Myth and Facts About Hypnosis:
Myth: Hypnosis works like truth serum. Fact: Just as in the previous myth, a hypnotherapist cannot make you do or say anything that is against your nature. You will not tell a hypnotherapist anything you don't really want them to know. And yes, it is possible to lie while hypnotized. Remember, you know what you are doing when you are hypnotized. You also know what you are saying. Actually, if you are given to telling untruths you may find you are even better at it while in a hypnotic state. The hypnotic state allows you to better access your "creative genius", enabling you to fabricate or embellish a story more fully and colorfully than when in a waking state.
Myth: Only the mentally challenged can be hypnotized.
Fact: Quite the opposite. Most mentally challenged individuals cannot be hypnotized, while people with IQ's registering normal and above can be. In order to enter the hypnotic, state a person must be able to hold their focus or attention on something, be it an object such as a crystal pendulum (and yes, even a swinging watch J), or someone's voice, a good book or a movie for a given amount of time in order to slip into the hypnotic state. Typically the mentally challenged individual's attention span is far too short to allow them to hold their focus long enough to enter the hypnotic state.
So, other than the mentally challenged who cannot be hypnotized?
Some medications can interfere with inducing a trance state as can some medical conditions.
Several reasons why people may unconsciously resist being hypnotized are:
Remember, if you ever daydream, get lost in a good book, or have experienced highway hypnosis, then you know you can be hypnotized.
Myth: Being hypnotized shows weakness and a lack of control
Fact: The opposite is again true. When one utilizes the hypnotic state for self-improvement and/or healing they actually gain control over virtually every aspect of their being. Besides, I reiterate, hypnosis is a totally natural mental and physiological phenomena which happens spontaneously to almost everyone on a regular, and usually daily, basis.
Myth: Hypnosis is dangerous
Fact: If hypnosis were dangerous most of us would be doomed to the possibility of death or injury almost daily. Remember, a daydream is a hypnotic state as is highway hypnosis.
Myth: Only the mentally challenged can be hypnotized.
Fact: Quite the opposite. Most mentally challenged individuals cannot be hypnotized, while people with IQ's registering normal and above can be. In order to enter the hypnotic, state a person must be able to hold their focus or attention on something, be it an object such as a crystal pendulum (and yes, even a swinging watch J), or someone's voice, a good book or a movie for a given amount of time in order to slip into the hypnotic state. Typically the mentally challenged individual's attention span is far too short to allow them to hold their focus long enough to enter the hypnotic state.
So, other than the mentally challenged who cannot be hypnotized?
- People under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
- People who don't want to be hypnotized.
- People who think they want to be hypnotized but unconsciously resist being hypnotized.
Some medications can interfere with inducing a trance state as can some medical conditions.
Several reasons why people may unconsciously resist being hypnotized are:
- They are afraid. They may not have a full understanding of the hypnotic process, nor be fully aware of what hypnosis really is.
- They are uncomfortable with the hypnotherapist
- They are uncomfortable with their surroundings.
- They have been sent to a hypnotherapist to achieve an outcome they do not really want, like in the example of the smoker who didn't really want to quit.
Remember, if you ever daydream, get lost in a good book, or have experienced highway hypnosis, then you know you can be hypnotized.
Myth: Being hypnotized shows weakness and a lack of control
Fact: The opposite is again true. When one utilizes the hypnotic state for self-improvement and/or healing they actually gain control over virtually every aspect of their being. Besides, I reiterate, hypnosis is a totally natural mental and physiological phenomena which happens spontaneously to almost everyone on a regular, and usually daily, basis.
Myth: Hypnosis is dangerous
Fact: If hypnosis were dangerous most of us would be doomed to the possibility of death or injury almost daily. Remember, a daydream is a hypnotic state as is highway hypnosis.
Source: hypnotherapyservices.com
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