I still cannot understand how hypnosis can alleviate pain (such as migraine headaches, etc.)?
Pain is a sensation which is dependent on the conscious mind. It is a well-known fact that distraction from attention will exclude from the conscious many sensations…including that of pain. Pain is an emotional and physical makeup of the subject. Since pain may originate through the activity of the emotional and intellectual functions of the brain, hypnosis can be used to obtain relief. In many case-and we do work with these cases quite often-even after complete investigation and through examination-the origin of the pain, or rather the cause of the pain, cannot be determined, nor can failure to obtain relief be explained. Personality difficulties, tensions, anxieties, and other emotional disturbances may become so prominent that the cause of the pain is masked. And, because the emotional factor may be so prominent, hypnosis can often be used, rather than surgical methods and rather than subjecting someone to a life with tranquilizers, sleeping pills, etc. We repeat, as we constantly d
Pain is a sensation which is dependent on the conscious mind. It is a well-known fact that distraction from attention will exclude from the conscious many sensations…including that of pain. Pain is an emotional and physical makeup of the subject. Since pain may originate through the activity of the emotional and intellectual functions of the brain, hypnosis can be used to obtain relief. In many case-and we do work with these cases quite often-even after complete investigation and through examination-the origin of the pain, or rather the cause of the pain, cannot be determined, nor can failure to obtain relief be explained. Personality difficulties, tensions, anxieties, and other emotional disturbances may become so prominent that the cause of the pain is masked. And, because the emotional factor may be so prominent, hypnosis can often be used, rather than surgical methods and rather than subjecting someone to a life with tranquilizers, sleeping pills, etc. We repeat, as we constantly d
