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
- The hypnotic anchor reduces stress in experimental participants performing tasks under the influence of strong stressful stimuli.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10861489/#Sec18 - Hypnotherapy significantly not only reduced the fear of public speaking, but also increased its quality.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000578949780038X?via%3Dihub - 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 - Hypnosis reduces internal conflicts and the so-called “Stroop effect” already in 0.1s after capturing a visual stimulus (at the stage of the anterior cingulate cortex).
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 for his daily afternoon hypnosis sessions, and supposedly during one of them he came up with his famous theory of relativity,
- Winston Churchill used post-hypnotic suggestions to stay awake at night and avoid fatigue during World War II,
- Sylvester Stallone collaborated with a hypnotist during the filming of Rocky in 1975,
- Tiger Woods used hypnosis in his training routine to improve his golf game,
- Princess Diana used hypnosis to practice public speaking and build self-confidence,
- Prince Harry and Samuel L. Jackson quit smoking thanks to hypnosis,
Undocumented cases based on media reports:
- Orlando Bloom and Lily Allen – according to media reports, used hypnotherapy to lose weight,
- Bruce Willis – stopped stuttering thanks to hypnosis,
- Michael Jackson used hypnosis to overcome mental blocks and relaxation, and many others.