What Is Hypnosis

Hypnosis is an altered state, where the body and conscious mind are relaxed to allow direct communication with the subconscious mind. The reason for this is that the subconscious is an incredibly powerful tool that can have dramatic effects on us without our knowing. For example, phobias start in the subconscious; they then influence our behaviour in our daily lives. By talking directly to the subconscious we can bypass the conscious mind that will analyze and filter what is said to it, the subconscious will take what we say at a more literal sense. I must stress hypnosis is not a child’s plaything it is incredibly powerful tool that should be treated with respect

What Hypnosis Is Not

It is not mind control! The classic stereotypical depiction was of a gentlemen in a cape with a goatee beard (that looks somewhat like the devil in human form) with piercing eyes that could turn you into a zombie like slave with a single glare. This is of course total fiction when under hypnosis you will not do anything that you would not normally do . There is an example of this; in the early 1900’s a group of medical student’s were being taught about hypnosis by a professor. He had placed a female subject in a trance and was demonstrating how he could get her to lift her arm and keep it rigid among other things . The professor was hurriedly called away and left one of his students to look after the woman. Medical students being what they are they decided to see what they could get her to do. Lifting one arm, lifting one leg, then the student that had been left in charge decided to tell the female subject to remove her top; at this the subject immediately snapped out of the deep trance she was under and promptly slapped the student’s face and left the auditorium. Therefore, under hypnosis you will not make a fool of your self, strip off and do star jumps or any other of the silly stuff you see on TV, unless of course you would do that sort of thing in your normal waking state.