Healing Trauma
David shares a powerful story of using hypnosis to help a troubled individual cope with trauma and guilt, highlighting the importance of restructuring one's understanding of past events. Through hypnosis, individuals can regain a sense of agency and find healing from traumatic experiences.In this clip
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Benefits of hypnosis | David Spiegel, MD
Related Questions
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, does working to change a person's physiological response immediately after being triggered also diminish the physiological response over time and break the conditioning? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider and, every time they see the spider or get activated through some trigger, immediately uses breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, and a person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, but every time they see the spider or get activated through some trigger, they immediately use breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?
If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, would changing the physiological response immediately after being triggered also diminish the physiological response over time and break the conditioning? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, and every time they see the spider or get triggered, they use breathwork to calm their body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something in my understanding?