Hypnosis in surgery has a long history, dating back to the first half of the 19th century. Even after the introduction of chemical anaesthesia, there are examples of major surgeries being carried out using hypnosis instead of general anaesthetics during the 20th and the present century. Read This Article
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Hypnosis in surgery
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Science Backs Up Hypnosis
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007The shiny pocket watch swings back and forth.
“You’re getting sleepy,” the hypnotist whispers. “Sleeeeeepy.”
Forget all that. Real therapy-based hypnosis is nothing like the TV version. In fact, chances are, almost all of us have been very close to our own hypnotic state, without ever seeing a hypnotist.
Have you ever been driving, only to realize that you don’t have any recollection of the last 20 miles? Yet you were awake and alert enough to change lanes and stop at intersections.
That’s very much like hypnosis — you’re awake, yet in an altered state of consciousness.