Hypnosis has been successfully used for many years to help with pain management because pain, as a signal in the nervous system, is remarkably malleable, meaning your experience of it can and does change depending on how you’re paying attention to things.
The pain and discomfort of IBS, and the fact that it's hard to predict when you will experience a flare up, can really interfere with your quality of life, and many people find it an upsetting and distressing condition to deal with at times. While there is no single, one shot cure for IBS, there are a variety of treatment options for it, and hypnosis is one of them.
With many stage hypnotists using hypnosis as a form of entertainment, it may surprise you to know that hypnosis in the form of hypnotherapy can be very successful in helping with several medical and psychological conditions. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is one of those.