OPENING THE CLOSET DOOR!

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It's 1994, and I'm standing in the hallway of a locked inpatient psychiatric hospital.

Suddenly, there's a loud thud as one of the patients throws a garbage container against the wall.

He was a sixteen-year-old who was visibly upset after a visit from his father.

Within minutes of his throwing the garbage can, five adults, including myself and a psych nurse, surrounded the teen.

Then the psych nurse pulled out a syringe to jab it into the boy's thigh if he didn't calm down, which, understandably, severely escalated his anger.

As everyone closed in on him, I turned to the person in charge and asked if I could have a few minutes alone with the teen rather than restraining him and risking injuries?

That person reluctantly agreed, stating, "There has to be consequences for such behavior."

I politely replied, "Aren't we hear to help these kids when they're hurting?"

Seemingly annoyed, the staff took a few steps back but did not leave.

Then, using an escalated voice to match how the teen was feeling so I could subconsciously establish rapport (trust), I said, "I know you're upset and you want help feeling better."

Then I lowered my voice and slowed my breathing a bit to see if he would match me, which he did.

Then I continued, "I don't want all these adults rushing you, and you don't either, so can you and me go somewhere and talk? That way you can feel better and we can figure this out more calmly. Would that be okay?"

To the staff's surprise (and possibly, disappointment), the upset teenager shifted his posture from threatening to accommodating, and he nodded in agreement.

So I walked him into a padded time-out room and closed the door behind us so we could talk in private.

As I asked him what was going on inside and if it had anything to do with the visit from his father earlier, he began angrily fighting back his tears.

The teen then said something I've heard hundreds of times since then from different people.

"I'm afraid to share what I'm feeling because if I open that closet door I won't be able to shut it. Then I might kill somebody or myself."

I nodded and waited a minute rather than quickly responding.

Then, with a calm, confident voice, I said, "I can take you through a quick exercise that will help free you from that pain. I've done this with a hundred people, and every single time, they felt better and more peaceful inside. You won't need to keep the closet door closed anymore once we finish. Want to give it a try?"

The brave teenager shook his head "yes," so I took him through a short hypnosis session that would eventually become one of my Awakening Experiences.

Sadly, this young man was molested by his uncle on several occasions, and the deep shame he carried was overwhelming.

Yet, during that brief 20-minute session, we released his deepest fear of "being damaged goods." I also helped him have the courage to tell his father, which he was terrified to do before our session.

Afterward, he asked for a hug, which was a huge step after having a deep mistrust of adult men.

About 30-minutes after going into the padded room, we both walked out, and the young man quietly went to his room for the night.

The next day, his behavior turned 180 degrees, and we never had any further disruptive outbursts from him.

What kind of choices do you think that young man would continue making in life if he kept believing he was damaged goods?

Nothing good would have come from it, that's for sure.

But, here's the part that bothers me the most.

Not one of the staff members asked me what I did to help turn a potentially violent situation into an empowering one.

In fact, not only did the other staff members care to ask, they began treating me like I was another problem for them.

That type of immaturity was not unique to this psychiatric hospital.

Rarely did any of the teens in all the inpatient and outpatient hospitals I worked at while going through college ever "get better" from their group therapy and medication treatment plans.

I believe it was because the therapeutic approaches were massively ineffective, and half the staff in those institutions had more problems than the kids in their care.

So, I'm doing something about it.

As Troy Hanna, a company President and mentor of mine, once said, "You're either part of the solution or part of the problem."

My solution is to train the Best Clinical Hypnotists in the world so that together we can end the needless emotional suffering that's running like a hidden plague in our world.

If you are interested in helping me with this, please visit https://www.obahypnosis.com and download the OBA Hypnotist Curriculum.

It contains all the details on pricing, what you'll learn and get from the certification process, and more.

Then schedule a Free Entrance Call to discuss whether this training is a good fit.

The 6-month Certification begins April 15, 2022.

Thanks for reading.

:) Tim Shurr, MA

OBA Hypnosis Instructor

https://www.obahypnosis.com

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