| It amazes me that even today, knowing the | | | | everybody has to grow in order to feel fulfilled in life. |
| connection between the mind and body that we | | | | We have 2 kinds of motivation in life, things we are |
| continue as a nation to feed ourselves with medicines | | | | motivated to achieve and things we are motivated |
| and other such pills whenever our bodies send us the | | | | to get away from. Strangely the latter contains the |
| message that something is wrong. I feel that more | | | | most power due to the fact that it is most like a |
| time and money should be invested in addressing the | | | | survival instinct. In short, motivation is essential in life |
| real causes of ailments, rather than continually | | | | and you really won't get very far without it. |
| treating the symptoms. I am a member of the NHS | | | | 3. Life Changes |
| Directory for Complimentary and Alternative | | | | This is probably the broadest of the 3. People want |
| practitioners. This is something that I have to pay for | | | | their lives changed in many different ways. For some, |
| whist using the very carefully worded phrasing above. | | | | changing their life might be about changing their |
| My details are on an NHS list somewhere and I have | | | | lifestyle- taking up more exercise or giving up |
| never received one referral as a result of being on it. | | | | smoking for example. For others, changing their life |
| I have even hypnotised a doctors receptionist in | | | | might mean leaving behind years of emotional |
| from on several doctors at a primary care trust | | | | baggage from abusive relationships. Either way, one |
| meeting. | | | | small change always tends to snowball and have |
| Below, I explore some of the reasons why I believe | | | | positive knock on effects in many other areas of life |
| hypnotherapy and other such practices should be | | | | also. |
| given much more credibility by the medical | | | | Hypnotherapy has been used as a therapeutic tool |
| establishments. | | | | for many years and has been recognised by the |
| 1. Relaxation | | | | British Medical Association since 1955. Yet still it is |
| Lets face it, the only time most people relax these | | | | brushed off as invalid and jiggery pokery. If as a |
| days in when they go to bed- and then they can't | | | | nation we invested as much money into alternative |
| even do that properly, the get busy brains right at | | | | practices as we have into pharmaceuticals, we would |
| the point where what they actually need most, is to | | | | have invested wisely. People would be in a better |
| go to sleep. Relaxation is so important and should be | | | | position to take responsibility for the impact their |
| integral of your every day routine. Without it, there is | | | | lifestyles have on their bodies, getting better would |
| often no way of releasing the build ups of stress | | | | be more empowering, potentially less money from |
| that accumulate in the every day working lives that | | | | the health services would be spent on treating |
| we have. This can lead to aggravated states within | | | | symptoms and would be more geared towards |
| the body, such as headaches, IBS, muscular aches | | | | finding and solving the causes. Lets hope for the |
| and pains and lack of energy. | | | | future that our potential as human beings can be |
| 2. Motivation | | | | taken more seriously than our belief in manufactured |
| Quite simply we don't get very far without it. | | | | drugs. |
| Motivation keeps us going and keeps us growing, and | | | | |