Understanding the nature of disease.
I work with addictions and eating disorders mostly. It’s a fairly tough area of hypnotherapy, because you can see immediately how effective treatment is. It either works or it doesn’t. There’s not much in the way of a ‘grey area’ if your client is still using cocaine.
I am fortunate enough to have studied homeopathy as well as hypnotherapy. As a result I have the benefit of several different views on the nature of disease. When we look at the cause of conditions in Hypnotherapy, we can learn a lot from our colleagues on the homeopathy side of the fence.
The system of homeopathy which I studied had quite a lot to say about the nature of disease. While orthodox medicine treats disease generally symptomatically, most hypnotherapists know that we should look for the actual causes. Under this regime, treating bulimia is best treated by managing the sources of anxiety, rather than simply force feeding and preventing purging. One system works, the other simply doesn’t.
So, in the case of bulimia – it is best managed by managing the anxiety – the word ‘bulimia’ is almost superfluous. It’s just a label describing the illness, not a diagnosis. It’s a description and does nothing to help us find the cause.
The hereditary nature of some diseases is quite extraordinary. The actual disease (there’s little point giving it a name) can manifest in many forms. I have a client whose grandfather was alcoholic, her father suffered a rare form of arthritis, she is alcoholic, and her children both suffer that same rare form of arthritis. While I know many might find this hard to swallow, my belief is that they all suffer the same disease.
The arthritis is caused by an immune deficiency disorder. The actual disease is manifested in her father and her children by a suppression of this immunity, caused by the way they manage stress. She, and her grandfather, managed stress with the use of alcohol. So the disease is more to do with the actual cause (poor stress management) than simply alcohol or arthritis. Far fetched? I don’t think so.
I am fortunate enough to have studied homeopathy as well as hypnotherapy. As a result I have the benefit of several different views on the nature of disease. When we look at the cause of conditions in Hypnotherapy, we can learn a lot from our colleagues on the homeopathy side of the fence.
The system of homeopathy which I studied had quite a lot to say about the nature of disease. While orthodox medicine treats disease generally symptomatically, most hypnotherapists know that we should look for the actual causes. Under this regime, treating bulimia is best treated by managing the sources of anxiety, rather than simply force feeding and preventing purging. One system works, the other simply doesn’t.
So, in the case of bulimia – it is best managed by managing the anxiety – the word ‘bulimia’ is almost superfluous. It’s just a label describing the illness, not a diagnosis. It’s a description and does nothing to help us find the cause.
The hereditary nature of some diseases is quite extraordinary. The actual disease (there’s little point giving it a name) can manifest in many forms. I have a client whose grandfather was alcoholic, her father suffered a rare form of arthritis, she is alcoholic, and her children both suffer that same rare form of arthritis. While I know many might find this hard to swallow, my belief is that they all suffer the same disease.
The arthritis is caused by an immune deficiency disorder. The actual disease is manifested in her father and her children by a suppression of this immunity, caused by the way they manage stress. She, and her grandfather, managed stress with the use of alcohol. So the disease is more to do with the actual cause (poor stress management) than simply alcohol or arthritis. Far fetched? I don’t think so.
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