The media and popular culture frequently portrays of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy as something strange or unreal. Despite this, many people in the know use this powerful set of techniques to cure themselves of phobias, ailments and other problems.
Below are a set of case studies where notable people have used Hypnotherapy to help with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
Oliva Munn
Olivia Munn is an American actress and former television host.
She has spoken in the past about her struggles with anxiety and Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Specifically, she suffers with trichotillomania, an obsessive urge to pull out your own hair. In her case, her eyelashes.
In a 2015 Good Housekeeping magazine article she said, “I was going to a hypnotist to help me with my OCD and trichotillomania. One day I told him I didn’t work out, and he said, ‘What do you mean?’ I replied, ‘I don’t know. I just kind of don’t. I yo-yo.’ He said, ‘You have to! It’s good for your anxiety and depression.’
So during one of our sessions, he hypnotized me. I’m not exaggerating: That was on a Friday, and by Monday I was working out every day at 6 a.m. If I missed a session, I’d double up and do it the next day. Now I feel so much stronger. I remember running up the steps one day and thinking, ‘this is strange. I could do this a hundred times and be totally OK’”.