Dealing with itches?

[fickleGuy]

Hey,
Anyone have any advice on how to deal with itches? I often get a really bad one in my ear or on my forehead durring sessions and it ruined my trance :( . Thanks in advance for any advice!

[boomsmee]

When i get an itch, I concentrate on ignoring it, and it goes away in a few seconds. (sorry if this sounds confusing, this was as accurate as i can describe it)

[fickleGuy]

When I concentrate though, it seems to only get worse.

[cardigan]

I can usually stop an itch by giving myself direct suggestions about the itch going away. One should remember to use direct language - no negations. Example: say "The itch I feel on my ear is going away now. Starting to go away now. Getting less and less. The itch is almost gone." If that doesn't help, I come out of trance, scratch the itch and then go back into trance, but this is rarely necessary.

Don't say: "I have no itch. There isn't an itch on my ear. I can't feel the itch." All these sentences will actually be interpreted by the subconscious to mean the opposite of what was intended, because the subconscious does not understand negations - so it just ignores them!