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If you are like many people, all you know about hypnosis
are the misconceptions popularized in movies and on television
and the great myths that are told by people
who have never studied or experienced hypnosis.
In the December 2006 issue of Oprah Magazine, in an article titled: Losing Weight: The Mind Game, Aimee Lee Ball writes:
“Because the hypnotic state is characterized by heightened concentration and responsiveness to instructions, proponents say it can help break routines, separate a desire to eat from the impulse to act on it, and imprint new eating patterns on the subconscious mind.” She goes on to quote Deirdre Barrett, PhD, of Harvard Medical School: “What hypnosis does is get around having to wait for change.” Ball interviewed a number of clinicians who described their success using hypnosis for weight control. Then she quoted Debbie Competello, who shared her success story: “I had allowed food to be the controlling element in my life. Nothing else mattered. Hypnosis was important in getting to some of the underlying issues.”
After a lifetime of failed diets, Debbie was finally able to release 163 pounds.
Some more articles on the subject: