Re: Anxiety Induced Asthma

[Guest guest]

Sorry , but in regards to the hypnosis thing, Ill take the words of my psychology professor (who is a trained hypnotist) and several psychologists who wrote the text book. Addiction is a physical and psychological dependence on a substance or habit and it can be downright dangerous to use hypnosis to attempt to cure an addiction. Even you said you wouldnt do it. I cannot just go out right now and hypnotize someone just like that either. It takes proper training. I too can blow my nose 2 minutes after a nose bleed and it wont bleed again...but thats not hypnosis..its just good clotting time. And, if I deep breathe long enough I can lower my heart rate and blood pressure...

While its true that some poeple might try to use hypnosis to treat addictions/dependencies whatever you want to call it, its not ethical to use hypnosis alone, b/c it could be dangerous. Addictions have a physical component and hypnosis cannot treat the physical component of addiction. If someone were to say that they were using hypnosis in addition to a plan of treatment to address the physical need then that might be a different story.

[Guest guest]

Sorry , but in regards to the hypnosis thing, Ill take the words of my psychology professor (who is a trained hypnotist) and several psychologists who wrote the text book. Addiction is a physical and psychological dependence on a substance or habit and it can be downright dangerous to use hypnosis to attempt to cure an addiction. Even you said you wouldnt do it. I cannot just go out right now and hypnotize someone just like that either. It takes proper training. I too can blow my nose 2 minutes after a nose bleed and it wont bleed again...but thats not hypnosis..its just good clotting time. And, if I deep breathe long enough I can lower my heart rate and blood pressure...

While its true that some poeple might try to use hypnosis to treat addictions/dependencies whatever you want to call it, its not ethical to use hypnosis alone, b/c it could be dangerous. Addictions have a physical component and hypnosis cannot treat the physical component of addiction. If someone were to say that they were using hypnosis in addition to a plan of treatment to address the physical need then that might be a different story.