What Is Hypnosis?
If we think about it, we all enter in and out of various levels of hypnosis or trance every day. Please read the two examples.
Have you ever driven somewhere, and all of a sudden arrive at our destination; AND arrived safely? This phenomenon is called “Highway Hypnosis”. We can be assured that we stopped at every light and sign, and followed every rule of the road during the trip. Our subconscious mind would not allow otherwise, because one of the main functions of the subconscious mind is safety, our own safety.
Another example of hypnosis is whereby we enter states of hypnosis at work, school or home. We can be off in a place far from our current physical locale, almost as if we are transported in time or space to somewhere else. We’ve all done this also; and it’s called daydreaming. Everyone daydreams to some extent.
Hypnosis is nothing like depicted by Hollywood and other negatively portrayed models. It is a safe mode of assisted relaxation, whereby nothing “bad” can/will happen because the clients’ subconscious mind will always, automatically keep them safe and out of harm’s way. Safety is always one of the main “jobs” of the subconscious mind. Hypnosis is not a mind control trick because the mind will not let us do anything we don't want to do. Remember this, one of the main functions of the subconscious is the protection of self from harm and/or doing anything the person does not think is proper behavior for that individual.
Hypnosis is not a truth serum either. If you’re not one who tells the truth before going into a hypnotic relaxation, the odds are extremely high, maybe even 100 percent, that you are not going to tell the truth while under hypnosis (unless, of course, you want to really tell the truth). If it were a truth serum, then Law enforcement agencies would be allowed to use it all the time. But the problem is, when under hypnosis a liar will lie and a non-liar is prone to make something up, confabulate, based on perception of the particular circumstance.
Hypnosis is nothing more than a heightened state of awareness and suggestibility between a trained, professional hypnotist and the client. Hypnosis is a tool for said hypnotist to assist the client to achieve specific goals that the client wants to achieve. In a manner of speaking, the client is 100 percent in the driver’s seat. Hypnosis is successful if the client is ready and willing to move forward. There is no magic in the power of the “healing mind”. Hypnosis is used as a tool for helping to ease or remove problems, habits, unwanted behaviors, or addictions that have been practiced for a long time. Hypnosis has also been used to help with grief stricken individuals, pain analgesia/anesthesia, exam anxiety, sports motivation, life or career motivation, increasing an individual’s self-esteem and more. Hypnosis, depending on your belief system, has also been used as a tool in Past Life Regression (PLR) work; and there have been many non-fiction books written on this subject. Whatever they believe, most hypnotists will provide PLR’s when trained in the process.
In closing, we just want to state that there are many misguided, misconceived and unfounded beliefs in regards to hypnosis. They are not true and some have been levied by individuals that seek to gain substantially in financial terms by placing this cloud over the hypnosis industry. If it was an unsubstantiated practice, hypnosis would not be recognized by the Department of Labor, the Catholic Church, the American Medical Association, and the British Medical Association to name a few. It is a healing technique, a mere tool that can assist the overburdened and overpriced healthcare industry and save people a little bit of money in the long run.
If we think about it, we all enter in and out of various levels of hypnosis or trance every day. Please read the two examples.
Have you ever driven somewhere, and all of a sudden arrive at our destination; AND arrived safely? This phenomenon is called “Highway Hypnosis”. We can be assured that we stopped at every light and sign, and followed every rule of the road during the trip. Our subconscious mind would not allow otherwise, because one of the main functions of the subconscious mind is safety, our own safety.
Another example of hypnosis is whereby we enter states of hypnosis at work, school or home. We can be off in a place far from our current physical locale, almost as if we are transported in time or space to somewhere else. We’ve all done this also; and it’s called daydreaming. Everyone daydreams to some extent.
Hypnosis is nothing like depicted by Hollywood and other negatively portrayed models. It is a safe mode of assisted relaxation, whereby nothing “bad” can/will happen because the clients’ subconscious mind will always, automatically keep them safe and out of harm’s way. Safety is always one of the main “jobs” of the subconscious mind. Hypnosis is not a mind control trick because the mind will not let us do anything we don't want to do. Remember this, one of the main functions of the subconscious is the protection of self from harm and/or doing anything the person does not think is proper behavior for that individual.
Hypnosis is not a truth serum either. If you’re not one who tells the truth before going into a hypnotic relaxation, the odds are extremely high, maybe even 100 percent, that you are not going to tell the truth while under hypnosis (unless, of course, you want to really tell the truth). If it were a truth serum, then Law enforcement agencies would be allowed to use it all the time. But the problem is, when under hypnosis a liar will lie and a non-liar is prone to make something up, confabulate, based on perception of the particular circumstance.
Hypnosis is nothing more than a heightened state of awareness and suggestibility between a trained, professional hypnotist and the client. Hypnosis is a tool for said hypnotist to assist the client to achieve specific goals that the client wants to achieve. In a manner of speaking, the client is 100 percent in the driver’s seat. Hypnosis is successful if the client is ready and willing to move forward. There is no magic in the power of the “healing mind”. Hypnosis is used as a tool for helping to ease or remove problems, habits, unwanted behaviors, or addictions that have been practiced for a long time. Hypnosis has also been used to help with grief stricken individuals, pain analgesia/anesthesia, exam anxiety, sports motivation, life or career motivation, increasing an individual’s self-esteem and more. Hypnosis, depending on your belief system, has also been used as a tool in Past Life Regression (PLR) work; and there have been many non-fiction books written on this subject. Whatever they believe, most hypnotists will provide PLR’s when trained in the process.
In closing, we just want to state that there are many misguided, misconceived and unfounded beliefs in regards to hypnosis. They are not true and some have been levied by individuals that seek to gain substantially in financial terms by placing this cloud over the hypnosis industry. If it was an unsubstantiated practice, hypnosis would not be recognized by the Department of Labor, the Catholic Church, the American Medical Association, and the British Medical Association to name a few. It is a healing technique, a mere tool that can assist the overburdened and overpriced healthcare industry and save people a little bit of money in the long run.
