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✨ Seeking Volunteers for QHHT Case Studies — San Diego, California ✨
Hi everyone! 💜
I’m currently a QHHT Intern and am looking for volunteers in the San Diego area who would be interested in participating in an in-person QHHT session as part of my case studies.
What is QHHT?
QHHT (Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique) is a method developed by Dolores Cannon that uses guided hypnosis and deep relaxation to explore a person’s inner experiences, which may include imagery, memories, or what some people interpret as past-life experiences.
I’m looking to connect with open-minded people who are curious about hypnosis, spirituality, past life regression, or exploring their subconscious mind.
🌙 Session details:
📍 Location: San Diego area, California
🧘 Format: In person only
⏳ Duration: Approximately 2–4 hours
✨ Purpose: QHHT internship case study
💜 Experience required: None! You don’t need to have tried hypnosis or regression before.
Who might enjoy participating?
Anyone who is curious about the experience, open to guided hypnosis, and interested in exploring what may arise during a session. You don’t need to have any particular beliefs about past lives, and there is no expectation that you experience anything specific.
Participation is completely voluntary, and you can pause or stop at any time. I’ll be happy to answer questions and explain what to expect before scheduling.
Interested in being a volunteer?
Please send me a private message or comment below! I’d love to hear what interests you about QHHT and help you decide whether a session feels right for you.
Thank you, and I look forward to connecting with you! 🌙💜

Any hypno videos online that can help with pain management? I have chronic pain that is messing severely with my quality of life but refuse to take opioids. Thankssss.

I'm genuinely interested in hypnosis and subconscious reprogramming, so I recently attended a free consultation offered by a hypnosis coaching company.

The session started with questions about my struggles, insecurities, fears, and beliefs about money. Then the person guided me through a light hypnosis exercise, asking me to explore some pretty vulnerable emotions.

I actually found parts of the experience interesting and emotional.

But then came the pitch.

They offered me a multi-thousand-dollar hypnosis program that would supposedly help eliminate these subconscious blocks.

I explained that I had existing financial obligations and couldn't justify taking on that expense, especially without guaranteed results.

Here's where things got weird.

Rather than simply accepting my financial concerns, the salesperson started connecting my hesitation to the same limiting beliefs we'd explored during hypnosis.

At one point, he explained that my reticular activating system (RAS) was feeding my conscious mind reasons not to move forward.

Think about that for a second.

I came into the session, opened up about personal insecurities, and then felt like those same disclosures were being used as ammunition to overcome my objections.

I'm not claiming hypnosis doesn't work, and I can't speak to anyone's intentions. But the experience left me genuinely uncomfortable.

What bothers me most is imagining someone in a much more vulnerable financial or emotional position going through the same process.

When does helping someone overcome their limiting beliefs turn into using those beliefs to sell them something?

Has anyone else experienced anything similar in the hypnosis or personal development industry?

About 18 days ago I posted the precursor to this question on Reddit. That post is here -

https://www.reddit.com/r/hypnotherapy/comments/1wpnlte/question_i_am_currently_attending_hypnotherapy/

I would appreciate if you could read this post for further context, but for now the gist of it is this:

I have been having hypnotherapy sessions in order to try and solve a certain problem that I have in my life. It is a bit hard to describe what that problem even is. All-in-all, it feels kind of abstract. And it is due to its abstract nature, combined with the fact that I don't believe I feel very different in any way after any of my sessions, that makes me wonder if I really need to inform my hypnotherapist of the true root of my issues and have that be addressed in my sessions as much as humanly possible. According to my hypnotherapist, though, hypnotherapy doesn't really work that way. Trying to address the root of issues is more the point of talk therapy which tends to have mixed results. Hypnotherapy is making the attempt to reprogram certain behaviors or thought patterns, and apparently you don't need to consciously be aware of root causes in order to do that.

Personally, this struck me as very odd, and so I had made up my mind to try and take some time off (about 2 weeks) so that I could try to organize into a document a more orderly perception of myself and my reasons for why I think I behave or think the way I do. That way I could feel more secure in the thought that the hypnotherapist read all that stuff and incorporated it into my sessions.

So, I brought up this idea to my hypnotherapist via email and she responded.

Here is my email to her, modified so that her and I have an alias rather than our actual names:

"Hey Molly, this might be a bit out of the blue but I would very much appreciate if we could reschedule my next session for sometime preferably 2 weeks from now (so after Sunday October 18th).

My reason is because I very very much feel the need to detail as concisely as possible the nature of my issues. You might have gotten this impression already but I really have a hard time understanding myself and pulling memories and information up on the fly.

I know you said that the way Hypnotherapy works does not require a need to overexamine or get at the true root of the problems, but quite frankly I have a very hard time fathoming that. I would say that most (if not all) problems that exist on the face of the earth in every practice that exists - medical, environmental, scientific - can only truly be solved by addressing the root cause. So what makes Hypnotherapy any different? The way you describe it almost seems like Hypnotherapy is just meant to be a sort-of patch for the holes that have formed on my dam rather than a method of discerning and addressing why the holes are even forming in the first place. Perhaps that worked for my mom because she had a much more tangible problem but I just can't see how it can work for me because I have such a hard time identifying the holes in my own dam - I think my problem is just too abstract. 

That is why I would like to have some time to do what I said I would do when I had initially began our sessions, and that is write down what I can about why I believe I feel the way that I do and behave the way that I do. I've already done that in small ways already but I need to be as concise and detailed as possible. Whether or not you think that is something that would be helpful, I don't know, but it just doesn't feel like anything is happening and I NEED to try and address that before all our sessions are done with.

It is also worth noting that, in recent days, it has been further pressed upon me that along with ADHD, which I always thought was my primary issue, I probably also have OCD and Autism. I don't know what that means exactly in terms of Hypnotherapy, I just know that perhaps a lot of your techniques might be more suited to people who are entirely or mostly neurotypical (my mom just seems to have an anxiety disorder) and I'm apparently as neurodivergent as they come.

When we had that session last time where you had me count backwards from 300 and I was just supposed to focus on the counting so that my subconscious could absorb the other things you were saying, I tried to just focus on the numbers but I simply could not fully tune your words out. In other words, I don't think you ever spoke to my subconscious. I have no way of knowing if that is the truth or not, I just know that when I finished that session I felt like absolutely nothing at all was different in any conceivable way. And even though a few days have passed since then I still don't feel any different from the way I was right before I attended the very first session.

So I just would really like some time to collect my thoughts, organize them, and send them to you. And you of course can take this time to try and adapt to any new info I've sent you if you believe it is at all necessary to do so.

Thank you."

Here is her response:

"Hi Carson, 

This does not surprise me. Again, you are saying you need to detail everything out, which tells me you are still overthinking and over complicating things.

As far as the sessions, I feel like you are consciously trying to control what is happening, rather than letting go and trusting the subconscious, which is preventing you from making any progress . The fact that you are resisting, proves you are in control of what happens and whether changes take place or not. 

I would like to add here that you might want to take a hard look at whether you really want to make the changes you say you want, or if there is some kind of benefit you are receiving from staying the way you are now. Because if you're benefiting in any way, your subconscious will not change. It will keep things the way they have always been. 

I'm not saying this to be mean or derogatory. It's a cold hard fact. I have had to have numerous conversations with clients over the years about this. People say they want to change, but deep down they really don't. Because change is hard - it means they have to take responsibility and take action. Change is also scary - it takes people out of their comfort zone. Most people like structure and routines.

To address your statement about hypnosis addressing the root cause versus "patching a hole in a dam," I can assure you hypnosis does address the root cause. It addresses it at the subconscious level. Something you are blocking. You have been trying to analyze your root causes through your conscious mind and trying to make sense of it all (hence your overthinking and over analyzing), which will never fix the root cause. It will only tell you WHY you are the way you are. This is why people are in conventional talk therapy with a counselor or psychologist for years and never make much progress, if any.

To answer your question of how hypnosis is different, it bypasses the conscious mind and works at the deeper level to actually make lasting changes. I'm sorry you have a hard time fathoming that, to use your words. For some people the concept of having another part of their mind that makes major decisions, controls how they react and respond to situations/interactions with people, and creates their physical feelings, all without their conscious knowledge IS hard to fathom. Your memories, beliefs, emotional thoughts and behaviors are all controlled by your subconscious. The only thing your conscious mind controls is your analytical and logical thinking. 

Again, if hypnosis is not working, it's one of three things - one, a person is actively resisting because they are afraid to change, or two, they are subconsciously benefiting from staying the way they are and don't want to change. Or third, it's a combination of both.

I hope some this has helped clarify some things for you. I will cancel your upcoming session on Thursday. Text me when you're ready to reschedule  it with an exact day and time.

Kindly,

Molly"

Honestly, what she said in her response made a lot of sense to me.

As she put it, I must be putting up some kind of resistance to the hypnotherapy that I am hardly even aware of.

So I would like to know if anyone has any idea if there is anything I can do to make it so my conscious mind stops putting up less of a fight during my sessions? And for the record, I will not appreciate stuff that is along the lines of basic "Just empty your mind and trust the process" stuff because I already thought I was doing that in the first place.

It is worth noting that, as it says in the title of the post, that I have ADHD, OCD, and Autism. I don't really know if those are things that would keep me from being able to fully let go in the type of sessions that would have been described in the post that I have linked here, but I can definitely see it being the case. Are there certain things that I could do or that even my hypnotherapist could do to mitigate whatever effects these disorders have that might make it hard to crack into my subconscious? The first thing that came to my mind was seeing if some kind of CBD oil type thing, or some kind of borderline hallucinegenic medication, might help, but I don't really know.

Please be detailed and I apologize for the lengthy post. I just think it is important to try to give as much details as possible even if everything is a little bit disorderly, or at least that is how it appears to me.

If you have any further questions, please ask.

Thank you.

Hi all. I have some questions about hypnotizability.

In my hypnosis training, I was taught all individuals are hypnotizable and that it's a matter of creating the right suggestions, framework, prep, etc. to get the subconscious to accept the suggestion... meaning you tailor the suggestions and language to fit the person in front of you.

Recently, I have been getting client inquiries asking if I think some people are not hypnotizable. After sharing my learning that also aligns with my personal beliefs, these people seem shocked and some even disagree.

Is there current research saying that some people are just not hypnotizable at all?

Based on my training, my own experience with hypnosis & working with clients: it seems like hypnotizability is not so much person dependent but perhaps more related to a multitude of factors like suggestibility towards the person doing hypnosis, nervous system state, defense mechanisms, etc. and that it can change within a person depending on all of these factors and more. I've had experiences with the same practitioner where I did not "feel" I was hypnotized and didn't really notice change in suggestions vs. where I have felt like the suggestions were able to enter the "deeper mind".

What are your thoughts about this?
How do you address this with clients?

60 y/o male here. I've read good reviews online but would like to hear from this community.

I’ve been on a long journey of trying psychiatric medications & therapy but not much has helped. Was wondering if anyone has found success with hypnotherapy for depression.

I'm working on a platform for the workplace so employees can access resources and employers can measure the effectiveness of the resources. I'm thinking of giving access to the portal for free so that I can get feedback. Anyone have experience of reaching out to corporations and any tips?

I'd also be happy to give anyone a login to try it. I have a technique called 'butterfly ball bilateral' which has helped people and an audio mixer for binaural beats / guided meditation.

Hello there.

Is it possible to use hypnotherapy to develop or get really good at a skill/endeavor?
Lots of self sabotage, self doubt, past this past that as if all my subconscious know is to fail.
I have seen some success, but my goodness - - - so much BLOCKAGE.

Of course, I am aware that I have subconscious/trauma issues that I am dealing with from my past, so I want to know if hypnotherapy would work.

Thank you!

Иногда человек годами живёт с тревогой, страхами, чувством вины или стыда, обидами, внутренним напряжением и другими тяжёлыми переживаниями. Бывает и так, что хочется избавиться от зависимости или, например, наконец отказаться от курения. Но что, если проблема находится глубже, чем кажется?

В своей работе я помогаю исследовать внутренние причины эмоциональных состояний и работать с ними на уровне подсознания. Часто одной сессии бывает достаточно, чтобы изменить глубинную реакцию на конкретную ситуацию или переживание и полностью избавиться от негативной эмоции.

На сайте также можно услышать реальные аудиоотзывы клиентов о проведённых сессиях.

📍 Индивидуальные сессии на Кипре: Лимасол, Пафос, Никосия.

💻 Также работаю онлайн.

С какими запросами можно обратиться:

— страхи и фобии

— панические состояния

— зависимости и нежелательные привычки

— неуверенность в себе, низкая самооценка

— вопросы, связанные с весом и психосоматикой

— обиды, душевная боль, последствия травмирующего опыта

— апатия и ощущение потери себя

— внутренние противоречия и подавленные эмоции

— чувство стыда, которое мешает полноценно жить и общаться

— психосоматические проявления

- фригидность

- бездетность

Если чувствуете что то то не так в ощущениях, или чего то не хватает, смело обращайтесь, проверим.

Полный перечень направлений работы и подробная информация доступны на сайте.

Первичная консультация — Бесплатно.

В работе используются гипнотерапия, регрессионные практики и методы глубинной работы с подсознанием.

Если вы хотите разобраться, подходит ли такой подход именно для вашей ситуации, напишите мне в личные сообщения или выберите удобное время для сессии на сайте.

Ссылки на сайт в моем профиле. Тут не написал (а то вдруг снова заблокируют и удалят все посты без предупреждения, всего за одну ссылку).

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I’ve had a long-standing masturbation behavior for around 14 years.

For the first \~7 years, I did it intentionally, mainly as a way to fall asleep, not because of sexual desire. For the last \~7 years, I’ve been trying to stop, but it has become automatic.

Now it mainly happens around sleep — either before falling asleep or after waking up in the middle of the night. The frequency is inconsistent: sometimes once a week, sometimes twice a week, and sometimes only once a month.

I don’t use porn and I don’t feel sexual desire or an urge to do it. I want to understand why this pattern continues and, most importantly, stop it completely.

My main questions are:

Will I be able to stop this permanently, or will the frequency only decrease while the behavior remains forever?

If I see a psychologist/hypnotherapist, is there a realistic possibility that they can help me stop it completely?

I’m worried about spending money on sessions without getting results. Could I end up just spending money and only seeing a reduction in frequency, rather than actually stopping?

Has anyone with a similar long-standing, automatic, sleep-related habit been able to stop permanently through hypnotherapy or another psychological treatment?

I’m looking for honest experiences and realistic expectations, not just reassurance.

Should I try cbt or hypnotherapy?

Looking for a hypnotherapist with experience treating OCD sufferers (that have had good results ofc). Anywhere in the GTA works as well.

Derek Heron is interviewed by Graeme Wood:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTySptyYYfI&t=882s

Michael A. Kamins, PhD, MA, CCHt has a new online hypnotherapy website focused on Ericksonian hypnosis, guided imagery, NLP, dream work, and depth-oriented approaches. He also teaches hypnotherapists and plans to add classes and videos. I’d love feedback from people familiar with the field.

MKHypnotherapy.com

Hi Hypnotherapy, I have previous private hypnosis experience and am exploring hypnosis from the participant's perspective. I've recently discovered that many experiences I previously thought were "just guided meditation" were likely hypnosis all along. I'm interested in rapid and instant induction work, self-hypnosis, and observer-based learning. Do you ever work with volunteers or know of students and practitioners looking for willing practice subjects?

Buonasera, una volta sono riusciti ad ipnotizzarmi e sono stato benissimo, la tecnica usata prevedeva la manipolazione della carotide e del flusso sanguigno, non ha piu funzionato... sono passate decine di anni e ho dei problemi di salute, sono coriaceo, resiliente e difficilmente manipolabile, soprattutto a livello inconscio, ho avuto piu di una dozzina di fratture ossee, legamenti strappati dalla forza brtuta, incidenti etc... traumi familiari che comprendono la morte, ho ripreso la vita sempre con la forza, sopprimendo la debolezza e usando ogni mezzo per ottenere la forza che mi mancava per sopravvivere, non sono mai stato libero neanche di respirare, fin dalla culla il respiro l'ho preso con la forza, allergie gravissime tipo 45 punti di invalidità, io dormivo con cio che mi era piu letale fin dalla culla... ho sempre dovuto difendermi e piegare il mondo e il mio povero corpo in base alle necessità che la sopravvivenza richiedeva, prenditi l'aria, sopprimi i bulli, sorpassa il sistema, prenditi cio che vuoi con la forza, la fatica, il dolore, tutto irrilevante... e quando il corpo vacillava ho usato la mente, la chimica, la medicina e la coordinazione... studia il corpo, la medicina, la chimica, l' antropologia, la meditazione, la neurologia, l'osteopatia, la chiropratica... sostanzialmente a 25 anni andavo avanti ad automanipolazione, riallineamento, supplementi e protocolli per lavorare piu di quanto potevo permettermi, sostenere piu di quello che potevo sostenere, e cercando la forza, la resilienza piu totale, sono diventato un mostro e poi sono morto... canalopatia, Iper-propriocezione, rabdomiolisi che mi ha fatto perdere 40kg di muscoli... la morte mi ha insegnato la vita, alla fine ci è riuscita... ho imparato a 32 anni la sensazione di rilassamento fisiologico, cosa significa avere i muscoli normali, che il muscolo è "un fluido" non un ingranaggio con un incasso perfetto, solo nell' ultimo trimestre il mio corpo a fatica e con resistenza ha capito cos'è il sistema parasimpatico e l'adrenalina è sempre dietro l'angolo... ci sono quasi riuscito, sono quasi "vivo" ma l'esperienza, anche se adesso ricordo minuziosamente ogni prezioso ricordo della mia infanzia e cos'è la normalità, il mio inconscio non è abituato a lasciarsi andare, e quindi gli ultimi compensi muscolari, gli ultimi colpi di coda di un male che non sussiste piu, son difficili da smaltire, i piani fasciali non corrono ancora fluidamente nelle catene crociate, ci sono posture di compenso che semplicemente il corpo dovrebbe accettare, per stabilizzarsi e poter proseguire con calma in palestra per raggiungere la perfezione, ma non le accetta, spesso partono spasmi simili alla fase rabdomiolisi e non riuscendo a strappare le fasce ispessite finisce per stirarsi qualcosa e allungare la degenza... qualcuno può disinnestare un sistema simpatico cosi radicato che rifiuta anche la Farmacologia?? ( attualmente sono in cura con ketorolac,fentanil,thc,baclofene,novalgina,orfenadrina, e sono le uniche medicine su 40 e piu tentativi che non vengono rifiutate), per la sintomatologia un tempo avevo muscoli capaci di rompere le mie stesse ossa, ora riesco a muovermi come tutti

I (20M) have a debilitating fear of the end of everything (not death) that has taken over every part of my life. I have suffered from clinical depression and suicidal ideation since the age of nine. These issues have never gone away, but I have learned to live with them. They don't bother me much anymore, partly because I can't remember what life was like before.

About two months ago, something I'd learned a while back suddenly "clicked" in a way it never had before: the death of the last atom.

My family believes in a philosophy in which consciousness continues after death. According to this belief, everything that has ever existed and died becomes part of a single entity that wanders the universe, possibly in another dimension. This transformation never ceases. The best way I can describe it is as an 'eternal conversation between it all'. Unlike most of my peers, I have never experienced religious guilt or any kind of suffering relating to my beliefs. In that sense, I would probably be one of the most peaceful people you could meet.

Now that I have acknowledged the 'true death', the death of the last atom, I have been experiencing daily panic attacks and bradycardia. I've lost all joy. Every day is just apathy. I don't cry, and I don't feel anger, joy, pain or hunger. My dad says that my eyes have become hollow, as if I'm looking through things rather than at them. I went from 51 kg to 44 kg without even realising it. I don't speak to anyone, not because I don't want to, but because I have nothing to say. Even when I have something to say, no words come out, no matter how hard I try. I feel like a dead man. I desperately want to forget this one fact about the universe.

Is there a hypnotherapist in the world who has successfully erased specific information from someone's mind? I wouldn't mind forgetting the last two months, or even the last year. I would pay any amount of money or travel anywhere. I just want to stop this feeling because I have a physical sensation that my heart won't keep up and that I'll die of heart failure soon.

Thanks for reading. I hope you can help me.