Affiliation:
1. Nursing Tutor, Sushrutha College of Nursing, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences,Karnataka,India
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Obsterics & gynaecological Nursing, Adichunchanagiri University,B G Nagara,Karnataka,India
Abstract
Hypnotism,once classified as an occult science,has grew,though only within recent years,a definite scientific status,and
no mean place in genuine medicine.It typically involves an overview to the procedure during which the subject is told
that propositions for imaginative involvements will be presented.Mesmer was a Scottish ophthalmologist,James Braid,
who make up the word 'hypnosis'.The term neuro-hypnotism (nervous sleep), all of which were first coined by Étienne
Félix d'Henin de Cuvillers in the 1820s.Hypnotism having a broad area of application including alleviation of symptoms
associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), control of pain during dental procedures, management of certain
symptoms of ADHD etc.A number of myths are related with hypnotism like hypnosis is similar to sleep,it is possible to be
hypnotized against the client's will, hypnotherapy doesn't cause to lose control etc. During a hypnotherapy sitting,
people are guided through a process to induce a trance-like state that helps them focus their minds, respond more
readily to suggestions, and become deeply relaxed. Hypnotherapy utilizes the heightened awareness of the hypnotic
state to help us to focus on a problem more deeply.
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