A story:     Power of the Mind

   I am going to tell you a little story to help demonstrate this. A few years ago Dr Bruno Klopfer had a patient named Wright. Mr. Wright had cancer of the lymph nodes. He had little time left, his neck, armpits, chest, abdomen, and groin were filled with tumors the size of oranges and his spleen and liver were so enlarged that two quarts of milky fluid had to be drained from his chest every day.

            Wright heard about a new drug called Krebiozen and he begged his doctor to let him try it. His doctor at first refused because the drug was only being tried on those with at least three months life expectancy. Wright was so insistent his doctor finally gave in. He gave Wright an injection of Krebiozen on Friday, but he didn’t expect Wright to last the weekend. Then the doctor went home.

            To his surprise, on Monday he found Wright out of bed and walking around. Klopfer reported that his tumors had “melted like snowballs on a hot stove” and were half their original size. This was more rapid than even the strongest X Ray Treatment could have accomplished. Ten days after Wrights first Krebiozen treatment he left the hospital and as far as his doctors could tell, cancer free. He no longer needed oxygen and flew his airplane at 12,000 feet with no discomfort.

            Wright remained healthy for about two months, but then articles began to appear asserting Krebiozen actually had no effect on lymph node cancer. Wright became very depressed, suffered a relapse and was readmitted to the hospital. This time his physician decided to try an experiment. He told Wright that Krebiozen was every bit as effective as it seemed, but that some of the initial supplies of the drug had deteriorated during shipment. He explained he had a new highly concentrated version and would treat Wright with this. Of course the physician did not have a new version of the drug and intended to inject Wright with plain water. To create the proper atmosphere he even went through an elaborate procedure before injecting Wright with the placebo.

            Again the results were dramatic. Tumor masses melted chest fluid vanished and Wright was quickly back on his feet and feeling great. He remained symptom free for another two months, but then the American Medical Association announced that a nation wide study of Krebiozen had found the drug worthless in the treatment of cancer. This time Wright’s faith was completely shattered. His cancer blossomed anew and he died two weeks later.

Of course this is an unusual case, however research shows about 30% of the time placebos work as well as the actual treatment. Research also shows the time of day a person receives a particular medication can increase its effectiveness by as much three or four times.

            Another short story of how powerful our minds are.

            Dr O. Carl Simonton Director of the Cancer Counseling and Research Center in Dallas Texas found certain relaxation and imagery techniques had a dramatic effect on cancer treatments.159 patients with cancers considered medically incurable were taught these techniques. Expected survival was 12 months. Four years later 63 were still alive. 14 were clear of disease, 12 were in regression and 17 were stable. Average survival of the entire group was 24.4 months, double the norm.

          The only reliable way we have to directly affect and change our belief systems is hypnosis. As effective as general guided imagery is in changing our lives, working with a skilled hypnotherapist we create custom personal more effective experiences that can dramatically change our life.

            Of course everyone is different and the way they live their lives is unique. Who knows how effective hypnosis will be for you. but just for a moment, imagine, being free of what is holding you back from a better life. 

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