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  1. Gillian Anderson has hypnotherapy for panic attacks

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    X Files Actress Gillian Anderson has been talking about her experiences with hypnotherapy after she started to suffer panic attacks.

    Before returning to the stage the actress decided that it was time for her to have hypnotherapy this year.

    She is currently appearing in  'A Streetcar Named Desire' at London's Young Vic theatre but before getting back on the stage she had to seek specialist help before her run started after suffering panic attacks brought on by a fear of forgetting her lines.

    She said: "I was terrified because I've had panic attacks on stage before so deciding to do this was a lot of pressure. I went to a couple of different hypnotists to deal with the anxiety because about six months before I started I was already projecting the fear of the future onto really small moments and struggling to even give a thank you speech. I think the combination of hypnotherapy and working my a*s off so that I was comfortable with the material meant that it hasn't been an issue."

    Gillian has previously suffered from panic attacks which affected her so badly that she talked about how she "hallucinated".

    "There was a period of time when I was pregnant with my daughter where I started having panic attacks and they pretty much happened every day for well over a year. And it was absolute hell - like hallucinatory - really bad."

    It's interesting to read about how she already understood that thinking ahead and imagining that she would panic and forget her lines was the worst thing that she could do. Once you start to mentally rehearse something going badly you are already half way there. Learning to let go and end panic attacks is actually much easier than many people think it will be. I work with clients both young and old to help explain why panic attacks happen and how you can stop them from happening. Some people may tell you that you can learn to live with them but that isn't an approach you need to follow when you can emilinate them instead and learn to let go of your stress. Doesn't that sound like a better idea?

    You can find a free download in my store on "How to Stop a Panic Attack" if you would like to learn more.

    If you are looking for help and support just email me on [email protected]

  2. Uri Geller and Hypnosis to quit smoking by james randhi

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    Uri Geller has seemingly always been famous as a spoon bender and mind reader. The reality is that much of what he does has been shown to be magic tricks and his showmanship and charisma carry him through. What some people think is that he uses hypnosis and hypnotism in his act too. Having watched quite a few of the videos that are available online on youtube I can't see any evidence of this although his use of language is excellent. He manages to take anything that doesn't work and turn it round to his advantage!

    The magician and author James Randi wrote a very interesting book on Uri Geller and his methods called "The Truth about Uri Geller" by James Randi and here is an except all about what he thinks about hypnosis.

    "An additional talent which Geller was able to acquire is hypnotism. There is no doubt that he is able to hypnotize, but he does it in a very amateurish way, and his methods are even dangerous. The truth is that practically anyone is able to hypnotize another after some training, but not everyone should be authorized to do this, because it is possible to put the subject in some danger. At one of his performances, Geller asked for a subject to come up on the stage with the purpose of hypnotizing him and causing him to stop smoking. The subject came to the stage and Uri asked him, Is it true that you want to stop smoking? Is it true that you get nauseous from smoke? Is it true that you will not smoke anymore?

    To these questions the man answered yes, and when Uri gave him a cigarette he began to cough and to express distaste with it. He threw it away with revulsion.

    However, a quarter of an hour later, one of the people in the audience called out to Uri that the man was smoking. And sure enough, there was the man sitting in the audience smoking with great enjoyment. This brought the audience to the point where they were booing Geller."

    Here is a link to the book on amazon if you are interested in reading more about the magic trick of Uri Geller.... http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=3194&creative=21334&linkCode=shr&tag=wwwmarkpowlet-21&linkId=H52BPY76XLEO4UIG&rl=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=the%20truth%20about%20uri%20geller

    It is interesting to read because it really looks as if he has some understanding of how hypnotherapy works but clearly doesn't really know how to put it into practice.

    If you really do want to quit smoking with hypnosis then you can read all about how well it works here... Stop smoking with hypnotherapy