New Endeavors

So I am trying to focus on non-medicinal therapies. I have gotten a TON of different things to listen to on guided imagery, mindfulness, progressive muscle relaxation, breathing, sleep aids, and hypnosis. A friend recently told me it seemed to help his anxiety, so I've been looking into it. I am really into Dr. Andrew Weil and I think I'm going to try out "Heal Yourself With Medical Hypnosis" first. I have quite a few issues I could use it for (IE tension headaches, IBS, etc) but first and foremost for me is anxiety. These panic attacks have to stop once and for all. I really think the medical professionals I have been in contact with lately have brought down my hope... telling me I won't get better without meds and therapy won't help. Well I am going to prove them wrong, if it's the last thing I do. Mind over matter, baby. I listened to his first CD and it's about an hour of him explaining how hypnosis works and the power the mind has over the sympathetic nervous system. He even talks about how people who have cold hands and feet due to bad circulation (me 100% - I am like ice!) should try it as it is a sign that they are susceptible to the sympathetic nervous system causing issues. We shall see. I hope I'm in that 70% that is receptive to the suggestiveness of it *crosses fingers*.

"In general, I believe that no condition is out of bounds for trying hypnotherapy on."- Dr. Andrew Weil, Author and Health Expert

Time Magazine reports in "Mind Over Medicine" how hypnosis is becoming an alternative to sedation. March 2006.

Hypnosis is AMA Approved
Hypnosis was accepted by the American Medical Association (AMA) in 1959 as a valuable & non-invasive therapy.

*Lets see, shall we? :)