Ever hear of visual snow?

[SpeedStick]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone here has ever heard of 'visual snow' or 'visual static'. It's a condition in which a person experiences millions of tiny moving dots, much like television static, over their field of vision all the time. I'm not sure if it's officially recognized by the medical community, but I know there's at least hundreds of people who have it, just from browsing online. There are several theories as to its cause -- a few being sinus problems, lack of oxygen to the brain, or anxiety. So far there's been no cure found that works for everyone.

My question to you is whether you believe hypnotherapy could assist people in learning to ignore this visual static. I'm not saying cure the actual medical reason necessarily, but just train people to be able to see clearly and ignore this obstacle in their field of vision. Would something like this be possible?

Thanks....

[skip]

Never encountered this, nor heard of it.

sorry,

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[SpeedStick]

No problem skip, thanks for your reply.

Some people like to connect or compare visual snow to tinnitus, in that they are both 'noise' in a sense, the static being visual noise and the tinnitus, obviously, audial. Is hypnotherapy able to train people to ignore or not notice tinnitus? I'm just trying to come up with an example of a condition which perhaps cannot be cured, per se, through hypnotherapy, but can be relieved by teaching the subject to block it out, which is what would be ideal for this visual snow condition.

[skip]

Well it may be like tinitius, or it may not.

Some tinitus can be effectively bypassed by electively filtering out the wave length in which it occurrs.

And perhaps so could your visual snow.

The snow might also be 'all in the mind' and so would definately be ameanable to hypnotic intervention.

I could speculate a lot, but it would be just that speculation.

Give it some time and perhaps someone on here has had actual experience with the condition.

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[Merlin]

Well,

That's one I haven't worked with.
I'm sure hypnosis could help.
But I don't know how much help.

[Terry (existing)]

My question to you is whether you believe hypnotherapy could assist people in learning to ignore this visual static. I'm not saying cure the actual medical reason necessarily, but just train people to be able to see clearly and ignore this obstacle in their field of vision. Would something like this be possible?
Thanks.... Can't help with the hypnosis part of your question, but I would suggest something based on experience. First get a few things checked out, beginning with an eye test, and followed by a check of liver and kidneys, as these may be malfunctioning to a small degree, and giving warning of a problem that needs dealing with.... In my own case, it was the eyes, and glasses put an end to the problem. I understand that flushing out the kidneys has also resulted in relieving the problem, which might even be something as simple as drinking lots of water, beleive it or not. As for the hypnosis part, I am inclined to remember Don's comments, that "when all one has is a screwdriver, every problem requires a screw", and it;s a good thought to keep in mind. Hypnosis is a wonderful tool for many things, but we should never allow ourselves to have such a narrow focus that we ignore other sources of help......

[Poodle]

Hypnotists are not medical doctors nor are we allowed to diagnose or treat certain conditions without permission from the client's physician. NLP does wonderfully at changing audio noises -- I prefer to work with Looney Tunes noises just for fun -- and the audio noise is made so loud that it just blows out of the mind. I'm sure the client would not like to hear Donald Duck quacking all day and night. I would assume that since it works for audio it should work for video too. Could be a lot of fun trying that one out!!

[SpeedStick]

Thanks for replies everyone.

Terry -- I've seen several doctors before about this, including an ophthalmologist, and in the next little while a neurologist. I'm certainly not trying to replace any other form of medical help with hypnosis, just thought that it might be an option.

If any of you are interested in reading a bit more about the condition, here's a couple of links:

http://p210.ezboard.com/fthosewithvisualsnowfrm1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_snow

[SpeedStick]

Sorry, forgot to mention in my last post....

Terry, are you saying you've experienced visual snow and/or known people who have? I'd love to hear what the exact symptoms were when flushing out the kidneys helped relieve the problem. Thanks:).... (sorry I'm getting slightly off-topic here in terms of hypnotherapy....)

[Terry (existing)]

Sorry, forgot to mention in my last post....

Terry, are you saying you've experienced visual snow and/or known people who have? I'd love to hear what the exact symptoms were when flushing out the kidneys helped relieve the problem. Thanks:).... (sorry I'm getting slightly off-topic here in terms of hypnotherapy....) No problem, I am basing my comments on the experience of others, and not on that gained via hypnosis, nor do I believe that we should limit help only to hypnosis if we know of other means. It is my understanding, based on information gained from a medical doctor over fifty years ago, that overloading of the kidneys would lead at times to spots before the eyes, or "liver spots",. which is how I describe what you are asking about, so I hope we are on the same page. His suggestion, being a nice family doctor who preffered common sense to dispensing pills, was to flush the kidneys by drinking copious amounts of water and peeing them out until the urine was clear instead of yellow. Now what you describe seems to be the same, so why not try this and see what happens? It can certainly do no harm, and may result in saving you a lot of pain and agrevation, while if it doesn't work, no harm done and no loss either. Personally I confess I hate to drink water, I find it tasteless, and drink only tea, but I do remember that advice in case one day I need it (G).....