Can Hypnosis Help With IBS?

By Bob Walsh

If you need help with IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) then hypnosis might be the right choice for you. Scientific studies have shown a much higher success rate using hypnotherapy for IBS than many other treatment forms.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Signs

There are many different signs and symptoms that can be categorized under the term IBS, but the most common ones are abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, bloating and infrequent bowel movements.

The Current Situation

About 10%-15% of the US population has been diagnosed with IBS at one point - that's an enormous amount of people.

Yet, doctors still in many cases are unable to provide effective treatment for it. There are some medications that are commonly prescribed - however, many of them just provide temporary relief from isolated symptoms (e.g. diarrhea), rather than treating - let alone curing - the problem itself.

Hypnotherapy for IBS

Interestingly, scientific studies have shown that there is an average response rate of 80% when it comes to treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome with hypnotherapy.


Oftentimes, there's also a lot of emotional or mental stress involved - hypnosis also provides a better way of releasing the stress and thus helps to reduce what is believed to be one of the causes of IBS.

Since hypnosis utilizes the power of ones own subconscious mind, there are no negative side-effects involved.
In fact, the main downside of hypnosis as an IBS treatment is that many people become very skeptical when they hear the word "hypnosis". This is mainly due to the fact that the most popular form of hypnosis is "stage hypnosis", where the purpose of the hypnosis session is not therapeutic in nature, but rather to entertain.

Prospective patients should be aware that stage hypnosis is not the kind of treatment that will be used for therapeutic treatments. Instead, a skilled and qualified professional with practical experience should be consulted.

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About the author: Bob Walsh is a certified hypnotist who has been practicing hypnosis and NLP (neurolinguistic programming) since 2001.
After more than 8 years of working with clients, he started to share his expertise with a broader audience on his new-founded HypnoDepot website.

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