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What is
Hypnosis?
Can
Hypnosis Help You?
What are
some Misconceptions About Hypnosis?
Is
Hypnosis Safe?
Hypnosis has long been regarded as a viable method of
changing unwanted habits and behaviors. Once we discover our
untapped skills and make positive use of them, the
possibilities are virtually endless.
Many people have experienced miraculous changes in their
life, as a result of having used hypnosis in order to change
unwanted or limiting behaviors. Hypnotic suggestion may be
directed toward behavior, emotions, sensations, physiologic
processes, cognition, imagery, and relationships.
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Medical hypnosis is an accepted form of
medical treatment. In 1958, the American Medical Association
officially approved hypnosis as a form of treatment in all
areas of medicine and surgery. Hypnosis is one of the oldest
forms of treating people and dates back to ancient Egypt.
The Ebers Papers, one of the oldest human writings dated 300
BC, describes the use of hypnosis in the treatment of human
illness.
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There are many misconceptions about hypnosis
that have been impressed on us by books, movies, cartoons
and television programs. Hypnosis, therefore, has been
associated in the minds of people with control and the super
natural.
Nothing can be farther from the truth. Hypnosis is a natural
state of consciousness that we have all been in before.
Although the word sleep is used to describe the trance, the
patient is far from being asleep. A person in hypnosis is
aware of his surroundings in a detached sort of way and is
more receptive to acceptable suggestions. The mind is
concentrated on the suggestions and pays very little
attention to anything else (much like being deeply involved
in a movie or reading a book).
Hypnosis is not:
Sleep
Dangerous
Loss of self-control
Being weak-minded
A state of unconsciousness
Being controlled by someone
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Is It Safe?
Actually of all therapies, medical and non-medical, hypnosis
is the safest. It has no side effects other than feeling
calm and refreshed.
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