So, What Is Hypnosis?
Writing by richard on Tuesday, 20 of January , 2009 at 11:51 am
Hypnosis is a real mystery to most people. What is known is that it is state of mind or set of attitudes typically brought on by a technique called hypnotic induction. Hypnotic induction involves a series of instructions alongside suggestions. These suggestions can be aimed at a subject (hetero-hypnosis) or directed at them self (self-hypnosis or autohypnosis). When used for therapeutic reasons hypnosis is seen as hypnotherapy.
Both the phrases ‘hypnotism’ and ‘hypnosis’ originate from the term ‘neuro-hypnotism’ which means nervous sleep, discovered by James Braid, a Scottish physician and surgeon in 1841. This phrase he coined distinguished his theory from that (Mesmerism or animal magnetism) of Franz Anton Mesmer.
Contrary to popular belief, hypnosis does not in fact place the receiver in an unconscious mental state akin to sleep, rather its effect is to create a wakeful state of focused attention and increased suggestibility alongside reduced awareness of the immediate surroundings.
Category: conversational hypnosis
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