Even though there is no abnormality of the gut in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, it is very distressing to the individual who has it. This syndrome is very common and it is estimated that as much as 20% of the global population has or had IBS. It is not just a heavy burden on the sufferer but to Health Professionals, the Health Providers and Industry. It is the most common condition seen by Gastroentologist.
There are numerous treatments available for Irritable Bowel Syndrome but the treatment that produces the best long term benefits is hypnotherapy. Most experts think this type of treatment should be reserved for severe or refractory IBS. I believe this is wrong.
It may seem odd that hypnotherapy is so effective. To understand why this treatment works in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, you must understand how hypnotherapy works. Improvement results from powerful post hypnotic suggestions and visualisation. The hypnotherapist aims to get the subject into a deep trance. In this trance state, the brain is at Theta brainwave. Fully awake, you are at Beta brainwave state.
In Theta Brainwave level, you are in a state of hyper-suggestibility. This means that whatever the hypnotherapist suggests is likely to get through into the Subconscious Mind because the resistant filters have become relaxed.
In Theta state, the reality generator in REM sleep is activated. In REM sleep, dreams occur. So in Theta state, visualisation created by the hypnotherapist becomes very powerful and effective. In this state the brain cannot differentiate real from unreal and visualisation is as real as if you are actually living it.
Visualisation and post hypnotic suggestions in Theta State in very effective. In Theta state, the hypnotherapist can gradually replace all the layers of negative information and replace them with positive ones. The benefits only result after there is change in belief, perception and expectation of your IBS.
Relapse after hypnotherapy develops when doubts creep into the mind of the IBS sufferer. Once the subject believes the symptoms are returning, it is like a green light for it to return. As long as the subject continue to believe that he or she is in total control, the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome will stay away.
I strongly believe that hypnotherapy should be recommended to everyone with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and not just reserved for the severe or refractory IBS sufferers. Most severe or refractory IBS patients have symptoms of IBS for a long time. Some have IBS for as long as twenty years or more and if they try something new and it did not work, it anchors yet another negative thought. These patients have a large amount of negative information stored in their mind and the task of the hypnotherapist is difficult.
In cases of severe or refractory Irritable Bowel Syndrome, it will take twelve weeks or more of treatment by the hypnotherapist with special gut directed skills and home use of self hypnosis tapes. Hypnotherapy works in IBS and although there are several explanation, the simplest one is that the hypnotherapist is replacing negative information about Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the Subconscious Mind and replacing them with positive ones. It, therefore, makes sense that this treatment should be offered as early as possible to IBS sufferers and by doing so reduce the years of heavy burden
There are numerous treatments available for Irritable Bowel Syndrome but the treatment that produces the best long term benefits is hypnotherapy. Most experts think this type of treatment should be reserved for severe or refractory IBS. I believe this is wrong.
It may seem odd that hypnotherapy is so effective. To understand why this treatment works in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, you must understand how hypnotherapy works. Improvement results from powerful post hypnotic suggestions and visualisation. The hypnotherapist aims to get the subject into a deep trance. In this trance state, the brain is at Theta brainwave. Fully awake, you are at Beta brainwave state.
In Theta Brainwave level, you are in a state of hyper-suggestibility. This means that whatever the hypnotherapist suggests is likely to get through into the Subconscious Mind because the resistant filters have become relaxed.
In Theta state, the reality generator in REM sleep is activated. In REM sleep, dreams occur. So in Theta state, visualisation created by the hypnotherapist becomes very powerful and effective. In this state the brain cannot differentiate real from unreal and visualisation is as real as if you are actually living it.
Visualisation and post hypnotic suggestions in Theta State in very effective. In Theta state, the hypnotherapist can gradually replace all the layers of negative information and replace them with positive ones. The benefits only result after there is change in belief, perception and expectation of your IBS.
Relapse after hypnotherapy develops when doubts creep into the mind of the IBS sufferer. Once the subject believes the symptoms are returning, it is like a green light for it to return. As long as the subject continue to believe that he or she is in total control, the symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome will stay away.
I strongly believe that hypnotherapy should be recommended to everyone with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and not just reserved for the severe or refractory IBS sufferers. Most severe or refractory IBS patients have symptoms of IBS for a long time. Some have IBS for as long as twenty years or more and if they try something new and it did not work, it anchors yet another negative thought. These patients have a large amount of negative information stored in their mind and the task of the hypnotherapist is difficult.
In cases of severe or refractory Irritable Bowel Syndrome, it will take twelve weeks or more of treatment by the hypnotherapist with special gut directed skills and home use of self hypnosis tapes. Hypnotherapy works in IBS and although there are several explanation, the simplest one is that the hypnotherapist is replacing negative information about Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the Subconscious Mind and replacing them with positive ones. It, therefore, makes sense that this treatment should be offered as early as possible to IBS sufferers and by doing so reduce the years of heavy burden
About the Author:
The Author, Dr. Phil Hariram, after over twenty years of treating IBS, has developed The Healing IBS Program. This treatment of IBS is as good as or even better than hypnotherapy.
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