BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Hypnosis can help alleviate the pain and suffering experienced by women being treated for breast cancer, according to a study by a University at Buffalo School of Social Work professor.
Hypnosis is often thought of as losing control because of the Hollywood stereotype: “Look into my eyes, you are getting sleepy and you’re falling under my spell.”
But a team of University of Florida researchers is finding that learning self-hypnosis actually gives a patient greater control over the stress, anxiety and pain of medical operations and childbirth.
A study directed by UF counseling psychologist Paul Schauble found that women who learn hypnosis before delivering babies suffer fewer complications, need less medication and are more likely to have healthier babies than are women without hypnosis. Click to read the rest of the article
This study is only the tip of the iceberg, imagine what could be accomplished if the fear and the mistrust that the medical establishment has placed around hypnosis were removed?
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