Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Milton H. Erickson - I will now tell you a story...

Milton H. Erickson
(Lessons from hypnosis)

I will now tell you a story. Big Louise worked vyshibaloy almost all eatery in Providence Rhode Island. That was in 1930. The growth has been under two meters, and wrestling figures. So, in their free time, Louise vyshibaniya was simple hobby. She loved to go for walks at night and when she met a lone policeman, it has its face that the poor fellow came in only on a hospital bed. Here it is, it was fun.

Finally, the patience of the police chief Providence burst. How long this beetle will cripple the police! He appealed to the court and sent to Louise psihushku as being a danger to society.

Louise stayed in the hospital six months, and it is clearly not pleased. She knew that she was not crazy and did not see anything wrong in her simple hobby. Thought police broke! Therefore, it has become to express their displeasure, regularly exposing defeat hospital room that cost the hospital at $ 500 per month. One can imagine the frustration the chief doctor, since hospitals are not the budget was calculated on the uproarious humor Big Louise.

Once the morning when we spoke with the chief, he told me about the Big Louise. I offered his services and asked what restrictions would be required of me. "Yes do with it whatever you want, except for murder, of course," - cried the chief.

I went to the House (I have worked while in the men's ward), more and Louise said that would like to see it, and sat before the riot starts, listen to me. To which she replied: "I think you will be able to hold me, when with difficulty 20 nurse?" "No, Louise, I just want to talk to you 15 minutes, and then you can do anything, no one will hinder you" .

Day two I had a nurse and said: "Big Louise wants to see you." Louise went back-forward along its bed. "Sit down, Louise, and tell what's wrong" - I suggested. "And you do not pozovesh nurses to roll me" - she asked. "Nobody here is going to break in and bind you. Actually no you do not intend to interfere. Sit down and tell me of winter in New England. " Louisa sat, staring at me with suspicion.

Ten minutes later, quietly for Louise, I gave a sign of the nurse (Eriksson waves hand). The sister called on the phone, and in the House broke about 20 students, future nurses. One grabbed a chair and began to hoot larrup window, the other four with podleteli laughter to the table, and seized upon a leg, became unstick them. Another blew off the phone from the wall. They are right there were all the rage and destroyed a row. "I suggest that even survived, but they laugh with correct flaws.

Big Louise jumped up and shouted: "Do not need it, girls! Do not need it, girls! Please, enough! "But those that know me, have continued to crumble all around. Louise asked them all to stay, because it was unpleasant to observe their own behavior. Since then, Louise finger can not pritronulas.

It has been two months, Big Louise again sent for me. "Dr. Erickson, forces no longer have to live with all these crazy babami. You can ask for me to work in a hospital laundry room? "Try to send it in the laundry, but it is also destroying a lot of things. In the laundry it is no longer allowed. "Well, Louise, I did build you into the laundry," - I promised. We talked and understood each other perfectly. Louise has become such a good worker that he was appointed as head of her laundry. As her patient was discharged from the hospital, but had a staff member.

In the state hospital worked carpenter, is also under two meters tall. He met once great and Louise could not withdraw from her eyes. Soon they were married. As far as I know, now, 15 years, Louise copes perfectly with their own affairs in the laundry. A carpenter, too, everything is in order. However, on Sundays from Louise carpenter allow yourself a little treat beer and have a slight unpleasantness in the family, sometimes even fight, but apart from them no longer on their fists does not suffer. And they are excellent workers.

I do not know what happened with Louise in the past and made it such. I do not want to make it looked in the past. She followed advice to the Corinthians, St. Paul (12): "When I was a baby, it is infantile to say to infantile thought, from infant spoke, and became her husband, then left the infant."

I gave Louise the opportunity to look at their children's behavior. And that was enough. It saw itself in the behavior of people whom such behavior is not inherent. No more treatment was necessary.

HYPNOSIS