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Can NLP and hypnotherapy help relieve herpes symptoms?

Underlying influences - mind body healing - stress and herpes - NLP and herpes - hypnotherapy and herpes - hypnosis and herpes - herpes visualisation healing - stress management - meditation and relaxation techniques.

What is herpes?

Herpes is a virus.

What mainstream treatments are available for herpes?

There are a number of antiviral drugs and topical treatments available.

What role does stress play in herpes?

There is a general understanding in the community that stress can affect the health of the mind and body. Some viral type health problems, including herpes, have been observed to be influenced by stress.

“Stress is the most common cause of ill health in our society, probably underlying as many as 70% of all visits to family doctors.”

David B. Posen, MD. The Canadian Journal of Continuing Medical Education, April 1995

"Stress has been linked to hypertension, heart attacks, diabetes, asthma, chronic pain, allergies, headache, backache, various skin disorders, cancer, and immune system weakness."

(1) Nation’s Business, December, 1994 in Research on Stress and Meditation.

Stress comes in many forms - from environmental pollution, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, poor diet, over work, lack of sleep to worry and anxiety. In addition, it is not unusual for there to be underlying influences to be associated with a physical health problem. In the case of herpes the following may play a role:

• Negative emotions such as guilt, hurt, stress, worry and anxiety - especially in regard to genital herpes.
• Internal conflict.
• Relationship conflict.
• Lack of self love, low self esteem and poor self concept.
• Negative religious conditioning in regards to sex.
• Self consciousness around sex.
• Lack of personal power.
• Overly ambitious and driven to succeed.

Since herpes can be triggered by stress then clearing up your 'stuff' and learning to deal with life in a more relaxed manner would be a good way to start.

How can NLP, hypnotherapy and meditation help relieve the symptoms of herpes?

Meditation has been shown to be effective in reducing anxiety and supporting the immune system.

"Meditation has been shown to be effective in reducing stress, lowering blood pressure, lessening anxiety, reversing heart disease, stopping smoking, weight loss, eating disorders, addictions, boosting the immune system, dealing with negative emotions, and improving scholastic and sports performance."

(2) Meditation: Focusing your mind to achieve stress reduction.

NLP and hypnotherapy can be used to address and resolve the underlying emotional influences around the herpes problem. Hypnosis can be used to establish a communication channel with the body and suggestions can be made to facilitate healing. In addition visualisations can be used to communicate directly with the herpes and the immune system in order to direct the healing process.

Read case notes of how visualisations can be used to help facilitate the healing of herpes.

Case notes by a 42 year old man.

For more information on mind-body healing read the book, Beyond Hypnosis: The Manual by Abby Eagle.