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Hypnosis for PTSD Healing: Transform Trauma Into Inner Strength and Calm · The Hypnotist

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  Welcome to The Hypnotist, the show that gives you inside
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  access to cutting edge hypnosis with real clients facing
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  genuine. Issues.
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  Brought to you by The Hypnotherapist, demanded by
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  celebrities CE OS and even royalty Adam Cox, these
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  recordings took place live from Evans Clinic in London's world
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  famous Harley Street. So get yourself comfortable and
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  enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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  Hi, it's Adam here and you're about to listen to a specific
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  hypnosis session all about healing from trauma.
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  And I was working with a client that had very extreme and
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  traumatic moments of their past that included things like
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  violence and suicide and very extreme things.
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  And, and then nature was to be very much an empath, very much a
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  caring, sensitive soul. And because they'd experienced
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  these very traumatic things and they had this very caring
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  nature, that nature was to try and protect other people from
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  similar types of pain. But it meant that they were
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  hyper vigilant, on edge, almost coping with their past by
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  overcompensating. So they would do things like
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  check things quite often, like if their doors are locked or if
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  they've left the stove on and other things as well.
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  And that was because they felt unsafe and doing these things
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  made them feel safe, albeit for a very temporary period of time.
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  So this hypnosis session is not about making the.
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  World any safer? Like no one individual is going
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  to do that, but it is about feeling safe and some people are
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  able to feel safe in a dangerous situation.
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  If you think of a Marine going into a battle, you know they
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  might. Feel safe.
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  Because they're evaluating that their resources are more than
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  the demands. So they might just have this
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  sense of certainty linked to their training or their previous
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  experience. So it's possible to feel safe in
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  an unsafe environment. A lot of journalists might find
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  themselves in war zones and yet, you know, they don't necessarily
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  feel as unsafe as maybe they should based on being in that
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  situation. And yet it's also possible, and
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  I've worked with lots of people that you know, can feel unsafe
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  in their own home even though they're in a safe neighborhood.
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  And they've got. Security and they've got locked
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  doors and windows and they still feel unsafe.
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  So this is really about feeling safe and also reframing trauma
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  into resilience. And there's a few things here. 1
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  is a metaphor. Of trees.
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  Weathering Storms. But there's a really creative
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  one that almost kind of takes. There's a couple of fairy tales,
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  for example, that have a spinning wheel.
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  I think Sleeping Boot Beauty is 1 or Snow White, and the other
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  is Rumpelstiltskin, and they have this spinning wheel that
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  can turn straw into gold. So that becomes a metaphor of
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  turning past experience into very valuable future
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  experiences. And there's a wonderful reframe
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  in there. So if you have got symptoms of
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  PTSD or your traumatic past is still haunting you to this day,
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  you might get some value out of this session.
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  Just be aware though, it was a very specific client that I was
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  working with. And some.
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  Of the suggestions that were empowering for them, like going
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  back to a time when they were learning yoga in India or
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  sleeping in a grandmother's bed that felt safe for them.
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  That might not be your experience, It's unlikely to be
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  your experience. So just hone into the
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  suggestions that feel useful and relevant.
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  Disregard anything that doesn't. And if you do like the idea of
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  working with me directly there. Will be a.
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  Link in the description where you book a completely free
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  consultation call. We'll have a chat.
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  Over Zoom. And if you.
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  Like, you know what I have to say and and how I explain my
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  process. Maybe we end up working
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  together. For now, though, make yourself
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  comfortable, particularly in a place where you're not going to
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  be interrupted or disturbed and. See if you.
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  Can either enjoy or get some value from this particular
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  hypnosis session. And relax.
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  Take a deep breath in, and as you breathe in, breathe in that
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  slow, long, relaxing breath. And as you exhale, feel that
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  wonderful sense of release as tension, stress, and worries are
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  given permission to be released. And as you breathe in, breathe
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  in deeper than you normally would.
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  And as you exhale, just allow all the muscles around your eyes
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  and eyelids to just let go, feeling that wonderful feeling
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  every time you exhale of releasing tension.
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  And I want you to imagine. Imagine your nervous system can
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  sometimes feel calm and relaxed and sometimes feel on guard and
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  overactive. And I want you to imagine almost
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  like a security guard on duty. I don't want you to imagine your
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  nervous system has been on guard for too long.
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  And sometimes, sometimes your body can act as if you're in a
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  time or a place that was your past and not your present.
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  So as you breathe in that feeling of resourceful
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  relaxation, give permission to that vigilant God to relax, to
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  rest, that here right now they're not needed.
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  In fact, they are only needed if you are in any direct physical
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  danger, then you want them to return.
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  But I want you to imagine a security guard that is, instead
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  of doing a 12 hour shift, works non-stop for a week.
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  Then if there was any danger, they're too tired to do anything
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  about it. And on that basis, allow that
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  part of your mind to be given permission to rest and in doing
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  so, feel a release, perhaps an emotional release or a physical
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  release that now you can let go. And I want you to think of a
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  colour that represents pure resourcefulness, strong,
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  powerful, empowered resourcefulness.
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  And imagine breathing in that colour, and imagine it going
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  into your lungs, into your heart, being distributed to
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  every cell in your body. But as you breathe out, imagine
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  you're releasing any emotion connected to any chaotic events
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  of the past. Maybe imagine some grey or dark
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  colour and as you exhale, feel it leaving your body as you
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  breathe in that distilled resourcefulness and exhale any
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  of those suppressed or pent up emotions of the past.
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  Just allow them to leave. And in doing so, the deeper that
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  you breathe, the more relaxed you become.
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  And the more relaxed you become, the deeper you breathe.
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  And as your physical body relaxes, your imagination
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  awakens. And I want you to imagine that
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  your physical body stays where it is, but your imagination
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  floats all the way back to a particular place where you were
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  training yoga. Imagine going back through space
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  and time. And maybe imagine walking up to
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  a particular building and maybe maybe there's certain clues,
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  humidity or warmth in the air. Maybe it's the sound of St.
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  vendors or cows. Maybe it's just the ambience,
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  the energy. But imagine walking into that
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  building and I want you to see a guru, someone perhaps you
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  haven't seen in a long time. I don't want you to feel a
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  connection like a thread between your heart and theirs and just
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  connect with them. I don't want you to feel perhaps
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  a similar way to how you felt back then, where this was the
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  perfect place to give new meanings to old events, to
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  figure out who you really are, and to let go of the past
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  without forgetting it. To extract the wisdom but let go
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  of the baggage. And then imagine perhaps going
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  upstairs and I want you to see a younger version of you already
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  there, doing a particular pose, maybe a headstand.
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  Maybe you see you on your shoulders.
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  But I want you to see someone powerful, strong, resourceful,
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  aligned, energized. And when you can see that
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  younger version of you feeling that way, I want you to step
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  into that version and you feel how they feel and perhaps
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  imagine the world upside down, but maybe hearing sounds like
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  the sound of bells ringing, the smell of incense.
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  I want you to get a feeling of how connected with yourself you
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  feel. And just allow yourself to feel
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  that way. And then imagine going off into
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  a dream, like sleep back perhaps to a house from your childhood,
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  maybe a grandmother's house. And I want you to notice how
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  orderly structured, how clean and organized.
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  And I want you to get a sense of the routines and predictability.
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  And I want you to go to one of the rooms and see that younger
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  version of you there. And I want you to tell that
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  younger version of you that whatever has happened was not
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  their fault, whatever will happen is not their fault.
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  That they are kind hearted, generous, and they should
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  embrace the empathy. We need to give that younger
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  version of you a hug. Tell them they're loved, they're
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  worthy. But most of all, tell them that
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  they are safe. They are not safe because the
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  world is safe. They are safe because of how
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  discerning and resourceful they are and can be and will be more
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  so. And then imagine climbing into a
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  bed, perhaps used to sleep there, noticing the clean linen,
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  everything organized and tidy. And as I count from 5:00 to
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  1:00, I want you to imagine what it would feel like to drift off
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  into a dream like sleep. 5 Eyelids getting heavier. 4
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  Releasing any tension around the neck and the shoulders.
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  Three arms and legs just limp, loose and heavy.
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  Then two. As you breathe, your lungs
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  relax, stomach relaxes, even your intestines all relax.
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  And then one, fill a ripple of relaxation from your toes to the
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  top of your head, down your face, all the way to the tips of
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  your fingers. And just notice there, in that
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  dreamlike sleep, how easy it is to breathe in and breathe out
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  slowly, predictably and safely, still breathing in that colour
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  of distilled resourcefulness. That's it.
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  Deeper and deeper. Relaxed.
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  You to feel with each breath in you feel strength and
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  empowerment entering you. And with each breath out, feel
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  any heavy emotions, old burdens just drifting away, inhaling
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  that golden light of colour and exhaling any heaviness.
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  Inhaling calm, exhaling tension. And with each breath, your
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  nervous system calms, steadies and resets.
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  And as your body softens into this rhythm, I want you to
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  imagine a warm golden light wrapping around you like a cozy
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  blanket. It's like a shawl placed
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  lovingly on your shoulders or wrapping around you in that bed.
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  And this light is safety. This light is calm, and this
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  light is protection. And with every inhale, that
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  golden light flows deeper inside, calming your heart,
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  steadying your breath, and relaxing your muscles.
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  You are safe here, you are supported here, and you are
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  strong. And when you feel that strength,
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  it occurs to you. The strongest trees are not the
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  ones that never face storms. The strongest trees are those
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  that have survived wind, lightning, rain and still stand
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  tall and every harsh season deepened their roots, widened
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  their trunk, and made them unshakeable.
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  And just like those trees, you are stronger than ever before
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  because you have lived through storms and you've seen darkness.
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  And yet here you are, still standing, still breathing, and
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  still capable of peace, compassion, and strength.
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  Your past gave you every reason to be angry, every reason to be
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  dismissive, uncaring, and it didn't do that.
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  And you are the proof that resilience is real, that
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  sensitivity is not a weakness, it's a superpower.
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  Empathy is not fragility. It is a different kind of
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  strength, strength of the heart. And with this strength, you can
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  calm your body, calm your mind, and feel safe in the world
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  again. But I want your mind to take you
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  back. You were seen in a fairy tale,
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  but you are selective, choosing only the bit of the fairy tale
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  that is relevant and useful for you.
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  I almost imagine that you're stepping into a an old
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  children's book and seeing a fairy tale spinning wheel in
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  front of you and beside it bundles of straw.
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  And you know intuitively that each bundle represents the
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  experiences of your past, some painful, some heavy, and some
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  confusing. And as you sit before the
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  spinning wheel, you place each straw, 1 by 1, into the rhythm.
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  With each turn of the wheel, something magical happens.
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  The straw transforms into shining, luminous gold.
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  The straw was your past, and the spinning wheel is the meaning
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  you choose to give it, and the gold that is your present and
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  your future. Something precious, something
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  valuable and something beautiful.
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  All that you've endured, all that you've.
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  Experienced. Is raw material.
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  With the wisdom and empathy you carry now, you can transform it
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  into gold, peace, strength, clarity and safety.
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  And as you look at all of that gold, perhaps in threads for
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  some of the form you accept, it is your future.
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  As you stare into the threads of gold, imagine now seeing
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  yourself in the days and weeks ahead.
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  But something's changed. This alchemy has harvested the
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  value of the past to create something beautiful and valuable
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  in your future. And you see yourself relaxed,
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  safe, and calm. See yourself interacting with
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  the world with discernment, trusting your intuition, yet
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  feeling secure within yourself. Observe how you carry yourself
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  with a quiet strength, a deep peace, and a radiant calmness
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  that others can feel. And you can't help but conclude
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  that you are more than what has happened and you are more than
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  the meaning you give it. And that meaning itself is
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  golden. But the real value is choosing
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  to enjoy the gold. I want you to get a sense that
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  you could always choose to focus on the straw, dwell on the past,
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  and act like the past will be your future.
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  Or you could have that positive optimism that the future is full
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  of wonderful probabilities. And what if, because you had
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  more than your fair share of undesirable probabilities in the
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  past, it's only just and fair that you have more than your
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  fair share of wonderful experiences in your future?
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  And as you stare into the gold, you feel that that's exactly
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  what's going to happen? I want you to imagine leaving
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  that fairy tale room with a spinning wheel, but take a bit
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  of that gold with you. And then imagine awakening from
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  that childhood bed but still holding that golden blanket
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  around you, feeling safe. And then imagine floating all
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  the way back to that yoga room, feeling strong and powerful and
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  healthy and full of vitality. And take that with you too, as
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  you now return to your present, but taking all of these
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  resources with you and feeling that you can let go of the past
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  and just retain the wisdom. Very soon I will count from 1:00
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  to 10:00 to awaken you, and you will awaken feeling resourceful.
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  And any echoes of the past, any triggers or trauma is an
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  opportunity to spin that wheel and give that empowering golden
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  new meaning to what was and what will be.
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  So take a deep breath in through your nose and out through your
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  nose. Just wiggle your fingers and
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  wiggle your toes. Connect and calibrate into the
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  here and the now as I now count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken
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  you. Starting to count. 123 waking
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  up, 456 more alert. 7-8 open. Your eyes.
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  Open your eyes. 910 Wide awake. Wide awake.
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  Wide awake. Thank you so much for joining me
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  on today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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  And if you've. Enjoyed this?
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  Show or got? Some benefit from it.
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  You may know of one other. Friend or family?
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  Member that may also benefit from this hypnosis session.
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  In which case? I'd like to.
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  Ask A. Favor of you and that is if you
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  could spend 10 seconds. To share this episode with.
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  Someone that you know that may also.
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  Benefit that would. Really help me to access new
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  people that don't already know about this show.
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  Thank you very much for listening and I will see you
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  again on the next episode.