More People Try Hypnosis to handle Economic Stress

Here's a story from Texas' The33News about people turning to hypnosis to help them through the current economic troubles.

More people are choosing the soothing sounds of a hypnotist's voice to block out the dire din of Wall street news.

"In the last month or so, I began getting calls from people having anxiety. Anxiety and stress or anxiety and depression," Hypnotist Phillip Dickerson said.

He uses hypnosis to convince clients to focus their thoughts on the positive things in their life to regain control.The TV news business is pretty stressful, so I let him try his craft on a cynical reporter.

I remember a voice saying, "lifting, lifting, lifting.... down deeper, deeper, you're doing very well."
It was relaxing, but I'm going to need a few more sessions.

We talked to workers about how they are dealing with economic stress in the workplace.

"You can't just forget about it, it's definitely constantly on everybody's mind, the future is unpredictable, yeah, I can say it is definitely a factor," said commuter Bobby Bond.

Melissa Martin uses exercise to deal with stress, "yeah, I play a lot of tennis," she said. "So I think that helps a lot with my stress level."

Howard Daniels said he copes by, "giving myself positive thoughts, just block it out of your mind, think of nice things, just be thankful for what you got already."

That is exactly the same advice Dallas Hypnotherapist Shawn Mash gives to his clients.

"What is hypnosis? Hypnosis is the science of the effect of suggestion," he said.

Mash can hypnotize clients in six minutes. Then he plants post-hypnotic suggestions.

"Anybody who has ever worried or become anxious, suddenly they feel trapped, because they can't get out of that loop. And what I do, I break the loop," he said.


If you're interested in trying hypnosis yourself and you're located in the Los Angeles area, visit Gregory Stacy's website at www.hypnotistlosangeles.com and make an appointment for a free consultation to answer any of your questions.