Past Life Session

If you were my friend and told me this, I would ask "Why?" and how the doctor felt it would relate to whatever issues you are having now.

I'm a bit skeptical. Remember, too, that the subconscious is a very tricky thing--lots of stuff could come up for a person under hypnosis or guided therapy and still be organic to one's own earthly mind and have nothing to do with a true past life regression (if there is one, for that matter). Someone I care deeply about did some of this along with rolfing and while they found out a couple of their past lives, I do have to wonder as they were a history scholar if some of that information wasn't past-in-the-classroom and not past-in-time. BTW--their life was NOT improved by this; that person just used the experience as 'information'. Interesting? Absolutely. Credible? Well, I just think that dealing with whatever is troubling you here and now is a bit more efficacious.

Doctor..haha!!! An actual doctor would never suggest such nonsense. Find a doctor who is concerned about your present life and self.

what kind of doctor recommended this?
i'm one of the ones who DOES believe in past lives, but i think the business that has built up around it all is pretty questionable.
i had a 'past life session' which pretty much involved me getting into a lovely relaxed state and telling myself a cool story. i might have had an easier time believing it was a past life if the 'hypnotist' hadn't kept trying to script it for me.
i've also got a friend who has had some major breakthroughs in understanding herself through past life work.
like most woo-woo things, i think there's some value to it, and some practitioners who are the real deal. but for every gifted regressionist there are 10 charlatans.
i'm a professional tarot reader and do a past life spread. i also tell clients that there's no way to validate any of it, and to take what's useful and leave the rest. the thing is, i think that whether or not a past life session is 'real', it's often helpful. the stories we tell ourselves are as revealing and useful as uncovering a unverifiable past.
but you need to go into it open-eyed and not expecting the impossible.
khairete
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I've got enough going on in my current life that I don't need to worry about any past lives.
Will/has your doctor accept/ed payment from your past self to his past self?

Additional:
You should see about trying a different medication and if that doesn't help, then keep trying another till you find something that helps relieve your anxiety and sleep issues.
Sleep deprivation can cause hallucinations and it can make your anxiety worse (which makes sleeping harder to do - you can get into a negative biochemical feedback loop that is hard to get out of).

http://www.adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/related-illness...

Sorry, but this is not medical advice.

If you want to do this, okay, but it's based on an alternative, not scientifically founded belief. You can think of it as (alternative, non-mainstream) religion if you like, but it's not medical science.

I think it's wonderful that you're looking at alternative therapies for anxiety. However, I would strongly recommend things like yoga, meditation, outdoor exercise, St. John's wort, Sam-E, Rescue Remedy (and other homeopathics), cutting caffeine and other stimulants out of your diet, things like that. As somebody who suffers from a bit of anxiety myself, a "past life" session would be the last thing in the world I'd try or recommend.

...at a mere cost of what?...

A DOCTOR recommended this? Get a new doctor.

You've been dealing with depression and anxiety for a while now, haven't you? If the first medication you were taking didn't work, you should consider trying a different one. Delving into this stuff over and over may not be the answer in helping you get over it. Giving your brain the chemicals it needs may be, however.

I will tell you that when I think of past lives therapy, I think of the movie "Audrey Rose". I don't believe that something like what happened to her is real, OF COURSE, but I still wouldn't do that. You have to understand that there are a lot of 'therapies' that are bogus and/or harmful. There's the scream therapy that has put at risk people into catatonic states. There's the "hug" therapy that is supposedly for children's attachment disorder that has actually killed children. Just because someone purports themselves to be therapists doesn't mean that they know anything other than making money. Be careful. Be wary.

Read the book "Many Lives, Many Masters" by Brian Weiss

Was this a real doctor? Because that sounds like silliness.

I really like the resource page gotquestions.org (Christian).

What are spirit guides?
http://www.gotquestions.org/spirit-guides.html

If reincarnation is not true, why do some people remember their past lives?
http://www.gotquestions.org/past-lives-reincarnation.html

I used to consult psychics for advice and I've had past life sessions (I got no where). What I ended up was having my purse emptied (it's expensive and the people were nice and well meaning, but as deceived as I was) and more confused. There were no clear answers. I now think I was basically fed fairy tales. It wasn't the practioners feeding me fairy tales on purpose, it was the "spirits" (demons pretending to be angels of light) telling me whatever tale that would keep me hooked.

The more you get hooked, the less likely you are going to go searching for God. That's their game.

And even if there are clear answers, where are these answers coming from? The spirit world? God in the Bible forbids people from dabbling in the occult for a reason, to protect us. Those 2 links will explain further.

Acupuncturists and other New Age practioners are all into "alternative" healings, but either it's quackery or occult (bad for your soul).

What is the occult?
http://www.gotquestions.org/occult.html

This is a good resource explaining what the New Age movement believes in. Video by Chris White, No where to run. Look up his video: Demystifying the Occult - A Presentation for Youth.

http://conspiracyclothes.com/nowheretorun/video-archive/

The deeper you get involved, it opens a doorway for more spirits to mess with you. I know there are Biblical quotes for this, sorry I don't have them handy now.

My suggestion to you, is to cry out to God, really reach for Him and ask for His help. Sign up for a Bible study. When I became a Christian, I realized a few months later I was healed from some childhood bitterness (that years of therapy couldn't make a dent in). I was also healed from extreme fatigue (due to my involvement with psychics, etc... there are always consequences to involvement in the occult).

FLASHBACKS, FEAR, ANXIETY
Years ago, I would automatically start reciting the Lord's Prayer at night in the dark if I was scared. Do that.

Bible quotes about being scared.
http://www.openbible.info/topics/being_scared

Psalm 23:1-6 is a great prayer (easy to remember) to memorize and extremely comforting.

Fill your house with Christian radio (songs, Bible lectures) just in case there is some spiritual oppression going on that is trying to mess with you. That will help drive it out. But if YOU develop your faith, that would be the very best thing.

And be mindful of what you are watching on TV/movies. Don't watch any scary shows or violent shows that could be feeding into your fears. Absolutely NOTHING violent or creepy. I am shocked at how bad prime time (and cable) TV is now. When I was a kid, there were no gory, graphic crime dramas. Don't watch those TV shows.

Psalm 101:3 (KJV)
3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Notice the last part of the sentence. Things you watch/listen to DO affect you.

I am open to all of this, but it is surprising if this was a regular MD. Was this an alternative medicine doctor? In many eastern cultures, reincarnation is widely accepted and if you have a belief in life after death, it makes sense that a soul may come back.
I've watched a number of shows on Biography channel about kids who have knowledge of things when they are two or three years old which have been traced back to a past life (i.e. war planes, etc. - the name of the program is "the ghost inside my child") It's an interesting subject, if the practitioner is reputable, it would be interesting to see what comes out of it.

Many acupuncturists could be considered "new age", so it's not too surprising that they would recommend another new age "therapy". The whole idea of past lives is not biblical. Scripture teaches that "it is appointed that men die once, and after this comes judgment" (Heb 9:27).

I would not recommend pursuing the past lives thing. You need to see a real doctor and get to the root cause of your anxiety and maybe even try medication.

One thing that has worked well for me personally has been prayer. I can give some specific recommendations if you're interested, just pm me.

What kind of doctor is he/she?

I've never done it. I do believe if you can silence your mind your heart will show you what you need. Meds, therapy, hypnosis, religion, past life, it is your path and it is good to search and try whatever it takes. Even if it leads nowhere but back to square 1, it's all about learning.

I would also think that it would create more issues than it would solve. Get some melatonin pills. Take a long road trip alone and think. When you get to your destination, get a hotel room for 2 days, go thrift shopping, pig put, walk, stay up late and sleep in. Drive back and take more melatonin pills when you return. You've got to find what your dopamine is. What I just described is mine.

My mother does Past Life Regressions (not called sessions). Acupuncturists are not MD's for the most part btw.

They can be helpful, but for the most part are for fun not therapy. If you need therapy see a hypnotherapist that will probably be much more effective than a past life regression.