Healing depression through hypnosis – is that possible?
Hypnosis has proven but not fully understood effects. For this reason, it is offered for depression, but is not recommended as the sole therapy and is not covered by health insurance. Professional hypnosis therapists achieve an improvement of the symptoms in many cases, but in some forms of depression they even report a worsening of the clinical picture. Hypnosis is therefore a rather experimental form of treatment for depression. The following topic could also be interesting for you: Homeopathy for depression
Why is the healing process wavelike?
Depression is a periodic disease. This means that even without treatment the symptoms are wavelike, i.e. they come and go in relapses. The duration of the relapses varies from patient to patient.
Antidepressant medication shortens the duration of the relapse, but has a delayed effect, i.e. only after a few weeks of continuous use. Psychotherapies also only show their effect after a few sessions and depend on the cooperation of the patient. Due to the inherently periodic nature of the symptoms and the delayed or variable effect of the therapies, the recovery process in almost all patients is as undulating as the depression itself.
The affected person should be informed about this so that he or she is not discouraged if he or she feels better or worse despite treatment. It is therefore quite normal to suffer supposed setbacks in the therapy. As long as the patient stays on the ball, the bad days become fewer and the good days more frequent until the depression is finally overcome.
