The use of direct suggestion in the successful treatment of a case of snoring

This is a case study of a 53-year-old man who sought treatment for snoring. His motivation for treatment was that his wife could no longer tolerate the snoring so that he was forced to sleep in another room. The patient himself requested that I should use the direct suggestion that he turn over onto his side when snoring at night. It was shown that the snoring symptom lessened and his wife commented on this at a time when she was unaware that he was coming for treatment. The patient was also given direct suggestions to lose weight and, though at first he was reluctant to do this, later he was prepared to lose a stone in weight. After ten treatment sessions, the patient reported that the snoring symptom had been completely eliminated. At a follow-up telephone interview three months later the patient reported that his improvement had been maintained. Copyright © 2003 British Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis