A programme I am watching about alternative therapies on BBC2 tonight,is about Hypnotherapy. Someone is trying to give up chocolate like myself, and she is being hypnotised into thinking that chocolate tastes like corned beef. Also I tried to encourage Jabbers to try hypnotherapy to give up smoking , but he wasnt interested.But how long will it last ? I will tell you at the end of the programme.

Hypnotherapy works better on Irritable Bowel Syndrome than on anything else. It did not really work on giving up smoking or chocolate. It is a good pain relief for dental work .The brain responds to pain under hypnosis in a different way to the placebo effect. Hypnosis is a powerful tool.