Our brain would be exhausted if it had to remember to breathe every time the body needs oxygen. I read that Sigmund Freud was one of the first people to raise the idea of the subconscious. He called this mind the ‘id’ - an idea that hypnosis places the unconscious mind at an otherwise unreachable level. It opens up the subconscious mind to the suggestion by the hypnotherapist. I believe that these suggestions can help people make positive changes within themselves.
What is Hypnosis? Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in therapy. What is Hypnosis? Many people don’t really know what hypnosis is. Hypnosis has for years been associated with the mysterious sideshows you may have witnessed where members of the audience are invited to the stage to carry out strange acts following instructions from the ‘hypnotist’.
Outline and evaluate one or more explanations for sleep disorders (24 marks) Insomnia can be defined as problems with sleep patterns and in particular difficulties falling asleep or maintaining sleep. Some people who have very little sleep suffer no ill consequences and so a diagnosis of insomnia is not based on the number of hours slept but when the resulting daytime fatigue causes severe distress of impairs work, social or personal functioning for more than one month. Insomnia may be either secondary or primary. Secondary insomnia is when insomnia is caused by a psychiatric or medical disorder and is therefore often a symptom instead of another disorder. Some physical and psychiatric causes of secondary insomnia include depression, anxiety disorders, heart disease or Parkinson’s disease.
Symptoms of sleepwalking disorder range from simply sitting up in bed and looking around, to walking around the room or house, to leaving the house and even driving long distances. It is a common misconception that a sleepwalker should not be awakened. In fact, it can be quite dangerous not to wake a sleepwalker. The prevalence of sleepwalking in the general population is estimated to be between 1% and 15%. The onset or persistence of sleepwalking in adulthood is common, and is usually not associated with any significant underlying psychiatric or psychological problems.
Title: “What is Hypnosis?” Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in Hypnotherapy. This essay will explore the vast world of Hypnosis and its various interpretations using available literature, as well as touch on its history in an attempt to shed light on its modern day practice and theory. It will also present the intrinsic aspects of hypnosis and then focus on the role that relaxation has and continues to play in the success of this therapy. Heap (1995) states that “Hypnosis is a psychological phenomenon, not a therapy, and ......... it is a complex and contentious subject about which there is much misunderstanding and disagreement ............”. In support of this view other authors Karle and Boys (2010) note that hypnosis or hypnotherapy is not a system of therapy but a technique or procedure by means of which therapy is delivered.
According to John Kihlstrom (2007), "The hypnotist does not hypnotise the individual. Rather, the hypnotist serves as a sort of coach or tutor whose job is to help the person become hypnotised" While hypnosis is often described as a sleep-like trance state, it is better expressed as a state characterised by focused attention, heightened suggestibility and vivid imagination. Modern historians discovered evidence from relics that suggests that hypnosis or ‘trance states’ have been used for many years in rituals and religious ceremonies, as far back as ancient Egyptian times. Similar practices have been identified and are not limited to the Aborigines, North American Indians and Hindu culture. Franze Anton Mesmer (1734 – 1815) was a keen Astronomer who theorised that there was a natural energetic transference that occurred between all animated and inanimate objects that he called magnétisme animal (animal magnetism).
Name: Sarah Page Course Code: READI1S 12 Tutor: Robert Whittington ……..Words “What is Hypnosis?” Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in hypnotherapy. The essay will firstly attempt to explain briefly what is hypnosis and then look at more depth into what the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis look like and finish with a discussion of the role of relaxation in hypnotherapy. Hypnosis is a state of mind brought about by the use of a set of techniques. It is not a strange or mysterious phemominon which many may believe before they understand or study hypnosis. Every human has been in a hypnotic state many times in their lives for example when driving a car and not actually remembering how you arrived at your destination or daydreaming.
Effects of stress on Hypertension Stress effects a variety of different topics such as blood pressure, anxiety, change in behavior, and many more topics the list goes on and on. Most people are unaware of the effects stress has on your body. They try to down play it as nothing is wrong, but it fact stress can really put a toll on your body and the way you act. The topic that’s going to be talked about that stress effects is Hypertension. Hypertension and stress go hand in hand; stress has a direct effect on hypertension.
Name: Kelly-Anne Tough Course Code: GLASG1A 13 Word Count: 2,012 Essay Question: What is hypnosis? Describe the psychological & physical aspects of hypnosis and the role of relaxation in Hypnotherapy. ______________________________________________________________ With this essay, I aim to explore the meaning of hypnosis, by using a brief history of hypnosis to show how it has developed over the years and how it is used in modern practices today. I will also be discussing what the psychological and physical aspects are of hypnosis as well as discussing how important relaxation is within hypnosis. What is hypnosis?
Insomnia is a sleep disorder characterized by the general inability to fall asleep, and stay asleep. The victims of Insomnia usually are usually stressed out in their daily lives, but not always (Wikipedia). “Insomnia can be grouped into primary and secondary, or comorbid, insomnia. Primary insomnia is a sleep disorder not attributable to a medical, psychiatric, or environmental cause. It is described as a complaint of prolonged sleep onset latency, disturbance of sleep maintenance, or the experience of non-refreshing sleep.