Often I have people tell me that they are unable to be hypnotized. The people who assert the previous statement tend to fall into two categories:
people who believe that they are too intelligent to be hypnotized, or people unsure what hypnosis is.
Hypnotizability is, in fact, a sign of intelligence and was used extensively by such brilliant artists as Aldous Huxley and Mozart.
For people who are unsure of what hypnosis is, and what it feels like, we talk about that subject in greater detail here.
Once you learn how to navigate that in-between, dream-like state, you will be amazed at your hidden abilities and strengths! That dream-like state is a normal part of the human consciousness. In a private one-on-one session, it just becomes a question of how deep you are willing to go in the presence of another person. Most people readily outsource their daily trance to the biggest hypnotizer of all time: television.
There are only three types of people that are unable to be hypnotized:
· A person in a psychotic process or with a thought disorder.
· A person with a low IQ.
· A person who does not want to be hypnotized.
Three conditions must be met for a person to benefit from hypnosis:
· The person must agree to be hypnotized.
· Participate in the process with their full attention.
· Be able to use their imagination or improvise.
So, what exactly is Hypnotherapy, how does it work? To understand the phenomenon of hypnosis, first, we should clear up a few myths or misconceptions.
Hypnosis is not mind control, it cannot make you do something you do not want to do.
Then the question comes up, then what about stage hypnosis?
A Stage Hypnotist's job is to make sure they find individuals in the audience that will be the most entertaining.
The hypnotist will look for extraverted people who like being on stage and are natural showmen or clowns. People with this type of personality are eager and waiting for the hypnotist to instruct them to do the silliest things and want to get the crowd going.
Because most people are only familiar with stage hypnosis, they are not sure how hypnosis will feel. What hypnosis feels like is a guided meditation that gets you into deep relaxation. Or too put it another way, hypnosis feels like daydreaming.
Neither the hypnotherapist nor the hypnosis can make you re-enforce decisions you do not wish to make. Instead, Hypnotherapy is a powerful tool that can assist you in re-enforcing and strengthening decisions you have already made for yourself and that you want to re-enforce.
When you utilize hypnosis properly, you can gain significant leverage over unhealthy, unproductive, or unwanted habits. Especially the habits you often do without thinking or only to catch yourself after the fact. It is proven to overcome pain, improve memory and concentration, conquer bad habits, and free you from fears, phobias, panic, anxiety, insomnia, headaches, depression, and low energy. It can empower you to heal emotional trauma, forgive past wrongs, and accomplish your goals. It is useful in every area of self-improvement.
The effectiveness of new drugs is tested against the placebo (sugar pill). The reason for this is the power of the mind can, and does, have a measurable effect on things. If one person can use their mind to cure an ailment with a sugar pill, then we can all be cured. Our minds are a powerful tool and the power is within all of us.
Melove