Everyone experiences an extremely focused state of mind at times. Hypnosis can help you enter that state quickly. Also, it can be used to center and concentrate your mind on just one thing. You can enter such a “trance” state whenever you decide to. You can be aware of your surroundings, and yet be totally focused on the task at hand.
Hypnosis and trance states are common. Daydreaming is a form of hypnosis. Children spend a great deal of time in trance states when they are engaged in pretend play. Hypnosis can help us improve how our minds work. In medical settings, hypnosis can help children cope better with their symptoms and even resolve some of them. Also, hypnosis can help children develop insights, and create more positive, peaceful, and confident outlooks on life.
Illness not only affects our bodies but also interacts with our moods, feelings and thoughts. Sometimes, people feel depressed or anxious about being sick, or become sick because they are depressed or anxious. Sometimes, our psychological state worsens our physical symptoms. A child with asthma, for example, can have difficulty with breathing during athletic events because of fear that the asthma might act up. Often, psychologically-related symptoms remain long after a physical illness has healed. These symptoms do not respond well to medicine because they are lingering mostly in our minds. Using hypnosis can help people change the psychological impact of their illness, symptoms or both.
Hypnosis is safe and effective. It is easy to learn, easy to use, and can take only a few minutes each day. Once successfully learned, children can use their hypnosis skills to solve a variety of life’s ongoing challenges (for example, through improving their school performance, athletic achievements, or social interaction skills). Hypnosis can begin to benefit children as young as 4 years of age.
There are virtually no risks to using hypnosis. However, hypnosis is not the only therapy for a given problem. If you (or your child) are using hypnosis to help resolve a medical issue, you should continue to have your condition monitored by your medical practitioner to make certain everything that ought to be done is being done.