Pain is necessary and important because without it we would not know if we were injured or sick. Pain exists to warn you that something is wrong, that something needs your attention. It alerts you very quickly to situations that could potentially be very harmful to you, such as touching something hot. It also reminds us when we have an existing injury, to take care and not do anything which may make the injury worse. The real problem occurs when we continue experiencing chronic pain long after the body has healed, but the feeling of the pain remains, causing further distress.

Hypnosis can provide chronic pain relief by relaxing the body and by altering one’s perception of pain.  Have you ever cut yourself without realising it until some time later? And it was only when you actually noticed the cut that it started to feel painful. Up until that moment, your mind had successfully ignored the pain signals from your body. This is actually something that we are all naturally able to do.