Dear Reader,
What do you think about when you hear the word "hypnosis"? Do you immediately visualize a man dressed in black cape swinging his watch, looking into his subjects' eye and commanding "You are feeling sleepy!" or does the word remind you of those "stop smoking with hypnosis" slogans? Maybe you associate hypnosis with sleep or near sleep state when you have to obey commands of a hypnotist without will?
Well, hypnosis is all of the above and none of the above. It can certainly be used for all of the mentioned scenarios but the theory and concept behind hypnosis is deeper than that.
Hypnosis is a state of consciousness when the conscious mind is "switched off", so to speak. It creates the state of heightened suggestibility that can be used to slide in the hypnotic suggestion. Another comparison that I like is your subconsciousness is like a dark cave full of mysterious things that we can only guess about. The conscious mind is like a dutiful guard watching what gets into this cave and what does not. Hypnosis is a way to put this guard to sleep or at least temporarily distract his attention.
Hypnosis has always fascinated humankind. From the ancient records we read stories about wizard, witches that remind us of present day hypnotists. For that matter every manipulation of human awareness can be called hypnosis.
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For me hypnosis is a very interesting art and I am keen to know more about it..Thanks for giving me the basic knowledge of hypnosis.
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