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Jacob Teitelbaum MD, internist and author of From Fatigued to Fantastic!, researches treatments for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and fibromyalgia. See full bio

October 21, 2008, Health

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Hypnosis and Fibromyalgia

By Jacob Teitelbaum, MD on October 21, 2008 in Complementary Medicine

Is your doctor "putting a curse on you?" Odd as this may sound, this is what is occurring in much of how physicians approach their patients. Let's look at the power of words in the healing process, using fibromyalgia pain and hypnosis as examples. Read More

Hear, hear!

Submitted by Justine M Uselding, Ph.D. on October 28, 2008 - 2:32pm.

Dr. Teitelbaum:

Brilliant. Thank you for speaking out about the dark side of allopathic fundamentalist approach and the toxic form of hypnosis that sadly all too often nowadays seems to accompany it. I work in long-term care with far too many patients inadvertently made sicker by the "infectious" belief held by their primary physician, namely, that there is no hope.

Reading your article was a breath of fresh, reassuring air! Thank you for taking the time to write it. The world certainly needs more healers like yourself, physicians who truly understand the art aspect of the practice of medicine and embrace the notion that at it should aspire to be a balm for the soul as well as for the body.

In gratitude and delight,
Justine