Exactly How And The Reason Why Hypnosis Is Effective?
Modern hypnotherapy has been used for 100s of years to build self-confidence, change
behavior, reduce weight with weight loss programs, stop smoking, improve memory, end behavior
complications in youngsters and also eliminate anxiety, fear and phobias.
The question is, WHAT IS HYPNOSIS? Hypnosis is a condition of mind characterized by relaxed
brain waves and a condition of hyper-suggestibility. Hypnosis and hypnotic strategies have
played a important role in healing for thousands of years. According to the World Health
Organization, 90% of the general human population can easily be hypnotised. Hypnosis is a completely
standard state that just about everyone has encountered. What we call “highway hypnosis” is a
natural hypnotic condition. You drive somewhere and don’t remember driving or even remember
seeing the usual sites. You are on automatic pilot. The natural hypnotic state also exists
when you become so involved in a book, TV show or a number of other activity that everything else
is blocked out. Somebody can talk to you and you don’t even see or hear them. Whenever you
focus that strongly, you automatically slide into the natural hypnotic state.
The hypnotic state, by itself, is only useful for the relaxation it creates. The real importance
of hypnosis to the healing and emotive change process is that while you are in the hypnotic
state, your mind is open and receptive to suggestions. Positive and healing recommendations are
able to sink deeply into your mind considerably more quickly and clearly than when you are in a
normal, awake state of mind. I say positive recommendations because all research has
proven that while in the hypnotic state, you cannot be made to perform something against
your moral values.
All of our habitual and behavior controlling thoughts reside throughout what is called our subconscious
mind. It’s called that simply because it is much deeper than our conscious mind. It’s below our degree of
consciousness. We are not aware of the thoughts and feelings that reside there. Did you ever
overlook you had a dental appointment or some other appointment that you really didn’t want to
keep? Your subconscious mind is where that thought or memory that you had to go to the
dentist at 2 PM went when you forgot you had the appointment. The moment it was too late to go,
your conscious mind relaxed and the memory came back again.
Visualize that there is a trap door between your conscious mind and your subconscious mind.
Normally, the trap door is closed until your brain waves slow down to a relaxed, alpha brain
wave level. This takes place when you are asleep. The door opens for short periods of time and
ideas, images and thoughts come out of your subconscious mind. We call what comes out in
your sleep, “dreams”. When you are in a state of hypnosis, the door also opens so helpful
ideas can be directed into your subconscious mind or neglected memories can be
retrieved.
The hypnotic induction that hypnotists use is simply a way to focus your interest and
concentration so you will go into that natural, normal hypnotic state. Once in the state of
hypnosis, the trap door opens and recommendations to help you can be given. The list of ways
hypnosis has been used to help young children, adolescents and grown ups is practically endless but
does include: weight loss, stopping smoking, building self-confidence and self-esteem,
enhancing academic performance at just about every age level, improving test taking ability from children
through high school, college, medical and law school as well as the National Teacher
Certification Exam, pain management, removing anxiety, fear and phobias, stress
management, insomnia and other sleep problems and helping to heal physical problems.
The Three Keys to the successful use of hypnosis for self advancement and personal growth
are self motivation, repetition and believable suggestions.
1. The motivation to change must come from within you. If you are trying to change
simply because someone else wants you to “lose weight” or “stop smoking”, the chances are
greately lowered that the hypnosis will work. For instance, I’ve worked with many
individuals for weight loss or to quit smoking cigarettes who came to me because their physician or
partner wanted them to change. These types of people do not respond as well to the hypnosis
as those which truly want to change. Those who came because they wanted to quit
smoking or lose weight responded quickly and easily. Before you begin to use hypnosis
with regard to your self improvement, you should get it clear in your own mind why you want to
change. This particular clear intention to change will help the hypnotic suggestions to take hold
as well as manifest themselves in your everyday life.
2. To really work well, suggestions must be strengthened by repetition. Most of the habits,
feelings and emotions we want to change are deeply implanted in our subconscious mind and
will not just “go away” with one set of suggestions. The majority of of the time, the hypnotic suggestions
need to be repeated on a regular basis until you notice a transformation. This is one reason that
the majority of specialists in hypnosis give clients CD’s of their training so they can listen to
them every day. It’s also the reason why hypnosis CD’s you buy can work so well. You get to
listen to them every day or often enough that the suggestions become permanently a part of
you. There is no way to predict how long it will take to see change. It will depend partly on
your motivation and commitment.
3. The third key to the productive use of hypnosis for personalized change is believable
ideas. If you are to accept a suggestion, your mind must first accept it as a real
possibility. Telling a chocoholic that chocolate will be disgusting to them and will make
them sick is too big a stretch for the imagination. If a suggestion like this even took
hold, it could only last a limited time because it would be so unbelievable to a real
chocolate lover. Throughout cases like this, one of the successful weight loss suggestions to use
is that the next time the person consumes chocolate, it will not taste quite as great as the
occasion before. This is far more suitable and believable to most people. Then,
with enough repetition over a period of time, chocolate loses much of it’s positive taste and control over that person.
One ultimate note is that THIS HYPNOSIS POWER PACK IS NOT DANGEROUS.
An individual cannot be made to do anything that is in opposition to your moral
values. An novice or stage hypnotist might give you suggestions that may
embarrass you, might not work or that might make you feel unpleasant or self-conscious
at the time. Toavoid this, stick with this professionally designed Hypnosis Power Pack.
The one risk I know about involves falling asleep. If you tend to be tired or if you become too relaxed, you may move from the
condition of hypnosis to the normal sleep state. This is fine if you were going to go to sleep right
after the trance but if you have got other plans after listening to a hypnosis CD, you may want to
set an alarm clock just in case you fall asleep. In relation to this, in no way listen to a hypnosis CD whilst driving. It is
really dangerous for you and everybody else on the road. Do not even listen to it if you are usually a
passanger as the relaxation suggestions could make the driver fall asleep.
Over the years, self development and personal growth using hypnosis has made it easier for millions of
people change their lives completely because it is a
harmless and effective tool for changingyour own thoughts, feelings and habits.
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