Can Hypnosis Relieve Pain During Childbirth?

Pregnant WomanWe’ve all seen Hollywood’s stereotypical child birthing scenes; The sweating mother grabbing a nurse by the collar hollering, “give me the drugs!” It seems that epidural pain killers have become somewhat of a given when someone thinks of a birthing scene.

But what if this didn’t have to be the case? I’m sure we are a long way off from a completely pain free birthing process but, hypnosis can most certainly “take the edge off”. Although it isn’t really replacing the epidural (yet!), the two methods seem to work extremely well together.

We recently found an article that discusses this issue…

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The Truth About Erotic Hypnosis

erotic hypnosisNow that the title has got you reading, I want to talk about a facet of hypnosis that is often under-discussed.

There is a very slim portion of people who view hypnosis as a sexual fetish. Often under the faulty premise of hypnosis as mind-control (which I emphatically say here that it is not), hypnosis is used by fetishists as a mental parallel to physical BDSM. In much the same way bondage is physical control, recreational hypnosis can be used as a form of play mind control.

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The Difference Between Hypnosis and Guided Meditation

Hypnotizing WatchIs hypnosis just like guided meditation? The answer is to this question requires a little bit of explanation…

Whenever I explain hypnosis to people, I give them a rough comparison to guided meditation. Because there’s so much myth and misconception surrounding hypnosis due to do Vegas stage acts and television depictions, I want to give people a ballpark idea of what it is before I launch into the ‘science of neuroplasticity’ or ‘post-hypnotic suggestions.’

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Hypnosis in the Courtroom

Justice is served with the aid of hyponosisIf you’re a loyal follower of this blog you’ll know by now that hypnosis can be used to solve just about any problem.

However, are you aware that hypnosis is being used to help solve criminal cases as well?

There are currently two high profile cases in which clinical hypnotists have been called in to help witnesses recall memories.

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