Finding Out More About Hypnosis

Hypnosis is a method for guiding you through a process of changing thoughts or behaviors and even your body image through harnessing the power of the mind. Hypnosis is a guided state of relaxation in which trained hypnotherapists call the trance state. During this state, positive suggestions can be made that can help the person to achieve goals, break a bad habit, or initiate a healing. Hypnosis is safe and can be used to create positive lasting change in a person’s life.

The hypnotist uses a “talking language” to guide the subject through a series of visualization exercises or NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).

Hypnosis will work for everyone except the person who does not want it to work.

There are a lot of myths concerning hypnotism. Basically hypnotism is a relaxed state of being in which one wakes up completely refreshed or may chose to end the hypnosis session by dropping off to sleep.

Hypnosis can be used for changing thought patterns, behaviors, and can even be used to change the physical body.

It is a completely natural way to absorb information. Someone who wishes NOT to be hypnotized cannot be hypnotized. You can also not be made to do anything morally or ethically that you would not normally do when not hypnotized. You cannot be made to do anything against your will.

Hypnosis can also be used by a licensed therapist to decrease your perception of pain, decrease cravings, or increase your ability to cope with a given situation.

Hypnosis can be used to control pain of childbirth, or that experienced when undergoing chemotherapy. It can also control symptoms of asthma.

Hypnosis works by shifting your attention and allowing you to focus on a object of desire - a goal, habit or suggestion.

When you are in the state of hypnosis you are:

more focused

more responsive to suggestions

more open to ideas and less of a critical or disbelieving nature.

Hypnosis has been used to successfully change negative behaviors or bad habits such as smoking, bed-wetting, and overeating. It has been used to reduce fear, anziety and stress.

The Myths Surrounding Hypnosis

One common myth concerning hypnosis is that you surrender your will when under hypnosis.

The truth is that hypnosis is just an altered state of mind and as such you do not lose your sense of being, your personality or your free will.

Another misconception is that when you are under hypnosis, the therapist completely controls what you do.

Hypnosis is something that those participating in, do for themselves. They are participants and you are just guiding the therapists or hypo therapists for a short period of time.

Some persons think that you will lose consciousness and have amnesia when you come out of it.

A few persons may experience spontaneous amnesia, but most persons remember everything that happened while under hypnosis.

Some have the fear that you can be put on hypnosis without your consent or awareness of being hypnotized.

Even those who volunteer to be hypnotized can find it difficult to be put under hypnosis.

Decrease or limit the experience of phobias. It has been used to reduce the pain felt during dental and surgical procedures. It can also be used in other medical procedures like treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), to control nausea and vomiting when receiving chemotherapy and to promote healing for some skin diseases such as warts, psoriasis and dermatitis. Hypnosis is to be used as part of a treatment plan and not the only treatment.

A hypnotherapist can teach one how to self-hypnosis. Hypnosis is not just for medical goals. It can be quite useful for athletics that are looking for the extra boost of confidence in achieving goals regarding physical performance.