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May 16, 2018, 07:21 PM
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Has anyone tried it for mental health issues?
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors. |
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May 16, 2018, 07:59 PM
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No, I have not. But I have toyed with the idea of asking t if she does hypnosis. Never have asked yet.
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May 16, 2018, 10:14 PM
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No, I think it might be interesting though
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May 16, 2018, 10:54 PM
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When I was very manic my therapist sent me to another therapist in desperation. She said she doesn't want the clients to speak. She has seven children and she can tell just by looking at you what's wrong. She also did hypnosis. That colored my opinion of it as a legitimate way to help, plus all the false memories. She charged me $3.
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May 17, 2018, 12:15 AM
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I'm open to trying it. The woman I saw before my current T was a hypnotherapist, but I only saw her for an intro session and I didn't click with her.
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May 17, 2018, 02:58 AM
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No I ha haven't. T has expressed concerns about hypnosis. She thinks that there is a reason a person's brain is locking away those memories. It us our brain's way of protecting us from memories we are not yet able to handle. She thinks hypnotherapy forces the brain to remember before we are ready and thus setting us is for a potential disaster.
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May 17, 2018, 05:02 AM
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I tried it for anxiety. I mostly did it because I was curious about it, but also in hopes that it would help. I would never consent to it to try to "recover repressed memories." I have read that it is fairly easy to implant false memories, and therapists have sometimes done it accidentally. But I had also read that it could be useful for anxiety.
I do think that I was actually hypnotized. There are a couple of "tests" to see if it actually worked...for instance he told me that I would have difficulty opening my eyes and I did. He also told me that my mouth would fill up with extra saliva and it did. I did kind of enjoy it. I felt very relaxed and completely not anxious while I was hypnotized. I continued to feel relaxed and happy the rest of the day. I didn't find the post-hypnotic suggestions as helpful. I was supposed to feel especially relaxed whenever I saw the color red. I was also supposed to continue to feel calm in situations that made me anxious. I actually had a huge panic attack the very next day, and the color red never seemed to do anything for me. I haven't tried it again. Maybe multiple sessions would be more helpful, but I'm not sure it would be as helpful as the graduated exposure has been. I didn't find it to be at all harmful though. You actually aren't really in the therapists "control." You have to allow it to happen. I remembered everything afterwards and I always had the feeling that if I really wanted to "wake up," I absolutely could have. I'm glad I tried it because it satisfied my curiosity about what it would feel like. |
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May 17, 2018, 05:25 AM
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Oh I wasn't thinking to do it for repressed memories. I want to keep those repressed. We have had a couple of sessions on accessing my child part that I see in a room, disheveled, in a corner on the floor, hugging its knees and covered it what looks like black ooz or tar. Or perhaps do it for better sleep. IDK. Just want to hear others experiences.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors. |
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