Dr. David Spiegel
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And if you're fighting against losing control, you're missing the point.
You want to just build a better relationship with your body, and hypnosis can help you do that.
I think that hypnosis and techniques like it
should be treated like any other biomedical phenomenon.
You know, focus on the evidence, not the presumption of what it could or couldn't be.
It's the oldest Western conception of psychotherapy.
It's been around for 250 years.
And we know how it works.
We know that it works.
So give yourself the benefit of the doubt.
Give your body the benefit of the doubt.
And learn to use this.
Try it out.
See what it feels like.
And you'll enjoy it.
You can use your imagination to your benefit.
And that's what I want to see happen.
Thank you.
Thank you, likewise.
And I admire your work and the way you communicate medicine.