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systems which will prevent the associated symptoms from getting out of hand, they are often used so
infrequently - the sufferer naturally tries to avoid panics at all costs - that they become weakened and less
effective than they should be. A strategy of getting a Client to go out and "collect" mini-panics would be
an example of a way of increasing the strength of the "down" system.
In our initial example on relaxation we activated a natural system which switches down muscular activity
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Principles of Hypnosis (16) Systems theory shows why it can pay to intervene in what seems at first the wrong sense.
by first forcing up the activity until the {down} system - the system designed to protect against overwork
- was activated.
Many problems which are brought to the Hypnotherapist are a result of one-sided efforts at
control. And time and time again they have been helped by an approach which encourages the Client to
spend some time activating the opposite mechanisms.
There are millions who have tried very, very hard to sleep, but have never tried to stay awake. Forcing
oneself to stay awake and active is a good way of activating the natural mechanisms which reduce
arousal and bring on sleep. There are men who have trouble urinating in public. They have pushed and
pushed to no avail in an attempt to start but they have never practised stopping. When they do practise
they are acting against the release system, which therefore gets a chance to grow stronger. There are
those who are very embarrassed by blushing. They try very hard to reduce it, but it only makes things
worse. By actively trying to increase it, they tend to activate more often the systems which tend naturally
to limit it: systems which can then operate more often and more easily.
Of course in all real cases the situation is quite complex and the suggestion to reverse the direction of
conscious control has other definite useful effects in breaking psychological vicious circles as well.
However there remains an important principle of organic systems, which is that putting pressure on them
will, if they do not collapse completely, make them stronger.
We have eliminated smallpox from the world. But most other infectious organisms are getting more and
more immune to our best antibiotics: because medicine is always acting to reduce their activity, the
long-term effect is to make them stronger.
In society it is so very often the case that attempts to oppress or suppress some section of society leads
only to that section becoming stronger in the long run. There are exceptions, as with the diseases, but so
many people fail to understand that directly attacking an organic system (without killing it) is most likely
to make it stronger in the long run.
Anything that does not kill you outright makes you a little stronger.
- Piet Hein
The introduction of myxomatosis was very successful in reducing rabbit populations when first
introduced. But now rabbits have become more immune and have developed different instincts so that
they no longer return to the warren to die, which used to increase the chance of the other rabbits
becoming infected. This disease is therefore no longer effective in controlling rabbits, and the
populations are expanding again.
We may note in this context that one potential problem with many medical interventions is that they are
always acting in a one-sided way. They act as adjuncts to the conscious mind's control. The effect will be
to weaken whatever system there is in the body to produce the same effect as the drug. Injections of
insulin, for example, will tend to decrease the body's own production of insulin. Consequently there must
develop a greater and greater degree of dependence on the drug. This is not to say that in many cases the
medical intervention is not the best thing to do - particularly in the short term. But it is to say that some
practitioners should become more aware of the dynamic nature of the systems they are working with. If,
for example, a tranquilliser of any kind is used artificially to reduce anxiety - and this can include [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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systems which will prevent the associated symptoms from getting out of hand, they are often used so
infrequently - the sufferer naturally tries to avoid panics at all costs - that they become weakened and less
effective than they should be. A strategy of getting a Client to go out and "collect" mini-panics would be
an example of a way of increasing the strength of the "down" system.
In our initial example on relaxation we activated a natural system which switches down muscular activity
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~dylanwad/morganic/ph_chap16.htm (4 of 9) [19/06/2000 8:30:13 PM]
Principles of Hypnosis (16) Systems theory shows why it can pay to intervene in what seems at first the wrong sense.
by first forcing up the activity until the {down} system - the system designed to protect against overwork
- was activated.
Many problems which are brought to the Hypnotherapist are a result of one-sided efforts at
control. And time and time again they have been helped by an approach which encourages the Client to
spend some time activating the opposite mechanisms.
There are millions who have tried very, very hard to sleep, but have never tried to stay awake. Forcing
oneself to stay awake and active is a good way of activating the natural mechanisms which reduce
arousal and bring on sleep. There are men who have trouble urinating in public. They have pushed and
pushed to no avail in an attempt to start but they have never practised stopping. When they do practise
they are acting against the release system, which therefore gets a chance to grow stronger. There are
those who are very embarrassed by blushing. They try very hard to reduce it, but it only makes things
worse. By actively trying to increase it, they tend to activate more often the systems which tend naturally
to limit it: systems which can then operate more often and more easily.
Of course in all real cases the situation is quite complex and the suggestion to reverse the direction of
conscious control has other definite useful effects in breaking psychological vicious circles as well.
However there remains an important principle of organic systems, which is that putting pressure on them
will, if they do not collapse completely, make them stronger.
We have eliminated smallpox from the world. But most other infectious organisms are getting more and
more immune to our best antibiotics: because medicine is always acting to reduce their activity, the
long-term effect is to make them stronger.
In society it is so very often the case that attempts to oppress or suppress some section of society leads
only to that section becoming stronger in the long run. There are exceptions, as with the diseases, but so
many people fail to understand that directly attacking an organic system (without killing it) is most likely
to make it stronger in the long run.
Anything that does not kill you outright makes you a little stronger.
- Piet Hein
The introduction of myxomatosis was very successful in reducing rabbit populations when first
introduced. But now rabbits have become more immune and have developed different instincts so that
they no longer return to the warren to die, which used to increase the chance of the other rabbits
becoming infected. This disease is therefore no longer effective in controlling rabbits, and the
populations are expanding again.
We may note in this context that one potential problem with many medical interventions is that they are
always acting in a one-sided way. They act as adjuncts to the conscious mind's control. The effect will be
to weaken whatever system there is in the body to produce the same effect as the drug. Injections of
insulin, for example, will tend to decrease the body's own production of insulin. Consequently there must
develop a greater and greater degree of dependence on the drug. This is not to say that in many cases the
medical intervention is not the best thing to do - particularly in the short term. But it is to say that some
practitioners should become more aware of the dynamic nature of the systems they are working with. If,
for example, a tranquilliser of any kind is used artificially to reduce anxiety - and this can include [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]