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Originally Posted by bluesfan
Hi Diandra
Just a suggestion before you fork out $$$$ for the biofeedback or hypnosis treatment. Some people just don't respond to that type of treatment - maybe because their brains are wired differently or there may be some unknown neurological condition that is making the brain less receptive.
I'm one of them - 7 years ago I was prescribed hypnotherapy to assist with chronic pain for an (at that time) undiagnosed physical condition. I did 4 sessions (privately). I suspected right from the 1st session that I wasn't receptive but carried on - desperate for improvement. By the 4th session my pragmatism (and rapidly emptying wallet) kicked in and I asked the therapist more probing questions about how I should be responding and she grudgingly admitted that I wasn't very susceptible to hypnosis. She would have carried on treating me as long as I was gullible enough to pay.
So I would recommend a few trial sessions to assess your receptiveness before committing to an expensive residential course.
All the best for finding some relief.
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Thanks so much for your input. It is very valuable to me. I am glad you were sharp enough to recognize hypnosis it was not working for you and terminate.
I did one hypnosis session for pain years ago and it did help me. The psychiatrist was REALLY weird and creeped me out so I did not return to him. I don't know why I have not explored it again. The reason I want to try one of these places is because the combo of my pain meds and the meds I take for breast cancer are becoming problematic and I want to try and reduce my pain meds.
Thanks, D.