![]() ![]() “If I never did hypnosis,” he told me, “I would be a complete mess. ![]() Today, Zack is a freshman in college, living away from home-something he wouldn’t have thought was possible before he was hypnotized. Over the next few weeks, he stopped throwing up in school and regained the stamina to play basketball and go for bike rides. In the evening after his first hypnotherapy session, Zack felt nauseated but kept his dinner down. This time, the change was gradual, but no less dramatic. The new doctor suggested that Zack try one last treatment before surgery: hypnotherapy, in which a clinical professional helps a patient become deeply focused and relaxed in order to change their patterns of thinking. She had lost faith in his medical team and feared such an invasive step, so she asked another gastroenterologist for a second opinion. But Zack’s mom, Angela Rogers, wasn’t on board. His doctors eventually told the family that they had only one option: surgery to remove large parts of his damaged colon. Zack spent the next three years in and out of hospitals and trying medicines that didn’t seem to work. The stomach pain was excruciating, and he couldn’t keep any food down. He went to bed early that night, missing much of his own slumber party, and then stayed home from school the whole next week. In the middle of his 12th birthday party, his stomach started hurting. ![]() This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. ![]()
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