Aspies For Freedom

I've been suffering from a recurring depression over the past few months.
Nothing to do with being an Aspie but due to bad things that have happened to me.
I'm thinking about seeing a hypnotist to get rid of the negative feelings but don't know if it is a genuine phenomenon.
Has anyone here had any experience with hypnosis?
The things people like Paul Mckenna do like making people believe they are someone else.
Can this be real or am I just gullible?
I'm really depressed right now so would try it if there was a chance it would work.

Hypnosis is certainly a real phenomenon.  My granny was a doctor and she used to hypnotise people who wanted help in giving up smoking.  She did always say that it wasn't a magic fix-all, but was something that helped people who were already reasonably motivated.

However, that's very different from treatment for depression or dealing with bad things that have happened to you, so I don't know how that would work.

I've been going to counselling for the past month or so, and am finding it very helpful for dealing with things that have happened to me in my past life and how those things have continued to affect my life.

I wouldn't bother.

I would write down the problems, look at possible ways to solve them yourself (or with the help of others if possible) and if there is no solution, look to ways of dealing with the problem yourself.