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What
are the definition of hypnosis? What is the difference
between hypnotherapy and popular beliefs about it?
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The
Hypnosis is often understood as a method of hypnotist
manipulation of some person. Until a certain extent it
is true; the hypnotist is influencing the person being
hypnotized. But in fact the control of hypnotist over
hypnotized person is not ultimate. The hypnotist is more
guide than somebody in control.
Firstly,
it is necessary to understand what is the hypnosis. The
definition of hypnosis says that it is the bypass of
conscious mind filters and establishment of acceptable
selective thinking.
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The hypnosis is heightened state of awareness.
During the hypnosis, the body is relaxed and eyes
are closed. It is possible to feel some bodily
sensations like absolute relaxation and sense of
detachment from the body or floating. It is
possible to feel warmth. The body can be felt as
heavy or a very light. All these sensations are
pleasant.
To
be in suggestible state means to be amore aware.
This is why hypnotized person cannot be forced or
tricked by hypnotist into things that he/she does
not agree. Nothing can go wrong for hypnotized
person. The worst thing that can happen is that
person fall asleep during the hypnosis.
How
the hypnosis state looks like? Do you ever
experience hypnosis state? Actually yes. If you
ever daydream ( who doesn’t, at least sometimes
in the life ?) you are entering the state of
complete focus on your daydream, but are still
aware of your surrounding. Another type of
hypnosis is driver's hypnosis. If you drive with
known route, focused on your thoughts, you can
suddenly find yourself arrived at your
destination, without noticing how quickly you
arrived. This happens since you are highly focused
on your thoughts.
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Guided
hypnosis is technically different. The hypnotist is
guiding the person, gradually from relaxation to
suggestions to subconscious mind. But still the
hypnotized person is aware of whole process, since it is
focused on all instructions given by hypnotherapist. The
hypnotized person in influenced by hypnosis, but is
aware and focused all time. At same time the hypnotized
person cannot be forced to do something that is against
his safety or moral attitudes. This is simply because
the person hypnotized is aware of whole process.
Hypnotist cannot force a person to adopt a new idea
unless the hypnotized person agrees.
There
are many popular beliefs about hypnosis and effects.
These beliefs are caused by movies, magazines or even
some hypnotists who wants to bring some theatrical
effects. But at the end the hypnotist is only
facilitator of the process, while hypnotized person is
the one who need to agree on a given suggestions in
order to have them effect on a subconscious mind.
Recommended
Reading:
3
Levels of Human Mind
Hypnosis:
Characteristics and Phenomenon
Are
You Being Hypnotized?
Wakefulness,
Dreams and Hypnosis
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