Converting the 'Threat' into a 'Challenge': A Case of Stress-Related Hemoptysis Managed with Hypnosis
| Autor: | Bhupendra M. Palan, Jitendra D. Lakhani |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Ego Male Hemoptysis Hypnosis medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.drug_class Hypnotic Age Regression General Medicine Psychophysiologic Disorders Emotional trauma Empirical treatment Hypnotic Complementary and alternative medicine Imagination medicine Humans Intensive care medicine Psychiatry business Acute anxiety Stress Psychological Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. 33:241-247 |
| ISSN: | 2160-0562 0002-9157 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00029157.1991.10402941 |
| Popis: | A 24-year-old patient was treated using hypnosis for chronic repeated episodes of hemoptysis. The symptom episodes were related to academic examinations (perceived as a threat by the patient). Clinical examinations and laboratory investigations failed to indicate an organic cause for hemoptysis. He did not respond to empirical treatment trials. These negative findings suggested the psychosomatic nature of the illness. We used hypnotherapeutic ego-strengthening and guided-imagery approaches. This reduced his acute anxiety but failed to check hemoptysis. Use of explorative hypnotic dreaming revealed an emotional trauma as the possible cause of origin of the symptoms. We restructured the trauma experience during hypnotic age regression. We advised him to skip the upcoming examination and conducted a total of six therapeutic sessions. The patient continued using self-hypnosis throughout the follow-up period of 3 years during which he remained symptom free and achieved remarkable academic progress. He now perceives an examination as a challenge. |
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