Hypnosis is a tool with many useful dermatologic applications. It involves guiding the patient into a trance state for a specific purpose such as relaxation, pain or pruritus reduction, or habit ...

Stress and pain often go hand in hand. Hypnosis, meditation, and relaxation may help break the cycle. If you’re thinking about trying these ways to work on your pain, you’ll want to know what to ...

Virtually all people who want to help themselves with hypnosis gain at least some benefit, since everyone can improve their mind/body connection with achievement of a healthier mental state, patience, ...

This 200-year-old treatment can be effective for a variety of conditions, but it does take work. By Hannah Seo In the 1770s, a German physician named Franz Mesmer made a splash when he said he could ...

Self-hypnosis is a process that involves using certain techniques to enter a hypnotic state. While in a state of intense relaxation, people often try to visualize certain goals. Self-hypnosis has its ...

Misrepresentations of hypnosis seem to pervade television shows and movies. For instance, they suggest hypnosis produces an unusual state of consciousness (trance) associated with loss of willpower ...

“You’re getting sleepy…” he slowly repeats as his victim’s eyes grow heavier. Within moments the subject is fully hypnotized, and in his entranced, zombie-like state, he is bound to do the evil, or ...