Want a proof that hypnosis works?
Medical hypnosis:
- Hypnosis is superior to standard treatments regarding side effects in breast surgery patients. Additionally, the institutional costs for surgical breast cancer procedures were $8561 per patient, while in the hypnosis group cost the institution $772.71 less per patient than those in the control group
https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article-abstract/99/17/1304/2522227?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false - Cost comparison between standard intravenous conscious sedation and sedation with self-hypnotic relaxation – cost associated with standard sedation during a procedure was $638, compared with $300 for sedation with adjunct hypnosis
https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/abs/10.1148/radiol.2222010528 - Hypnosis is more effective in significantly reducing childbirth pain than standard medical care, counseling, and childbirth education classes.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272735811001000 - Hypnosis Reduces Distress and Duration of an Invasive Medical Procedure for Children(!)
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/115/1/e77/66983/Hypnosis-Reduces-Distress-and-Duration-of-an?autologincheck=redirected - Yet another scientific research showing usefulness of hypnosis in anesthesia, eliminating nausea, and bringing further savings in surgical procedures:
https://academic-oup-com.translate.goog/jnci/article/99/17/1280/2522362?login=false&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=pl&_x_tr_hl=pl
Hypnosis for business:
- Stress reduction for students – Research conducted on a carefully selected group of medical students, showing that most of them showed a significant positive effect of hypnosis on stress reduction
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12906-017-1806-0 - Group hypnosis for stress reduction and improved stress coping – participants in a hypnotherapeutic group showed reduced perceived psychological stress measured by a visual analogue scale, Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale, also reduction of depression scale and improved quality of life compared to individuals in a control group.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12906-020-03129-6 - Hypnotic suggestion reduces conflict in the human brain (reduction of the Stroop effect)
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0503064102 - Hypnosis improves sleep quality – more than half of the included studies indicated some positive effects of hypnosis on sleep outcomes.
https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/full/10.5664/jcsm.6952 - Deepening Sleep by Hypnotic Suggestion – slow wave activity was significantly enhanced after hypnotic suggestions and time spent awake was significantly reduced
https://academic.oup.com/sleep/article-abstract/37/6/1143/2416924 - Hypnotic visual illusion alters color processing in the brain – The results of this study showed that people under hypnosis could modulate the neural responses that underlie color perception – in other words, they were able to change their perception of reality on a biological level (!)
https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.8.1279#sec-3 - Hypnosis improves reaction time in a task requiring sustained attention – an effect observed in both adults with and without ADHD
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0126497 - The effectiveness of hypnosis in overcoming the fear of public speaking comparing to other treatments
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000578949780038X?via%3Dihub
Others:
- Hypnosis helps with weight loss during cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) – results showed that subjects lost twice as much weight in therapy with hypnosis than in therapy without hypnosis:
https://psycnet.apa.org/buy/1995-26166-001
Famous people who were using hypnosis in their career:
Albert Einstein (was known to have his hypnosis sessions every afternoon. His theory of relativity came to him during one of these sessions), Winston Churchill (used post-hypnotic suggestions in order to stay awake all night and avoid tiredness during W.W.II.), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (composed the famous opera “Cosi fan tutte” while hypnotized), Sylvester Stallone (worked with hypnotist while filming Rocky in 1975), Princess Diana (used hypnosis for public speaking and confidence), Prince Harry and Samuel L. Jackson (used hypnosis to quit smoking.), Bruce Willis (used hypnosis to help stop his stuttering), Michael Jackson (used hypnosis to overcome musical mental blocks and to aid relaxation) and many more.