Helping Mental Disorders with Hypnosis

by Gary Pearson

For innumerable problems, conditions, addictions and other self-improvement problems we can make use of Hypnosis. It has been seen that hypnosis can be used to control mental disorders, depression, anxiety and other phobias such as psychosis and schizophrenia and some other mental and psychological conditions.

Hypnosis can help in curing mental disorders by rediscovering old and subdued memories. Sometimes people who have been involved in terrible accidents or events try to block these memories and thus result in weird behavior which thus leads to mental illness. What hypnosis actually does is that it recovers old and suppressed memories from patient's minds which prevent the patient from behaving normally. It is seen that these subdued memories can result in mental illness.

The instances of soldiers in World War 1 and II can be taken as perfect examples since these soldiers used to experience from post-traumatic stress and other problems due to many incidents. Therefore it was seen that doctors used to use hypnosis and relive the memory of the soldiers so that the emotional stress build up inside could be reduced. Thus many soldiers recovered to normal behavior.

It has to be understood by patients that through the accidental suggestions of the doctors there are chances of developing false memories. Thus hypnosis is considered to be a highly questionable and debatable form of therapy.

Mental patients who are very disturbed can relax with the help of hypnosis and this is also a way to assist patients to get rid of serious symptoms. A feeling of calmness, relaxation and feel good comes over the patient with this technique of healing with hypnosis. There are a number of benefits for people with mental problems. They are able to modify the way they behave and learn new methods of dealing with their feelings as well as problems. It helps them to get rid of signs of tension, depression and nervousness.

Many mental health professionals are becoming aware of the fact that hypnosis can help mental disorders, and more are becoming open to using this form of therapy.