Thursday, October 30, 2008

Understanding the Basic of Hypnosis


Hypnosis is a communication technique that may induce a trance or trance-like state in an individual. This hypnotic trance state is a natural occurring condition where the individual's attention is focused, relaxed and relatively free of distractions. Hypnosis can also be conducted alone or what is commonly known as self-hypnosis. Usually subjects in this hypnotic state of mind have an attention that is directed internally (feelings, thoughts, etc.) or externally (physical objects, person, etc) and their attention can be sometimes quite intense that other stimuli in the environment are blocked out from their awareness.

Similar to the psychotherapy, hypnosis can also help people to enter into a comfortable, relaxed state which in turn will generate specific therapeutic results. In clinical hypnosis, the hypnotherapist will make hypnotic-based suggestions to help individuals arrange specific internal or mental processes, such as thoughts, memories, and feelings, which will eventually lead them to more positive outcomes.

Suggestions that are made to people under the influence of hypnosis can actually change their behavior especially when the listeners are receptive, relatively relaxed, and open to the suggestions. Similarly, the equivalent effects can also be experienced when the subjects are influenced by the auditory or visual representations of the suggestions and also if they actually anticipate and envisage the result of these hypnotic suggestions.

In addition, hypnosis can also sometimes be used to actually uncover memories that have been selectively blocked out by the individuals. Hypnosis may or may not work in this regard but sometimes when the memories do come back, they can sometimes be distressing or unpleasant even though that's not always the case. Some individuals may also feel a little confused or disoriented after undergoing hypnosis. If this is the case, the hypnotherapist and subject may work together earlier before the start of the hypnosis session to actually ensure that the client is fully alert when leaving the hypnotherapist's office.

Finally, the hypnotic induction states can be initiated to an individual by using specific hypnosis language patterns that are usually composed of repetitive speech, guided visualization, associative statements, directed stories, equivalence, and also cause-effect relationship.

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