Thousands of memories make up our lives and our own personal history. Memories can make us laugh, cry, or bring a smile to our face. Often we wish we could relive certain memories everyday and enjoy them or sometimes we wish we could go back and change things. To change a memory is impossible, but with today's advancing science and other clinical practices, it is not so absolute.

Imagine you are reliving a memory everyday, constantly. Think about how you would feel and maybe what you would do differently. Now imagine for a moment that memory being a traumatic one, which puts you in a state of extreme anxiety and stress. Imagine reliving this awful memory each day for the rest of your life, this is what people with post traumatic stress syndrome go through each and everyday. The memory consumes them, often they are not able to hold jobs, have healthy relationships, or simply cease to function all together. Anyone can suffer from post traumatic stress syndrome, a soldier from war, a rape victim, a battered child, or it could be from something as simple as a car accident.

Post traumatic stress syndrome can cause people to of depressed, dysfunctional, stressed and anxious just to name a few. Sometimes the person may not know they are suffering form post traumatic stress syndrome, sometimes they find out because of a trigger such as a honking horn or a certain song. The reaction to a memory or trigger can often be severe. Typically people turn to drugs and alcohol to self medicate. But like most addictions, they begin to consume the person only adding to their stress.

Instead of self destructive behaviors for post traumatic stress syndrome, there are new treatments being explored. One of those new treatments is hypnosis. Hypnosis or behavior modification works with the mind in a unique way. While undergoing hypnosis, you are able to revisit the traumatic memory and learn to look at it in a different way. You learn to deal with your feelings toward the memory in a different more positive way instead of letting the feelings consume you and those around you. In some cases you may even be able to forget the memory all together.

According to a Canadian newspaper, Ottawacitizen.com, scientists have been using a drug called Propranolol, commonly used in patients with hypertension, to treat and delete memories in people with post traumatic stress syndrome. The drug is injected to a certain part of the brain while thinking of a specific traumatic memory. Once the drug is injected, studies have shown that particular memory has been deleted or replaced. The treatment is still in the early stages or research and development and there are no concrete studies to prove this drug actually works, only suggestions. People who suffer from post traumatic stress syndrome need help now, everyday is like torture for them, and they need something that will work. Hypnosis fits the bill for both.

Hypnosis offers a safe, non invasive, and readily available treatment for those suffering from painful, traumatic memories. No one wants to feel trapped in their mind and have one memory control everything in their daily lives. It doesn't matter if it is one day or ten, painful memories make everything difficult. There are new treatments on the horizon for people who suffer from these memories, but why wait when there is something available now to help you. Open the window of your mind, let out the bad memory and start letting in the good ones, you deserve it.