I did hypnotism for about a year. It did help. I think the fact that you continually are discussing weight issues help more than the actual hypnotism. I went to weekly sessions, so it was always on my mind and I listened to tapes at night when I went to bed. You can get tapes for about $20 at hastings if you want to try it. Some people are more open to suggestion than others. Good luck

I want to try it to help me forget...

My weight issue really is something i would love to work on. I am just scarred they will put something or take something out by getting you to bear something you did not intend.

For me i am just scarred it would be used against me.

Use to have those childhood mem lapses myself. Therapy took care of it but must say once I started really working at healing I had a lot of flashbacks that caused a good stirring up of childhood pain.
I think we tend to block out the bad things. Abuse and other fearful things. Those thoughts can be pushed back but the lurk there in the dark.
All in all it's best, if you are strong and willing to endure the pain of healing, to follow through and gain full charge of you memory.

Did 5 sessions last year...3 to remove anxiety, 1 to quit drinking and 1 to quit smoking. It worked quite well at the time until my life caught up with me :-)
I learned how to hypnotize others many years ago, but no one ever bothered to learn it for me. Ended up paying several $k for 5 sessions. You can only go so deep with self-hypnosis.
Oh and I used to use it for past life regressions ....quite fun but not sure I believe in the results.

It can work.
worked for me.
I didnt beleave that it would.
When I did it I said a prayer
Iwas really suffering at the time. The prayer went like this.
God let this work that i am going to do be for my higher purpose reomove my difficulties tha I may have with this treatmemt. and open me up to be healed. And god I gigve yo permisiond to work on me even when I dont know it or thinkI need the help.
amem.
I did the hypnotharapy when my childeren were born. I grew up in a abusive home and didnt want to pass that on to them. I wanted to break the cycle of abuse but didnt know how . The hypno thearapy releaved that from me.
I was healed going thruogh that process . If I had more money I would definatly do it agian.
Good luck I hope it works for you.

I agree with orb. It is very difficult and was for me to dredge it all up. But once I did and I talked it out in therapy and I worked on myself it was the most freeing feeling I have ever had in my life. I only did psycho therapy once to stop smoking. It didnt work and I ended up stopping on my own. Blessings for your journey whatever you decide. Hugs

I am a Certified Hypnotherapist,CHT. with a State Licensed School. However I specialized in Pain Management as we were the International Medical & Dental Hypnotherapy Association.(IMDHA)

I'm too paranoid a type to try it....don't want my secrets getting around...as if anyone would really find them interesting

It's a great way to go. I would ask for hour and a half sessions so there is enough time for that inner being you have to feel safe and comfortable.

Trust me, whatever comes up you will be glad to heal it. Really, you will.

Heck, it's the past and while it can affect your present, it is in the past.

Have another source, aside from your family, to talk to about what you learn.

I say, get it out and get it over with.

Alos, there is a great book, "It's not what you eat, but what is eating you."

What I have learned over the last twenty years, about getting fat i, we eat to put on a layer of protection.

You are protected. Believe it and set yourself free!

Therapist is sliding scale...will only charge $40-$60 for 1 - 1.5 hour sessions.

Orb3D am adept at blocking out bad stuff but lost good memories in the process.

blueblur I know I'm strong enough for this. Congrats on your success...I've been alcohol free myself since 3/17/1975 and smoke free since 12/31/1978..used tools from the 12 step program to help me succeed.

Thanks Matt784 I will use your prayer. I so desperately want to get better and feel good about myself.

Benjamun What is hastings?

#6 shelly
I just want to get this straight.
Tharapy didnt get you to quite smokeing.
But then later you did.
How did you know that the tharapy wasnt the catalyst that brought on the change to get you to stop smokeing. It sounds like it worked on some level?