How I got into hypnotherapy? S.M. Bjarnson

People often ask about how I got into hypnosis. It seems like an odd question, and I will give you the answer. Individuals are often skeptical about what I practice, because it is unfamiliar to them and because it is foreign.

When you think of hypnosis you think of a hypnotist, dangling a watch in front of your face, or making you look like a complete fool in front of an audience of strangers.

In the work I do, I am not out to cast embarrassment upon your poor soul. No, quite the opposite.

In my daunting youth, I suffered from severe suicidal depression. Depression isn’t easy and it makes a person reclusive. Some say they are selfish and in many ways yes, but in other ways, they are battling with a hatred of self-worth you cannot even conceive. Creates negative influence on a person that are unhealthy and limit growth. It was not until a wise counselor taught me self-hypnosis techniques that I really learned about healing from within. 

This illness, condition, whatever you associate it with, is serious and should not be brushed off with a careless heart. In my personal history, there were too many close calls, too many situations that invaded my thinking to the point where I assumed life was not worth living.

Now I had this as a teenager, and during this time, you of course are going through hormones, feelings and other odd physical and mental situations that are uncomfortable and a struggle. One of the other things that happens during this era of adolescence is that you are trying to find out who you are or are beginning too.

What happens when you realize you don’t like this high school version of yourself? What happens when you come into awareness that maybe you are letting others control you, and you are being pulled around in some puppet show?

You come to a point where you don’t know what is up or down. What is right or what is wrong. You simply are, and when you simply have an emptiness in you, a nothingness exists, it is hard to even comprehend happiness. It is difficult to imagine joy or being accepted for who you are or who your ambitions want you to be.

So you want to know how I got into hypnosis. Well, I my answer for you is, because with self-hypnosis, I was able to talk my way out of depression and give myself purpose. With hypnosis I was able to believe in a better life for myself, one I created. Because with hypnotherapy I gave my mind suggestions to be able to hope and believe in a positive outcome.