Depression - Tom

To whom it may concern

My name is Tom and I'm 47 years old. For the majority of my life I have lived in what I call 'hell' due to circumstances as a child, and unresolved issues.

Although I had a reasonable childhood there were a number of events that would rule my life' ages 6,7,10, and 11 conclusive to 16 would turn out to be the main players of my forthcoming life.

Due to these years my thought process was very negative - my negative childhood belief system appeared to have been tattooed on my brain. No matter what I did to try to change the belief system, it always came out on top. As I resisted my belief system it appeared to add strength to the issues.

From the ages 16 to 26 I lived with this negative belief system thinking it must be right, although deep down I knew it was mostly wrong - but I never quite understood why my thought process was different to others.

Age 26, 1988 I emigrated to Australia from Yorkshire, not realising I was running from my past - the old saying you can run but you can't hide is so very true.

1990 my subconscious hit a home run. Out of the blue one day, I was knocked flat on my back. My past had caught up with me and my resistance toward what I believed made things worse. Suicide became a desperate option after 18 months of hell and seeing 3 psychiatrists, all of whom advised after 10 sessions "I don't know what's wrong with you. I can't help you any more." That was a lot of money spent for nil results.

A career changed managed to stabilise me. It took the focus from the issue and I thought I was ok now, but no - the ugly monster raised its ugly head again, out of the blue - here we go again.

Another career change did it again and like the old pattern, after a couple of years the ugly monster was back.

It was at this point that I realised some thing was seriously wrong. I had a new partner and decided to give it my all. I searched the internet and after 18 months of focusing on self awareness (for which I have no regrets as I learnt a lot about myself) I tried every thing from spiritual healing to NLP, to holistic something or other and looking back, nothing was really working.

I had always thought about hypnosis and thought a practitioner would be able to access places no one else could. I saw Southern Hypnosis Centre on the internet and sent an email. Brad contacted me and I could tell there was something different about this practitioner.

I have had 4 sessions with him. In the first session Brad explained to me exactly where the negative thoughts had come from. Realising what I'd been doing seemed to give me great relief without the hypnosis. But once the hypnosis sessions began, the things that used to bother me, although still there, no longer seemed important. I found I had more confidence, more self awareness, less negativity and more positivity. I now feel I can finally start living.

On my journey in my life and searching for help, most of which seemed to fall on deaf ears, I have not moved so quickly through the issues as I have with Brad. His professional, compassionate manner has made me feel like a new person, given me focus in life and turned me in to a positive person. I will carry on seeing Brad until I feel I can finally walk on my own which I feel very close to now.

I highly recommend Brad as a hypnosis practitioner - he has done in four sessions what I have struggled with for 40 years and what 5 others could not come close to in 40 sessions. Do not hesitate if you are in a place that does not serve your needs but struggle to change them. I highly recommend Southern Hypnosis.

Kind regards

Tom