02/25/2022
The words we say out loud, the words we hear, and the words we say to ourselves can be profound.
There is a fascinating study from a book called "The Worst is Over: Verbal first aid to calm, relieve pain, promote healing and save lives". The study was done with paramedics at a muncipal hospital in Kansas. One group of paramedics was trained to repeat a paragraph specifically designed to 'calm the patient and to begin his/her healing'. These words were to be delivered to the patient, whether or not he/she was conscious.
This paragraph was:
"The worst is over. We are taking you to the hospital . Everything is being made ready. Let your body concentrate on repairing itself and feeling secure. Let your heart, your blood vessels, everything, bring themselves in a state of preserving your life. Bleed just enough so as to cleanse the wound, and let the blood vessels close down so that your life is preserved. Your body weight, your body heat, everything, is being maintained. Things are being made ready in the hospital for you. We are getting you there as quickly and safely as possible. You are now in a safe position... the worst is over."
The book reports that the results were significant - "patients attended to by those trained in the protocol were more likely to survive the trip to the hospital, have quicker recoveries and have shorter hospitals stays."
I love this work and this book. Words can be calming, healing.. and even life saving. And ...... we all have amazing inner resources to draw from. Hypnotherapy is a powerful way to tap into and strengthen these amazing resources.