Psychiatrists resort to hypnotism in the treatment of obesity. In this treatment, first step is to take the patient into a deep trance. It's a state of sub consciousness. Thereafter, the person is given a post-hypnotic suggestion that after recovering from the trance his liking for sugar, biscuits, cake, sweets (or any carbohydrates) would disappear.

Thus the patient develops an aversion for the items that are carbohydrates. Thus an obese can exercise dietary control easily that helps him in reducing his extra weight. For those who can't resist the temptation to eat tasty food in spite of the fact that that is dangerous for their health, hypnotism is the treatment.

These hypnotic suggestions don't last long but these sessions need to be carried out on some routinely basis. As long as the effect remains, the dieter is out of danger but as the effect subsides the temptation is back and sometimes the aversion for food may arise which is a rare situation and can be dangerous. Thus only experts know what the problem is and how to deal with it. Therefore in the treatment of obesity, hypnotism can be of great use if carried out under expert's guidance.

It is more desirable that the patient himself faces his problems than to give control to the doctor. Dieting under hypnotic suggestions is a passive act and the patient goes back to his irregular habits after subsiding of the effect.

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