In hypnotism, how does bringing up negative events from the past help me deal with current negative problems?

I am seeing a hypnotist to help me try and deal with some major personal aggravation in my life at present. The hypnosis involves recalling lots of stressful / bad events in my life, but I can’t really get a straight answer as to how and why this helps with the current problem? Any ideas?

By looking into the past one may find the answers to the present.

Written by rob on November 26th, 2009 with 5 comments.
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#1. November 27th, 2009, at 3:19 AM.

Complete guess, but possibly because it could be said you dealt with those previous events so therefore you can deal with anything. However, it could also be said that previous problems are underlying factors in your "current events".
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#2. November 27th, 2009, at 3:37 AM.

it enables you to kind of relive the experiences,subconsciously,there for bringing them to the surface,from where they have been hidden,contributing to your present condition,i mean i am not a doctor,so i don’t really know,but that’s what i think,it would i imagine, help you deal with your past,in order to accept your present,in order for you to move on into your future,peAce.
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#3. November 27th, 2009, at 3:50 AM.

By looking into the past one may find the answers to the present.
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Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com DorianGray
#4. November 27th, 2009, at 4:18 AM.

What does the hypnotist seem like? Any good? Perhaps he’s trying to get your subconcious to try and identify resources it used to overcome previous challenges and to get it to try and use them in this situation.

If you’re in need of a good hypnotist I can point you in the right direction :)
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Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com Jay B
#5. November 27th, 2009, at 4:34 AM.

Hi Gordon,
This sounds like a regression technique used by a hypnotist. The hypnotist will bring you back in your subconscious to something that may have happened when you were a child, and brings the thoughts to the forefront as you now will be able to deal with your adult conscious mind. There are many different techniques that hypnotists use and regression is one of them.
Jay B
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http://www.ngh.net – National Guild of Hypnotists, Inc.

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