PTSD

complex ptsd - the hidden battle of surviviors

Complex PTSD: The Hidden Battle of Survivors

Complex PTSD, also known as c-PTSD or complex posttraumatic stress disorder, is a condition that can develop after exposure to one or more traumatic events. Survivors of complex trauma may experience flashbacks, nightmares, emotional numbing and avoidance of stimuli associated with the traumatic event. Hypnotherapy has been shown to be an effective treatment for complex PTSD. In this article, we are going to look at what complex post-traumatic stress disorder is, its symptoms and how hypnotherapy can help with these.

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Painful Memories – Hypnosis To Forget Something or Someone and 9 Things You Need to Know

When it comes to hypnotherapy, there are a lot of misconceptions out there. Some people think that hypnotherapy is only used to help people lose weight or stop smoking. While those are two common uses for hypnotherapy, it can actually be used for a lot more than that. In fact, hypnotherapy can be used as

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Hypnosis for Alcoholism_ What Is It and How Does It Work

Throughout history, experts have fought to understand and limit alcohol’s potential to affect our actions. In recent years, they have discovered hypnotherapy as an alternative for treating alcohol addiction. Is this treatment a viable option for dealing with this issue?
Hypnotherapy employs a variety of relaxation techniques. The treatment allows for a calmer, more centred unconscious state and hyper relaxation and hyper-awareness as soon as a person achieves this condition of calm. The hypnotherapist can assist in the creation of subliminal directives.
Actual therapy begins with these powerful orders to the unconscious mind. It can gently coax a person, encouraging them to avoid drinking by exploiting the brain’s full potential in hypnosis.

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How Hypnotherapy Helps Individuals with PTSD

If someone has gone through something traumatic, the brain will work differently. The limbic system will hold onto those life events for two reasons.
First, the brain wants to ensure that the same event will not happen again for that person’s survival. Secondly, these life events are too big to be processed overnight, and traumas end up causing a log-jam in the brain. That is why the memory and sensation of it will remain fresh and raw. And since these memories are not being processed, it often leads to a downward spiral of anxiety, depression, and anger.

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