@Tropical_Willie – Thats fantastic! How does it all work? I’m sure that holding a pendulum in front of your eyes and swinging it back and forward is just a myth…. Are you conscious when they hypnotise you or in an unconscious state?
@drdoombot, I wasn’t really presonally interested in trying self-hypnotherapy just wanted to see if people had had any success with it.
I am actually going to see a CBT therapist and know quite a bit about it after suffering from anxiety for about 3 yrs now. My sis is also and O.T and her boyfriend is a doctor so I’m fortunate to have the support and knowledge around me also. :-)
I’ve been motivated enough to push myself out of my “safe zone” over the past two years (when the anxiety was at its worst) and now can do a lot more than what I could. You make a valid point though- although I do more than I used to, I still haven’t really been provided with the tools to stop the anxiety from occurring.
I currently have a fitness and diet routine where I’m exercising twice a day, eating well and have already lost a lot of weight so it’s not so much a “change of lifestyle” problem.
I guess I wanted to see if anyone had found success from using hypnotherapy, as I strongly believe in the power of the mind. I’m just not sure how to tap into it!!
I don’t know if you’ve heard of Paul McKenna, but I stumbled across his show “I can make you thin” recently and it was very interesting. My mum bought his book and listened to the cd which I guess is used as a type of self-hypnotheraphy. Long story short- she hasn’t really made any changes to her diet/lifestyle and has lost quite a lot of weight simply because she has retrained her thought process e.g not creating negative associations with certain foods etc.