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- From: johnlee@crash.cts.com (John Wiley)
- Newsgroups: alt.hypnosis
- Subject: Consumer Reports article
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.130316.22766@crash>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 21:03:16 GMT
- Organization: CTS Network Services (crash, ctsnet), El Cajon, CA
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- There's an article of interest to this group in Consumer Reports magazine
- (Feb.'93), entitled "Can Your Mind Heal Your Body?" Although the article's
- emphasis is on health issues, it offers a concise intro to many different
- "new age" disciplines. The following is excerpted without permission:
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- pg.113
- "Hypnosis
- ...is a process of focusing attention that can be used to help people
- relax and to help them control the body's functions. ...is a state of high
- suggestibility, and suggestions given can be used to affect physiological
- processes in a number of different ways. ...has been used successfully to
- decrease headache pain, reduce bleeding in hemophiliacs, control the
- severity of asthma attacks, reduce the discomfort of dental procedures, and
- ease labor for pregnant women. ...can also eradicate warts - a rather
- mysterious phenomenon that may involve the immune system, and that is now
- the subject of a major research study...
-
- ...is most effective when a person does not just rely on a
- hypnotherapist, but also practices self-hypnosis regularly for weeks or
- months. The most reliable way to learn self-hypnosis is by working with a
- professional, since different methods of hypnosis are most effective for
- different people.
-
- ...audio tapes that promise to teach self-hypnosis often give
- disappointing results. In particular, there is no good research behind the
- many "subliminal learning" tapes that are supposed to help you lose weight,
- improve your attitude, or sharpen your memory through hypnosis."
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