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Hypnosis To Reduce Symptoms of Burning Mouth Syndrome BMS · The Hypnotist

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Hi, it's Adam here. And in this episode of The
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Hypnotist, you're going to be listening to a hypnosis session
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that was created for someone with a particular syndrome.
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It's called burning mouth syndrome, and it's quite a rare
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syndrome. Not too many people have it, but
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it's the kind of syndrome where it feels like your mouth is kind
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of like like you've drunk a very hot drink without cooling it
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down, or you've eaten a slice of pizza and it's too hot and
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you've got this kind of burning mouth sensation.
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That's the nature of the syndrome, and what makes it a
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syndrome is that there is nothing physical based or
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neurological base to justify the pain.
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It isn't the case that someone's eating something hot and they're
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dealing with the aftermath, it's that their body is acting like
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that's true. And for the client that I was
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working with, their particular set of symptoms came after they
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were given a fairly brutal evaluation of a an MRI test that
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basically said that they would have to kind of limit all the
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things that they enjoy, like walking and hiking, and they
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might have to spend a long time in recuperation.
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And that felt scary and overwhelming and daunting for
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them. It, it felt like a horrible
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sensation. Then after that, the sensations
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of burning mouth started happening more and more
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frequently. So this is a change of what's
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called the rewind technique in the sense that we want to give
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evidence that they felt differently in the past.
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So there is a metaphor of a cinema with three screens.
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The left screen represents the past and the screen in the
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middle represents the near past or the OR the fairly recent
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past, and then the screen on the right represents the future.
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And what we do is we give evidence that the past and the
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future are without these symptoms and that the thing that
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potentially caused it we're changing so that it would be
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linked to a different emotion that wouldn't feel quite so
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overwhelming. If you have burning mouth
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syndrome, you might benefit from this sensation, but it's highly
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likely that your burning mouth syndrome did not come from a a
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false interpretation of an MRI test.
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It probably came from something else.
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So you might get some value from this, but I would encourage you
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to either explore the other BMS sessions that I've done.
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They're all on the podcast and and YouTube I believe.
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But also to consider working with me directly because the the
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thing with the recording, what a recording can't do is know who
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you are and your circumstances. Whereas when I'm working with
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sessions one to one, that's the whole point, the recordings that
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I publish, that's just a side effect of me working with a
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client, because there's enough people in the world that some
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people might be able to connect with the original issue of the
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client that I was working with. But you can't fully calibrate
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with someone listening to a recording.
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You can fully calibrate when you're actually working with the
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client in front of you. So if you like the idea of
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working with me or just want to explore it, there will be a link
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in the description where you can schedule a free 30 minute
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consultation call and we can have a talk about what that
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would be like. For now though, find a quiet,
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comfortable place where you won't be disturbed.
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Relax and enjoy the session. Take a deep breath in and on the
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outward breath. That's it.
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Just release all tension in your eyelids and with your eyes
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closed, just focus on the sound of my voice.
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Breathing in a feeling of relaxation.
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And as you exhale, feeling that you can release any tension,
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stress and worries. So much so that with each breath
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it enables you to drift deeper and deeper.
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Relaxed. That's it.
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And quickly scan your body for any clues of tension.
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Sometimes it's there in the forehead, around the temple,
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maybe the jaw, the neck or the shoulders.
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And just give yourself permission as you breathe in
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that feeling of relaxation that every time you exhale, you're
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able to release a bit more of that tension.
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So maybe in the forehead, the muscles responsible for
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expressions like surprise or concern, you can just release
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those muscles, all muscles around the jaw.
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You can imagine your jaw like a mechanical jaw.
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Just imagine oiling that jaw so it just feels looser and more
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relaxed. What you could imagine, perhaps
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your neck and your shoulders, that if they're holding any
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tension, it's almost like crystals of ice infused into
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your very muscle tissue. But imagine as you breathe in
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that warm feeling of relaxation, that crystallized ice just
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starts to melt away. And you could imagine that
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tension leaving your body as shadows and your outward breath,
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so that with every breath it takes you deeper and deeper,
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relaxed. That's in.
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And I want you to imagine breathing in bright white light.
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Imagine this is a healing light. And as you breathe in this
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healing light, just imagine this healing light circulates all
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around your mouth before going into your lungs.
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In the same way that you chew food before you swallow.
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Just imagine this healing white light stays in the mouth for a
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few seconds before going into the lungs.
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And just imagine this healing white light is going to work on
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the tongue, the roof of your mouth, your gums, anything
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around your lips. And as you exhale, just imagine
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dark shadows representing any emotions linked to sensations
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that have been in your mouth. Any hotness, any dryness, any
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sensitivity. Just imagine breathing that out
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as you consider this kind of like a transfusion, breathing in
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the bright white healing light and not just staying in the
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mouth, but going into your lungs.
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And imagine your heart then distributes this healing
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properties to every cell in your body beyond your mouth.
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But as you exhale, just get a sense that anything that could
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be responsible for any pain, inflammation or distressed or
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any blocks emotionally, just feel that they are leaving your
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body in your outward breath as dark shadows, breathing in the
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white, breathing out the shadows.
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Consider it like that transfusion.
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With every breath, you're breathing in more of those
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healing resources. And as you exhale, just exhaling
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more of what your body doesn't need.
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Because I think your body is holding on to something and it
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doesn't need that thing. And the consequence of holding
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on to that emotion, that belief or that interpretation is that
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your body is being hyper vigilant, on guard, trying to
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protect you in some way, but it doesn't need to protect you.
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So every outward breath, feel that you're letting things go.
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And notice how your body starts to relax more, enabling you to
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drift deeper and deeper, relaxed.
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That's it. Feeling a wonderful sense that
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you are not only healing, but you are releasing.
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Releasing anything that is impeding the quality of your
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life. And the deeper you breathe, the
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more relaxed you become. And the more relaxed you become,
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the deeper you breathe. And as your body relaxes, your
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imagination awakens. And I'd like you to imagine, I'd
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like you to imagine an autumn day there in the Rocky Mountain
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National Park. I want you to imagine you've
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been on a hike, a wonderful hike, and I want you to feel
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that you've deserved to rest. And I want you to imagine
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looking out from the top of one of those rocks and just seeing
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the incredible autumnal colours. And there is something that
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feels wonderful about this moment.
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And I want you to imagine that you've deserved, deserve to eat
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some food to give you some energy and maybe drink something
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to quench your thirst. But I want you to feel back in
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that moment, not as the observer, but back there re
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experiencing what you experienced, that sense of
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connection with nature. Feel all of that oxytocin going
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through your body, a wonderful sense of accomplishment.
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But notice as you eat that trail mix or drink that Gatorade, you
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notice something different about your mouth.
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I want you to get a sense that it feels calm, it feels natural,
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no unusual sensations in your mouth.
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Just connect with that feeling, that feeling of being at peace,
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harmony with your body alignment, that you can eat and
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drink and notice nothing unusual in your mouth.
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And if you can bring about that feeling, just let me know by
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nodding your head. That's it.
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And I want you to see something unusual close by there, just by
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the side, just by the side of that Rocky Mountain.
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I want you to get a sense that you see a door.
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I want you to see the kind of door that is clearly not
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connected to a building because you're out there in nature.
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I want you to imagine standing in front of that door, breathing
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in that relaxation, exhaling that tension as I countdown from
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5 to 1. I want you to imagine opening
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that door, because the door will take you to your own private
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cinema, a cinema with three screens.
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But right now you're on the side of a mountain looking at a door.
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As I countdown from 5 to 1, you will imagine opening the door,
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walking down a staircase into your own private cinema, 5
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putting your hand on the handle, 4 turning the handle. 3 Opening
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the door, two walking through the door and one closing the
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door behind you. Walking down a staircase, each
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step down the staircase taking you deeper and deeper.
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Relaxed, so relaxed, so calm, like you're accessing A deeper
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part of your mind, the kind of part where change happens and
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then find yourself in your own private cinema.
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And this is an unusual cinema. Find the most comfortable seat
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with the perfect view. But you notice there are three
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screens, all side by side, one on the left, one in the middle,
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one on the right. And I want you to see that the
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screen on the left shows you from the past, where you're
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doing something enjoyable with irrefutable evidence that there
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was nothing unusual happening with your mouth.
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Maybe you see yourself on that screen on the left, in a giant
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cinema screen, eating Christmas cake, frozen ice cream cake.
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And maybe you see yourself dividing up the portions, see
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yourself taking a bite and knowing for sure that that
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version of you had a healthy, happy mouth.
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Or maybe that screen on the left shows you in a restaurant, And
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not just any restaurant. It shows you having a family
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meal in a restaurant in Barcelona, trying different
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foods, trying different drinks. And you can tell from the way
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you're smiling, the way you're chewing, the way you're eating,
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the way you're drinking. That version of you had no
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issues at all with anything unusual, any sensations, any
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strange temperatures in the mouth.
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And if you get a sense that the screen on the left shows your
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past with you, with the exact neural pathways that activate a
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healthy, happy mouth, just let me know by nodding your head.
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That's it. And I want you to see the screen
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on the right showing you perhaps six months or 12 months from
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now, doing something that also gives you a sense that you are
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completely free of any pain or discomfort or unwanted
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sensations in your mouth. Maybe you're also in a
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restaurant enjoying a meal or also having a snack after a
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exhausting hike, or maybe celebrating a special occasion
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with an ice cream cake. But this is now the future.
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It hasn't happened yet. And yet you can see yourself,
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the kind of facial expression and body language that gives you
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irrefutable reassurance that the future version of you is free
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from any unwanted sensations. And if you could imagine that on
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the screen on the right, just let me know by nodding your
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head. That's it.
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But the screen in the middle is blank.
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You're seeing the screen on the right, your future healthy and
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happy mouth, and the screen on the left in your pass where that
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was also true. But the screen in the middle is
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blank. And I want you to imagine
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keeping your physical body in that chair.
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But imagine that your imagination is floating up to
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the booth where the projector screens and projects what's on
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all of the screens. And as you look down from the
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projector booth, you can see your physical body there almost
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in a sleep like state there on one of those chairs in the
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cinema. And I want you to check that
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you're in the booth and not anywhere else.
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And I want you to imagine that you are starting to see a
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particular event, but you see yourself like an actor on the
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screen. And imagine this is perhaps 7 or
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8 months ago. And I want you to see yourself
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like an actor on the screen where a doctor is giving you the
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evaluation or interpretation of a particular test, a particular
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set of results. But the way that that doctor is
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delivering that information clearly had an impact on that
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version of you. See yourself with the facial
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expressions of shock and devastation, fear or overwhelm.
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See that version of you feeling that everything that you value
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in your future is about to change.
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Your world is crumbling down. Not living it, just observing
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it. And if you could observe that
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version of you dealing with that information as it was presented,
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just let me know by nodding your head.
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That's it And just because it happened doesn't mean it was
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true because continuing to the future and see that actually
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that evaluation or interpretation wasn't fully
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accurate or useful or helpful or even true.
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But you didn't know that at the time.
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So I want you to imagine, imagine seeing it as a little
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movie where you're hearing this devastating news, but then
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imagine that you've got one of those remote controls with a
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rewind button, the kind of thing that used to work on Avhs
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recorder. And I want you to imagine that
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now the movie starts at the end, just after you've heard the
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news. See yourself with that shocked,
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fearful, overwhelmed expression and then hit rewind until it
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goes all the way back to even before the test took place.
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And I want you to rewind this several times just to get a
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sense of what it looks like to watch this middle screen
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happening backwards, that it starts with the horrible feeling
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that you see yourself with and rewinds to before that feeling
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ever happened. I just observed that several
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times. And when you've done that a few
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times, let me know by nodding your head.
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That's it. And then have it at the end,
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just after that moment where you're processing all of that
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information, freeze it on the screen with the pause button and
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then imagine teleporting yourself into the screen and
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this time rewind it from a first person perspective.
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As I make the sound, just imagine it all happening
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backwards, but now like it's happening backwards in your own
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body. The overwhelm is happening
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backwards. The shock is happening in
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reverse. All of those thoughts happen
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inversely. Instead of your life coming
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crumbling down, your life is coming from crumble down into
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being solid and certain within a second or two.
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So just try that now, being in your body just after you've
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heard the news, and then just rewind it all happening
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backwards, and then jump forward and rewind it again.
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Everything happening backwards, the test happening in reverse,
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the information happening in reversed, even the words feeling
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like they're all jumbled up, all happening backwards.
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So you're going from that feeling of overwhelm to a
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feeling of certainty and happiness and everything is OK
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and let's do it one more time. But this time goes so far back
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that you jump into one of those previous memories, perhaps find
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yourself biking, biting into ice cream cake.
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So there you are, hearing the news from the doctor and then
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whoosh everything happening backwards and find yourself in
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the body of someone biting into that ice cream cake, knowing for
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sure that your mouth is healthy and happy.
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And then jump back into the body of that version of you who just
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heard this false news, this news that wasn't even true.
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And then rewind all the way back into a lovely meal in Barcelona
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and note for sure that your mouth feels healthy and happy.
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That's it. And when you feel like you're
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back living that moment, mouth is completely fine.
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You're able to enjoy nice food, nice meals, nice drinks.
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Just let me know by nodding your head.
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That's it. Drift back to the photo booth.
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And this time I want you to play it forward in a new way.
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I want you to imagine that those second opinions that you got
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were the first information that you heard about that particular
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result. I want you to see yourself on
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screen that after the result, the first opinion and insight
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that you get is reassuring, and the second one is reassuring,
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and the third one is the information that you actually
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heard. But at that point, you don't
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believe it. You don't give it any
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credibility. And just imagine seeing that on
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a screen happening forwards. You're the actor on the screen,
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but because things happened in a different order, there was no
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shock, No Fear, no overwhelm. I want you to see you're
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managing that in an entirely different way.
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And if that feels like a more desirable event, let me know
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about nodding your head and you can test out different
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variables. Be Dr. #1 becomes Doctor 2 and
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Doctor 2 becomes Doctor one, but the first Doctor is always the
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third Doctor and he's the one that you don't believe anymore.
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And then just play it forward and see how it feels in
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different cases. In fact, make the 3rd Doctor
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have a voice like Minnie Mouse that he's delivering the same
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information, but now that that squeaky voice he's delivering it
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in means you can't take him seriously at all.
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And if this enhances that feeling of being no big deal,
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nothing serious, nothing overwhelming, just let me know
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by nodding your head. See it one more time, just so
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you know the structure of it. And then jump it back to the
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beginning and then drift into that screen.
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Drift into that screen and feel how it would feel to experience
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it from a first person perspective in the new order,
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this new way of doing it, that you hear it in that new order
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and notice the absence of that overwhelm, that fear.
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Instead, you feel quite reassured, comforted.
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Maybe the 2nd Doctor just validates this other way of
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thinking about it. Can you feel reassured?
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You get a sense that your future is still going to enable you to
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do all the things that you like to do.
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And then finally, when that third Doctor comes along, that
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was the first Doctor. In reality, just give him that
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squeaky, silly voice. It's giving you the same
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information, but now it kind of makes you feel like you're
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smiling. You don't believe what he says,
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and it's become humorous and harmless and nothing significant
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at all. And when this feels like you're
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updating a memory to how you would have wanted it to have
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been, just let me know by nodding your head.
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I don't want you to feel that any sensations in your mouth are
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just being let go. You can let go of them.
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They were based on false information delivered in the
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wrong way. You don't need to hold on to
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those sensations anymore. And over the next few days your
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brain will recalibrate to a new way of thinking more like how it
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was in the past when it was given no thought whatsoever.
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And every now and then you'll be pleasantly surprised by how much
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time goes by, and you don't have to think about it at all.
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Now I want you to jump back to that projector booth and then
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see again the future version of you, perhaps 6 or 12 months from
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now. So long without thinking about
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any sensations, it almost feels like it happened to someone
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else. And now, if all screens show you
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without the absence of any sensations or symptoms in your
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mouth, the past with those happy memories, the middle with an
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updated version of how things could have been, and a future,
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that future version of you, with irrefutable evidence that the
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future version of you is without these symptoms.
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Just let me know by nodding your head.
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That's it. Now jump into the past.
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Maybe that memory of the ice cream cake, the Barcelona meal,
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or even hiking up a mountain. Feel how good it feels to have
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wonderful sensations linked to enjoyable sensations like taste
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and texture, but not heat and discomfort.
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Go back into the middle and just experience what it would feel
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like to deal with that same information in an entirely
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different way. Completely harmless, no reaction
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at all, just information that you're processing, not that
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overwhelming shock that it was. And then jump into the future in
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a first person perspective. Feel what it would feel like 6
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or 12 months from now to be months without any symptoms
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whatsoever. It almost feels like this, this
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period of your life where something strange was happening
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but that's not there anymore. And if you can feel that way,
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that it's been released from your future, let me know about
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nodding your head. That's it.
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Go back to the projector booth, float down into your body, and
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still see that every screen sees you without any symptoms
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whatsoever. Seeing you with that happy,
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healthy mouth designed for pleasurable sensations but no
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dryness, heat or discomfort. Can you leave the cinema feeling
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that something's changed? Feeling that your past and your
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future are now colliding into the present where there is no
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need? Because any sensations in your
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mouth were based on a false reading, a false positive.
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The news that you heard that felt so devastating wasn't true.
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And now that we've updated the way that you think about that,
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there is no need to hold on to any of those sensations anymore.
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And if your unconscious agrees, let me know by nodding your
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head. That's it.
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So climb up the stairs, open the door, find yourself back out
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there on that Rocky Mountain, seeing the autumnal colours and
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feeling like a weight of pressure stress.
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It's just leaving your body knowing that it might take time.
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Just as it takes time for leaves to fall from an autumn tree, it
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may take time for your old neural pathways to reawaken for
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them to become the dominant rivers that cognitive energy
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flow. But you are expecting it.
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You are now looking forward to it, that your brain will
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recalibrate to what truly happened, not what you thought
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happened. So imagine floating back from
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that mountain all the way to the present, allowing your neural
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pathways to start to recalibrate and update, expecting positive
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clues of progress over the next few days and weeks.
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And sometimes things happen so slowly you don't even realize
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they change. You've had times where there was
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a bruise or even a broken bone and the healing took place, but
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it only occurred to you that there was no pain anymore.
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When you realize there wasn't any pain anymore, it was just
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happening slowly and surely there in the background until
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the evidence of change was that you didn't even notice.
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And as you hold on to, that's the warts enabling it to be a
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seed planted deep in your subconscious mind.
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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 will shortly count from 1:00 to 10:00
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to awaken you. You will awaken feeling
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resourceful, feeling like a change is taking place that will
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ripple through time, taking you to a wonderful future.
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Starting to count 123. Waking up 456.
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More alert 7-8. Open your eyes, Open your eyes,
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910. Wide awake, wide awake, wide
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