10 Most Compelling Pieces Of Evidence That Proves Hypnosis Is Real

8. It's Also Cured Mental Health Issues And Phantom Limbs

Maybe cure isn't the right word, but hypnosis - a practice that's all about getting into your head - is certainly good at soothing problems to do with your head. Studies have found that putting somebody into trance, and telling them that they're less anxious, or less depressed, actually can have an effect on satiating those problems.

It's been used in hospital wards to reduce anxiety over surgery (both before and after), working especially well to people who don't want to go down the route of medicine or traditional therapy. It can also be used in the treatment of problems that are about as well understood by science as hypnosis is.

Phantom limb syndrome (no relation to the Venture Bros villain see above) is a singularly odd phenomenon where people who have lost a limb still get the sensation of it being there - “ sometimes causing immense pain. Except it's all in their head since, well, the limb is definitely not there. Studies have prove hypnosis is very effective in treating that, too.