{"id":3199,"date":"2019-06-22T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/?p=3199"},"modified":"2019-07-01T20:30:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T20:30:36","slug":"story-nosebleed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/22\/3199\/","title":{"rendered":"Nosebleed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The\nstory \u201cNosebleed\u201d is a basic intervention which can be varied in many different\nways, and which serves as an example of the effectiveness of hypnotic\nsuggestions in everyday life outside an explicitly therapeutic context. I have\nused the technique described below on five people, four of whom were children.\nIn four cases the bleeding stopped within one to three minutes, and in one case\nthere was no significant improvement. The valve should be turned to the right\nor left depending on the symptoms (to the left in order to increase blood flow).\nThe suggestions are unambiguous, despite being phrased in an indirect and\nnon-directive manner. The story can be used not only for somatic complaints,\nbut also for patients suffering from erythrophobia (fear of blushing or\ncompulsive blushing), as well as for patients with \u201cbad\u201d habits and other\n(chronic) psychosocial symptoms in order to highlight the power of the mind to eliminate\na certain symptom without further ado. In such situations it is recommended\nthat further episodes of the story be told, explaining how individuals simply \u201cturned\noff\u201d a problem or symptom (e.g. a red-hot oven ring, a garden hose or an\nannoying radio). Since most symptoms are involuntary and are defended by\nclients as occurring \u201cnot on purpose\u201d, I would advise against discussing the\ncontent of the story on a cognitive level. Nevertheless, when eliminating\nsymptoms it is always necessary first to ask oneself and the client, \u201cWhat\npurpose does this symptom serve?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They met by chance on a grassy field. The old man was exercising his dog, and the young man was simply going for a walk. They recognised each other because they belonged to the same chess club, and so they started chatting. Suddenly the old man hesitated. He took out a packet of tissues, pulled out a few and held them in front of his face. His nose wouldn\u2019t stop bleeding. \u201cCan I show you how to stop the bleeding?\u201d said the younger man. \u201cLook around you. Can you see anything red?\u201d \u201cThat tree over there has red berries,\u201d said the older man. \u201cThat\u2019s right. Berries as red as blood. Can you imagine a valve on a water pipe in the same red colour?\u201d \u201cI can.\u201d \u201cDoes it look more like the red handle on a tap, or a large red stopcock of the sort you sometimes use to turn off the water supply to a house?\u201d \u201cA stopcock.\u201d As they stood next to each other and talked, the younger man stretched out his arm in front of him and kept turning his hand to the right as though he was closing a big valve. \u201cYou can put your tissues away again now,\u201d he said.
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