Is Milton Erickson a respectable hypnotist?
I was just wondering if he is? I am doing a little reading, but I found something really hard to believe. It is said that Erickson was able to make a man grow taller with hypnosis. I don’t think this is possible, but I am not saying it is *impossible*. I decided to do some research and found that every cell in our bones replace them selves the same way we grow. I have also read about hypnosis involved in things like mole removal, cancer, and pain management. To be fair really we don’t see many hypnosis studies about these kinds of things, how can we say it’s impossible? I don’t like to under estimate the power of the mind. I have read a lot of placebo studies and found them intriguing. pretty interesting to be honest. I don’t know though, just wondering If Milton Erickson is a reputable hypnotist?
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Dr Erickson was a reputable hypnotist and medical doctor (he’s dead). This would seem to be a one off case where the person had psychological problems. From the blog comments below it seems he was surprised it was possible as well. I really wouldn’t expect this to be possible in general. Hypnosis isn’t magic and can’t get the body to do something that it can’t naturally do.