to pull. In angry and frustrated. My chin and my mustache look like shit and all I wanna do is cry. We had focused a lot on internal positivity and looking on the brightside of life and lifes events? And I truly believed it was going to work. Which is an important part of hypnosis. I have hypnotized people before. I know that the subject needs to believe in the therapy/want to be put under for sessions to be effective. That was me.

It didnt work. it hasnt worked. I want this to go away.

I tried tapping? But I dont feel relaxed tapping? And with tapping you have to touch your face and that makes me think about pulling which then leads to me eventually, without realizing I do it, pulling.

This week alone I have had so many lost hours to pulling mustache and chin hair. Nothing feels like it works which is incredibly defeatist. I have people who know I do this who try to gently remind me to stop and it doesnt work long term.

I definetly cant pay for more therapy right now. Ive wasted time, money and things feel borderline helpless like I will never get better.

Im sorry this is so negative but I am legitimately panicking that I am stuck like this. Any help/advice is genuinly appreciated

For me, hypnotherapy is exclusively about treating the spirit. (And for me, the spirit is what is left when you step outside of your waking circumstance and waking situation.)

When the spirit is healed, this often has the happy consequence of creating positive physical or mental outcomes. Those outcomes are a by-product, or a 'side-effect' of the healed spirit. Physicians and psychologist etc. work directly with the physical and mental being. In this light, hypnotherapists work in one realm (spirit), physicians and psychologists work others. Provided we stay in our respective lanes (e.g. hypnotherapists do not diagnose or directly treat physical or mental conditions) then we won't bump into issues of legality, regardless of jurisdiction.

Of course many clients will go to a hypnotherapist with a particular physical or mental issue as their reason. Nonetheless, the treatment they get is a spiritual one, and so not in conflict with physicians or psychologists etc.

I hope this clarifies my comments (which I have since deleted) in a previous post on this sub today. Those comments weren't clear and triggered a kind of negative thread re: legality.

Posted with kind intention.

I've been showing some symptoms of abduction for a while now and the past year or 2 i've started researching and I am 100% Sure I was abducted at least once as a child. (i think my brother has been taken too) My recent anxiety regarding this topic leads me to believe it happened not to long ago as well. I cant remember being taken, I saw a portal in my room as a kid but thats all I remember. I wonder if a hypnosis session would help me remember and in case it did, if it would help at all or make things worse. I've been dealing with severe anxiety for the past year and it ususally gets worse at night. Sometimes I wake up confused and extremely paranoid that they are gonna come and take me. The whole topic makes me so uneasy that I'd rather not think about it most of time. It wasnt always like that.

Long story short I would like to hear some experiences with regression/hypnotherapy and if it was worth it etc.

Other advice would also be greatly appreciated or maybe i can list the symptoms I've been experiencing and tell me if its all in my head or not.

So, I’m absolutely irrationally terrified of the dentist; mine is a really nice guy, he doesn’t do anything horrible to me but I’m in a state of panic each time I go, even if it’s just a routine cleaning; I don’t want to pop a Xanax at each visit and I’m looking at something to help me put things in perspective and freak out less. I read somewhere that hypnosis may help and I’m willing to give it a try. Anybody has recommendations or experiences to share? Thank you for your help!

Hello Everyone, I'm 25y/o Male and since the age of 5 i had severe stammering. For the past couple of years i joined speech therapy because of that my speech improved a lot. But now i've reached a point where no matter how much practice or speech methods i use nothing is getting me better. When i talk to someone i stammer but when i do reading its almost fluent. I also have low self-esteem and low confidence issues. So, recently i read about hypnotherapy for stammering and for me it looks promising. Does anyone else tried hypnotherapy for their stammering/stuttering here ??

Btw english is not my first language

I'm not looking for medical advice, or anything like that, I know that's against the rules. I'm just wondering if anyone has tried hypnotherapy and if so, what were your thoughts/results? I'd like to stay away from pharmaceuticals if possible.

i mean its not only jealousy but it is mainly jealousy

everyone knows that jealousy is some sort of anxiety or low self-esteem, i sometimes like to compare myself with my partner ex-boyfriends or penis size, the same goes for other aspects of life tho, fear of not looking good enough, dear of acting a bit strange that show would like me less, but it is almost always related to low self-image' comparison, and racing thoughts about intimate sex that she will have with them.

i have tried doing at least 20 emdr sessions but the thoughts are still here

my medications don't help that much but they help in some way

i also did some cbt technics but they all seem more mental rather and self-discipline rather than actually changing something

TLDR - i am currently asking for hypnotherapy experience for jealousy, tried emdr , and medications

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I am not sure what is the evidence behind hypnotherapy in general, just wondering if anyone has tried hypnotherapy for skin picking....

Anyone have recommendations for hypnotherapy in the area? What has been your experience?

So my emetophobia has reached a pretty difficult point, and I decided to sign up for a consultation for hypnotherapy (for my emetophobia). I'm feeling a little nervous right now because I don't know what to expect, so if anyone else has tried this: how did it go? And do you think it helped?

I'm really excited to try this, but also a little nervous, so any encouragement could help 💚

Has anyone tried hypnotherapy to retrain there brain ? I did a 20 min session , brought my anxiety from a 10 to a 6. I feel like with more sessions it could help. I was skeptical at first but I was frozen and did help

So as the Titel says , has anybody experience with it, I was thinking about it to do it even though over 100€ for 50min is a bit expensive but if it works then I don’t really care how much it costs.

I read a lot of good things about it especially with anxiety, I hope someone here can tell me something about it.

Hi, I’m pretty sure I have vaginismus...

I was searching for treatments and came along hypnotherapy. I was wondering if any of you tried it? And did it work? Or what’s your opinion about it?

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