Hypnosis is more than putting people to sleep and getting them to do your bidding for evil. Hypnotism is also used in health care to provide relief to some incurable diseases with potentially debilitating symptoms. Hypnosis might even increase your amount of deep sleep by as much as 80%. Needless to say, deep sleep is vital for you to feel refreshed whenever you way up.

Let’s look at 6 ways hypnotism can help improve your health and quality of life.

Sleep trouble, insomnia and sleepwalking

If you have trouble sleeping or staying asleep, hypnotism might help. Hypnotism could help you relax enough to sleep more easily if you have a sleep disorder such as insomnia.

For sleepwalkers, hypnotism could also be used to train you to wake up when your feet hit the floor.

Even just to sleep a bit better, using self-hypnosis could increase not only your sleep time, but also your deep sleep duration. This is necessary for you to feel refreshed when you wake up.

Ease anxiety

Hypnosis can be used as a relaxation technique, sometimes to even ease anxiety. Hypnosis tends to be the most effective for patients whose anxiety arises from a chronic health condition – such as diabetes.

It even help you cope with a phobia. A phobia is actually an anxiety disorder that causes you to have an intense, sometimes irrational, fear of something that is not a significant threat.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) symptoms

Although the symptoms appear in the bowel area, IBS actually has link to the brain. Clinical studies have consistently supported the effectiveness of hypnotherapy to ease IBS symptoms. These symptoms include constipation, diarrhea and bloating.

Chronic pain

Pain – such as those that occur after surgery or from migraines or tension headaches – could be eased using hypnotism. This also includes chronic pain. Some conditions such as arthritis, cancer, sickle cell disease and fibromyalgia can get some relief from hypnotism.

Quit smoking

Quitting smoking is not easy. While there are many methods available such as nicotine patches or prescription medication, it doesn’t work for everyone. Some people have found hypnotism to help. This therapy works best with a one-on-one hypnotherapist who can customise the sessions according to your individual lifestyle.

Lose weight

Like quitting smoking, there aren’t many studies that conclusively show the effectiveness of hypnotism for weight loss. Although moderate weight loss may be possible. This therapy is most effective when combined with consistent changes to diet and exercise.

Hypnotism is a powerful tool that can help you overcome many health-related problems. Have you ever used it? We’d love to hear about your experience, so please comment below!