How Hypnosis Works

Have you ever thought of being hypnotized? Maybe while in college or at some retreat a hypnotist might have been hired as the entertainment. It is possible you have seen shows on television that demonstrate a hypnotist making people onstage do some really strange things, such as making them think they were a monkey, a dog, or make them think they are even a member of the opposite sex. Hypnotists can be great entertainment, but there are other ways hypnosis works. There are therapeutic hypnotists who can help people with pain management, quit smoking, or to lose weight.

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Ever wondered how hypnosis works? You may be thinking the person that is hypnotized is under a “spell” or in a trance. This is false. When a person is being hypnotized, they are in a heightened sense of awareness and still have total free will. Although we have made outstanding advances in the field of hypnosis, there is still an air of mystery to it. Psychologists have begun to recognize some of the general characteristics of being hypnotized. Mostly, it is a sort of trance that allows for extreme suggestibility, relaxation and a heightened sense of imagination. The person being hypnotized is not asleep, but more of a feeling like you would get when you “lose yourself” in a book or a movie. Your focus is totally aimed on that particular subject and nothing else. When you have been hypnotized, you see the suggestions of the hypnotist as a reality. Just like when you get into a horror movie, you feel so close to being caught up in the movie, you jump out of your seat when you become frightened. While under the hypnotic “trance,” the hypnotist has a more direct link to your subconscious mind.

There is a difference between the conscious mind and the subconscious mind. The conscious mind is the main inhibitive component in your brain, with it being the part that puts the brakes on when you realize something just isn’t right, and the subconscious mind is in the driver’s seat for your imagination and impulse. When your subconscious mind is in control, you have the feeling of being free and may actually be more creative and less inhibited. The reason hypnotized people do those crazy things is because their conscious mind is not filtering through everything.

After various studies on the brain and body functions when a person is under hypnosis, there were no physical changes in the body. However, the heart rate and respirations did show a decrease, due to the heightened sense of relaxation. There also seemed to be a change in the makeup of the brain while the subject is hypnotized. While performing EEGs (electroencephalographs) the research showed that under hypnosis, different brain waves are produced. It is also a known fact that different brain waves are also used when a person is asleep, or dreaming, as well as when they are fully alert and thinking.

Many people have come to realize, you may not need a specialized hypnotist to reach the heightened sense of your subconscious mind. A person can even hypnotize themselves using the proper relaxation and focusing methods.

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