Why Hypnosis Helps Reduce Pain (VIDEO)

Hypnosis, if done well and professionally, can certainly produce important results: reduce painFirst of all, because during the hypnotic state, the subject's attention is strongly focused - for example, on a mental image or a neutral sensation - reducing the attention dedicated to painful stimuli. In practice, it is as if the activity of the cortical areas of the brain linked to the conscious processing of pain, such as the primary and secondary somatosensory cortex.

But beware of charlatans, who waste your money and your health: hypnosis doesn't always work, and first of all, they can't do everything. One in five adults in Italy are hypnosis-resistant, meaning they cannot enter a trance and will therefore never benefit from hypnosis attempts.