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Hypnosis to help get rid of limiting beliefs
12-20-2008, 10:19 PM
Anybody here had any experience with hypnosis?
I am seriously considering as a friend had a good experience giving up smoking with it and I am thinking of using it to see if I have any self limiting beliefs and help improve my confidence in social situations. Anybody tried it?
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Hypnosis to help get rid of limiting beliefs
12-21-2008, 03:02 AM
As far as AA goes I found a hypnosis audio recording that's supposed to help with that. Did it help? Uhhh, I'm honestly not sure I can say it did. Good thing I found it on BT rather than paying for it (I've already had a bad experience with paying for a PUA product that came with a "no questions asked money back guarantee", fortunately in that case my credit card company happily reversed the charge and the vendor in question seems to have eaten the chargeback). AA is not much of an issue for me any more but that had a lot more to do with my bootcamp than with some silly hypnosis recording.
Now I was also skeptical that hypnosis is even real. I think it is... I could definitely tell that I was an in altered state of consciousness... it may even work, to some modest extent... but it ain't a silver bullet.
Any particular limiting beliefs you're worried about?
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Hypnosis to help get rid of limiting beliefs
12-22-2008, 01:16 AM
I am a psychologist... I do see psychologist colleagues, but they are very far away in approach from hypnotic practice. I suspect some of the stuff is so deep set, that talking about it won't help. I am very good at talking about it. I know I have some of these self-limiting moods and emotional 'kicks' (beliefs implies some kind of conscious "holding" of a belief). Its a bit much for a public board to go further into the specifics (thanks nevertheless Zorgon and Jmb).
If I have some kind of self limiting statements I could work on them with a Cognitive Behavioural approach, but its more like a mood of unworthiness that kind of drifts in and out. Its completely surprising when it might hit and lasts days.
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Hypnosis to help get rid of limiting beliefs
12-22-2008, 03:06 PM
Maybe hypnosis can also help speakeasy with his porn detox. I wonder...
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Hypnosis to help get rid of limiting beliefs
12-29-2008, 12:47 AM
I'm a bit skeptical of hypnosis. Seems to much of a quick fix.
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Hypnosis to help get rid of limiting beliefs
03-29-2012, 04:43 PM
I have been attempted to hypnotize five or so times in my life (but without using the hypnotic drugs). It never worked. Was told that if you're skeptical or if you have any doubt it actually works, it won't work for you. Sounds like placebo to me.
Just listening for some bullshit for a month will do nothing to change your beliefs either unless you already accept them. People in Communist countries listened for propaganda for dozens of years, and for the vast majority of the population it didn't work at all.