PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Although there is a widespread belief that hypnosis produces accurate memories, researchers found that hypnosis does not work well as a memory-recovery method. In addition, people who have been hypnotized tend to feel confident that their memories are accurate, contributing to the persistence of false memories.

Detailed explanation-2: -HYPNOSIS, even self-hypnosis, can sometimes result in the creation of false memories–the belief that something happened even though it never did.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most included combinations of the misuse of hypnosis, guided imagery, sodium amytal, and anti-depressants. The term “false memory syndrome” describes the phenomenon in which a mental therapy patient “remembers” an event such as childhood sexual abuse, that never occurred.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hypnosis has been used in the treatment of pain; depression; anxiety and phobias; stress; habit disorders; gastro-intestinal disorders; skin conditions; post-surgical recovery; relief from nausea and vomiting; childbirth; treatment of hemophilia and many other conditions.