Hypnosis has also been used to help overcome nicotine cravings.
Alternative treatment such as acupuncture, naturopathic therapies, hypnosis, relaxation training, visual imagery, and biofeedback have all been used to try to decrease the constant pain of fractures.
If your only impression of hypnosis is based on one of those hokey TV shows where a group of audience members are put into the hypnotic state and convinced to perform embarrassing acts, perish the thought.
Hypnosis, and by extension self-hypnosis, is a completely natural state of being where the body reaches a sublime level of relaxation that allows the mind to totally focus on whatever issue is brought to its attention.
Hypnosis is a type of altered consciousness in which an individual is not resting in a sleep-like state like once believed, but rather a hyper-attentive one with heightened sensibilities.