Comments on: What Hypnotic Urban Myths Are You Believing To Be The Truth? https://adam-eason.com/what-hypnotic-urban-myths-are-you-believing-to-be-the-truth/ Hypnosis, Hypnotherapy and Cognitive Behavioural Hypnotherpy as taught by Hypnotherapist Adam Eason Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:34:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Gráinne https://adam-eason.com/what-hypnotic-urban-myths-are-you-believing-to-be-the-truth/#comment-15044 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:34:34 +0000 http://WhatHypnoticUrbanMythsAreYouBelievingToBeTheTruth?#comment-15044 Luckily, my eczema has hardly bothered me at all for the last couple of years. I have no idea why it’s gone into a kind of remission….but not complaining! I will certainly consider chasing a goat if it does flare up again!

As for knowing too much, I only hope that I can shift the balance from pointless trivia to exam knowledge in time for my fellowship exams in 3 weeks. Eek!!!

]]> By: Adam Eason https://adam-eason.com/what-hypnotic-urban-myths-are-you-believing-to-be-the-truth/#comment-15043 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:11:53 +0000 http://WhatHypnoticUrbanMythsAreYouBelievingToBeTheTruth?#comment-15043 Gráinne, sometimes I worry that you know too much… and think it a shame that you never truly opened your mind to the goat pee idea… As a fully grown woman, are you any more open to the idea?

Eric, I never open my umbrella in the house…

Thank you both 🙂

]]> By: Eric https://adam-eason.com/what-hypnotic-urban-myths-are-you-believing-to-be-the-truth/#comment-15042 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:08:37 +0000 http://WhatHypnoticUrbanMythsAreYouBelievingToBeTheTruth?#comment-15042 I like the old superstitions about things like breaking mirrors, black cats, and walking under ladders. I know in my rational mind that they are not really going to bring me bad luck and grave misfortune, but the subconscious association is deeply rooted, and I still go out of my way not to walk under ladders or break mirrors, and although I love cats, I still have to mentally “shake it off” when a black cat darts across the road in front of me.

I’ve actually worked with a client to collapse an old belief that he was “unlucky,” and installed the new belief that he was “fortunate,” which was the word he liked as a replacement. Well, his luck really did change after that. Call it attraction or just that his subconscious filters were open more to positive things after that, and so he stopped sabotaging himself. But it made a big difference. So i think a lot of urban myths and wive’s tales are made true through the power of the mind.

But no matter how hard the ignorant email forwarder believes, Obama will probably never be a Muslim. Sadly, it would wreck his political career.

]]> By: Gráinne https://adam-eason.com/what-hypnotic-urban-myths-are-you-believing-to-be-the-truth/#comment-15041 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:33:14 +0000 http://WhatHypnoticUrbanMythsAreYouBelievingToBeTheTruth?#comment-15041 Carbs are evil! Or is it fat that’s evil? Maybe all dairy too. And carrots. They’re high GI so they must be bad for you. Water is good. But not tap water because of the fluoride. Or bottled water because of the plastic 😉

The nappies might not be that far-fetched…when I read that story yesterday I was thinking that it might be true. Urea (present in urine) is a great emollient/moisturiser and is used in commercial preparations like Eucerin. And goes back to old wives tales too. My mum once told me that goat pee would be good for my eczema when I was a child and we were at a petting zoo. I gracefully declined and opted for cream from a tube. But maybe I should have listened!

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