Can a person’s body react against and have negative side affects from long term hypnotism?
I’ve been doing a self hypnosis weight loss tape for the past couple of weeks. The tape takes you through the steps to get into the relaxed state and then talks about eating less and how good it feels to lose weight and even goes into some situations like shopping for food. While I do notice that I eat less and eat better, I also feel really depressed and it seems like my body aches in my joints. Granted I realize that my body could be adjusting to the change in diet but I also wonder if for some reason my subconscious might be "fighting back" for lack of a better term. That maybe there is a deeper coping method with the food and my mind doesn’t really want to deal with it. Does that make sense?
First of all, have you seen a doctor for the depression and body aches? That’s the first thing to check, to make sure there is not a physiological reason for these things. If there is nothing out of whack physiologically — no problem with thyroid or some chemical imbalance or arthritis or the like — you may want to look a bit deeper, with some personalized sessions with a hypnotherapist, to discover if there is something important the body is trying to tell you. The pain and depression you speak of might just be something inside that needs to be addressed. And it does not necessarily have to be some deep, dark thing — it may just be a misunderstanding or it may be time to alter a long-term mindset that does not suit you in the present time.
How wonderful that you are getting help from your powerful mind, using hypnosis! Good for you! I’m sure you have noticed the subtle and powerful way it helps you do what you want to do. As a Certified Hypnotherapist, I can report that a number of people who see me for weight management seem to also have some other sort of ‘weight’ to attend to — it’s almost as if the physical weight may be a metaphorical representation or expression of the other weight. And sometimes, people feed themselves food, instead of what they are really hungry for…they use eating as a sort of coping strategy, as you suspected. The person may be hungry for company, comfort or spiritual fulfillment, exercise or adventure or love. There are many things that people are hungry for, and unfortunately, food is very easy to access, and gives some sort of immediate gratification, even if it does not fulfill the true need/hunger.
It’s so interesting how the body takes it’s cues from the mind. When I work with a client on weight management, we address many aspects of the project, and we do it with a range of processes, modalities, and tools beyond the very helpful hypnotic suggestions. There are many ways of additionally supporting such a project outside the actual state of therapeutic hypnosis. And when I work with a client, I listen closely, and tailor the work to the individual. We may do some profound work in hypnosis, and discover ways of making the person’s life better than it’s ever been before. We make up success out of all we do.
I’d say, if you are experiencing physical and psychological discomfort, you definitely want to look into that further, beginning with a trip to your doctor. The recording itself probably doesn’t have a negative effect, but it may be tripping up on something else that you really need to work on.
I wish you all the best with it!
Peace and comfort,
-Patricia
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I learned the Mental Gastric Band process for shrinking your stomach, your appetite and your waistline with your mind using hypnosis at Duncan Tooley’s training for hypnosis practitioners. It exceeded my expectations as I felt my own stomach shrink.