Hypnosis Techniques: Age Regression

Age regression is one of the most common hypnosis techniques used by certified hypnotherapists. In this hypnosis technique, hypnotherapists put suggestions into the mind of the patient that will make the patient revisit thoughts and feelings that they have had at a certain point in their lives.

Age regression takes the patient back to help find the cause of current blocks and clear past traumas. Sometimes, for unapparent reasons, things bubble up to the surface of a patient no matter how hard they try to keep them underground. Like lava in a volcano, they burst out, splattering on everything and there is nothing the person can consciously do to stop it. Things may trigger these thoughts or feelings. Such as a smell like Grandma's apple pie, or a thought or word that is said in innocent conversation. Age regression is one way to go back to the incidents and traumas that left a permanent imprint on the individual to finally deal with them.

While in a hypnotic state, an individual can access their subconscious mind. The place where everything they have ever experienced is stored, along with all the associated sounds, smells, and emotions. In an individual’s subconscious mind they are more aware, and more in tune with their senses. The subconscious mind remembers behaviors that individuals have used to protect themselves and repeats them until they tell it not to.

The way that age regression therapy works is by getting the patient to recall the very first time they experienced the problem or bad habit that they are trying to correct. This helps the subconscious remember what has to been forgotten and acts as a release of the emotional trauma from an earlier time. This occurs particularly if the memory has some negative emotion attached to it. When the subconscious knows you are ready to deal with the emotion, it can represent the memories for resolution.

So if you are having a hard time overcoming a bad habit, or bad feelings, age regression may be the answer for you. There are many different hypnosis techniques used by hypnotherapists these days, and this is one of the most successful.