How to Handle Cancer Pain: Hypnosis and Self-Hypnosis Pain Relief for Cancer

Cancer pain help through both hypnosis and self-hypnosis may be one of the greatest gifts you give yourself while undergoing treatment for cancer. The pain of cancer can be tremendous but the drugs and other treatments have their own side effects and mind numbing issues that aren't always desirable.


Hypnosis and Self-Hypnosis for Cancer?


Hypnosis and self-hypnosis offers you the ability to find relief from pain without the fog of pharmaceuticals. This small piece of normalcy in your life at this particular time is a blessing all its own. The question becomes: do the drugs prescribed to bring relief bother you enough to warrant the unknown that hypnosis represents to so many.


Managing Pain


Pain management is one of the trickiest issues to deal with among cancer patients. Some patients prefer to feel no pain at all. Others feel that as long as they are feeling some of the pain they know, without a doubt that they are still among the living. Either way cancer pain help that is delivered in a manner that allows the most quality of life possible is the best way by far to manage that pain.


Why Hypnosis?


One question that remains for many is why? Why would hypnosis work and why should it be trusted? Hypnosis has been around for a long time. It is only in recent years that people have begun to harness the true power of both hypnosis and self-hypnosis for pain management, and put it to work for all manner of self-improvement efforts. 


Hypnosis for pain management has been proven to be effective for chronic pain and cancer pain through various studies at Stanford University, Yale, Harvard and in studies completed in London and Sweden.    

What Does Hypnosis and Self-Hypnosis Have to do With Cancer Pain Help?


Pain management may seem like a bit of a leap but when you think about, it's a logical next step. Pain rarely gets more critical or nearly as prolonged as the pain you will experience when going through with cancer.  There have been studies done showing that hypnosis can help reduce cancer pain and chronic pain.  Hypnosis is a case of mind over matter.  'There is no pain, until it gets to the brain.'  Utilizing areas of the brain through hypnosis to help reduce/control pain via suggestion, imagery, and bio-feedback.  This may be a simplistic explanation but ultimately that is what all hypnosis is. 


Relief that can be felt is a worthy pursuit for all who suffer from cancer pain.  Please keep in mind that the American Medical Association endorsed hypnosis for pain management in 1958 and the National Institute for Health (NIH) has also endorsed hypnosis. 

More than Mere Pain Management


Cancer pain help through hypnosis and self-hypnosis doesn't limit itself to physical pain. There are few times in your life when it is more important to handle emotional pain as well. Whether it is mending fencing, rebuilding bridges, or burning a few bridges along the way, life is too short to waste precious moments on pain. Hypnosis can be used to help you realize the battles that are worth hanging on to and those that you should have let go a long time ago. It can also be used to give you the strength to really let go and move on.


Beyond Cancer Pain Relief


Sometimes it takes cancer to remind you of the things that really are most important. Don't let the need for cancer pain help rob you of your opportunity to enjoy them. If you haven't taken the time to see what hypnosis and/or self-hypnosis can mean for you now is a great time to do so. Begin with cancer pain help and work your way up to healing all areas of your life and giving yourself the strength you need to face the pain of cancer and all the other living you have ahead of you.

If you would like more information on hypnosis for cancer pain or additional information on hypnosis for pain management please contact Traci Patterson at Advanced Pathways Hypnosis. 

Traci@AdvancedPathways.com        |     714.717.6633        |          Website:  www.AdvancedPathways.com