The Basics of Hypnosis

Written by Joseph Then


You’ve seenrepparttar stage acts where a hypnotist selects someone out ofrepparttar 142483 audience and when he claps his hands,repparttar 142484 unwilling participant struts aroundrepparttar 142485 stage clucking like a chicken. You’ve also seen movies whererepparttar 142486 hypnotist wavesrepparttar 142487 pocket watch in front ofrepparttar 142488 subject as he utters, “you’re getting sleepy … very sleepy.” Hypnosis is a little more than what Hollywood or Vegas make it out to be. Below is a brief overview.

Hypnosis is a naturally occurring altered state of consciousness in whichrepparttar 142489 critical faculty is bypassed (mind inrepparttar 142490 conscious mode) and acceptable selective thinking established. Wow! That’s a lot of technical jargon! Simply put, this means thatrepparttar 142491 reasoning, evaluating, judging part of your mind (conscious) is bypassed.

Hypnosis deals withrepparttar 142492 subconscious. Have you ever driven to work or home or anywhere, arrived at your destination but then had little to no recollection ofrepparttar 142493 drive? Your reasoning, evaluating and judging parts of your mind were still intact and functioning (read: you safely arrived at your location) but your cognizant mind was bypassed. Hypnosis feels very much like that. It’srepparttar 142494 same or similar feeling as when you day dream. People under hypnosis know exactly what they are doing.

What about control? Many people fear being hypnotized because they falsely believe they will have to give up control of their mind. Not true. Think about when you are so engrossed in a movie and you find yourself in tears. If you’ve ever watched Saving Private Ryan,repparttar 142495 Titanic orrepparttar 142496 Passion ofrepparttar 142497 Christ you know this scenario all too well. During these movies you were so involved that you actually felt emotion. You were literally in a hypnotic trance. Most importantly, though, you still hadrepparttar 142498 power to emerge from that state if desired.

Whiplash – how you get it and how to prevent it.

Written by Sophie Evans


Site: www.car-accident-claim.com Article Release details: Immediate Date: 10 June 2005

Whiplash – how you get it and how to prevent it.

290,607 road users were killed or injured inrepparttar UK in 2003, 188,342 of those wererepparttar 142482 drivers or passengers in cars (Department for Transport). Withrepparttar 142483 amount of cars on our roads multiplying byrepparttar 142484 year it is not surprising that accidents are frequent and that injuries such as whiplash affect so many people. Around 20% of rear end accidents result in a whiplash injury.

The incidence of neck injury to front seat passengers is higher (16 per cent) than for rear seat passengers (10 per cent) in rear end collisions, and front-seat passengers fare worse for neck sprains (19 per cent) than drivers (15 per cent). (What a Pain inrepparttar 142485 Neck – dotpharmacy.co.uk)

A whiplash injury is caused whenrepparttar 142486 car driving behind you crashes into your rear end. The impact ofrepparttar 142487 two cars colliding throws your body forward so that your neck and shoulders are under your head; your head extends forward and tips down a little. When you slam your foot onrepparttar 142488 break your head and body fly back inrepparttar 142489 opposite direction. This vigorous process happens extremely quickly and often results in an injury.

Many people suffer from neck pain or tenderness after an accident but find that these symptoms disappear relatively quickly. Other people are not as lucky and can go on to develop serious neck pain. There are several symptoms of whiplash to look out for. These are often experienced inrepparttar 142490 days preceding an accident.

oHeadaches oNeck pain oBack pain oShoulder pain oRinging inrepparttar 142491 ears oSleeplessness oPain inrepparttar 142492 arms or hands oAbnormal sensations such as burning or prickling, called paresthesias oDepression

So what is whiplash?

Whiplash is an injury torepparttar 142493 soft tissue inrepparttar 142494 neck. Areas ofrepparttar 142495 neck which can be affected arerepparttar 142496 discs and ligaments, cervical muscles, intervertabral joints andrepparttar 142497 roots ofrepparttar 142498 nerves. Most injury to soft tissue cannot be seen with an x-ray so specialised scans may need to be carried out if symptoms persist intorepparttar 142499 long term. Treatment for people with whiplash used to involved immobilisation with a cervical collar, nowadays early mobilisation is encouraged instead. A soft collar may be worn but only for short periods at a time. Patients may also need to take pain medication, muscle relaxants and anti-depressants.

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