Session 73 - Your Gut Has A Brain

Did you know your Gut has a Brain? Yes, a Brain.  Ok, let me try to explain, as best as I can, the technical stuff first and then we can get to the much more understandable stuff.

You see way back in evolutionary times, scientists tell us that our  "Gut Brain" , which is considered the "little brain of our Gut," was developed and it's referred to as our Enteric Nervous System, our ENS, in our gut.  Our ENS communicates  back and forth with the Brain in our head and it does this by what's known as the  "Gut-Brain Axis."  So there's a two-way communication process.  Now keep this idea in mind,  - that there's a two communication process.  Where there is miscommunication, that's where the problems start. This is important to remember and be aware of.

The ENS was first developed before, and independently of the Central Nervous System (CNS) The ENS is the largest part of your nervous system that coordinates and regulates your bowel functions. Where the gut and the brain don't communicate properly, this can cause obesity, Type 2 diabetes, Glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, acne atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, colorectal cancer,  IBS and Crohn's disease, and many other diseases and disorders, plus disorders of the nervous system.

The research refers to the Enteric Nervous system as the "little brain" of the gut and this little brain has the capacity to learn and memorise.  Yes, the little brain of the Gut the ENS remembers, possible past hurts, etc. Stress-induced memories may remain in the Enteric Nervous system and can play a role in the development of IBS. Stress-induced Long-term memory may remain at a cellular level  In other words your body cells remember trauma, stress and any other upsetting and or stressful, traumatic event in your life.

The trauma and stress-induced memories interfere with the two communication processes of the Grain Gut Axis. This miscommunication leads to many of the issues I mention above, IBS, etc.

In other research dating back to 1984, Whorwell, published his research in the Lancet and that Hypnotherapy could relieve several of the symptoms of IBS.

Gut-focused hypnotherapy (GFH) can not only improve the primary symptoms of IBS but also reduce noncolon symptoms, anxiety, and depression and improve quality of life and cognitive function.

And Hypnotherapy is particularly effective in children who present with IBS.

When evaluated according to the efficacy guidelines of the Clinical Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association, the use of hypnosis with IBS qualifies for the highest level of acceptance as being both efficacious and specific."

Above all this research provides us with hope and further bolsters our learning that Hypnotherapy can be a powerful adjunct to orthodox medicine, enabling you to alleviate IBS symptoms and in turn, you are free to live a reasonably comfortable life.

The following statement is from: Tan, G., Hammond, D. C., & Gurrala, J. (2005). Hypnosis and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Review of Efficacy and Mechanism of Action. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 47(3), 161–178, sums it up succinctly.

"When evaluated according to the efficacy guidelines of the Clinical Psychology Division of American Psychological Association, the use of hypnosis with IBS qualifies for the highest level of acceptance as being both efficacious and specific."

I  acknowledge am grateful to Anthony Jacquin Hypnosis for the following information contained in the link below. 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022040397

Various Research Papers: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov /6150275/