Signs of Trance
There are several outward signs of trance that can be observed in all subjects. These signs
can not be simulated by the subject. The subject will exhibit at least one, and in many
cases, multiple signs.
Body warmth, many subjects note a distinct change in body temperature. Many subjects feel cold, and others feel warm. This is attributed to the lower pulse rate and extreme relaxation of the subject.
Fluttering eyelids (R. E. M.),virtually all subjects in trance exhibit a 'fluttering of eyelids'. The subject is actually in R.E. M. state. (Rapid Eye Movement) Reddening of the eyes all subjects will demonstrate a reddening of the eyes once they've entered trance. This phenomenon is attributed to the relaxation of the muscles in the eyes of the subject, allowing a greater flow of blood through the veins.
Increased lacrimation, many subjects, upon entering trance, will exhibit an increased 'tearing of the eyes.' This is attributed to the relaxation of the muscles surrounding the tear ducts.
Eyes rolling back many subjects, upon entering trance, will experience their eyes rolling back in their head. It will appear as if the subject is looking up through the top of his head.
1.24.2009
How to do Hypnosis, tips for the newbie
This article will form as basis for the newbie hypnotists to practically learn and implement how to induce hypnosis successfully at first attempt. The understanding between the hypnotist and the subject is very crucial. And to establish this compatibility, the hypnotists must spell out exactly what he is going to do with the subject as well as what is expected from the subject.
The rapport further can be established with these points:
a. The hypnotist must also dispel all misconceptions that there will not be any unconsciousness, the subject can wake up easily, and that he will not reveal the secrets.
b. The hypnotist should advise the subject concentrate on the suggestion given to him.
c. He should also stress that subject's wishes will be followed in formulating suggestions.
What I have also found in most hypnotists is lack of confidence in their ability to induce hypnosis, this reflects dramatically in the subjects mind simply because the subject picks up this insecurities and hesitancy of the hypnotist with the suggestions. Therefore, it is very imperative that the hypnotist believes in himself and approaches with a positive attitude expecting a successful induction. The suggestions are meant to be based on basic common sense and logic avoiding deception. This is where the difference between controlling and fooling the subject lies.
Now I am going to reveal the 10 most useful, practical and potent tips to achieve a successful hypnotic induction:
1. First and foremost, there is no such thing as good subject or bad subject (people being hypnotized). Hypnotizibility depends on the fear the subject has. If there is no fear in the mind of the subject deep stage of hypnosis is possible. It is always better to remove all fears before beginning the induction process.
2. When you start hypnotizing somebody do that with suggestibility tests like "hand clasp test, falling backward, falling forward, arm catalepsy test,". These tests are very easy to use. The success in these simple tests will create a belief in you that you will do better in advanced techniques.
3. The subject receives and follows the suggestions when he is completely comfortable during the induction process. He could lose focus and interrupt the induction process if he feels a slightest discomfort or inconvenience. These interruptions become obstacles leading to an inevitable failure. Therefore the location and seating should be comfortable. Unavoidable external sounds or distractions can be used as reinforcement in induction.
4. Remarks such as this is also very helpful "If you follow my simple XYZ suggestions, such as looking at a place where I point, or closing your eyes, counting yourself, imaging, thinking, feeling, that your legs are getting heavier and heavier, you will follow other more complex suggestions.
5. One more technique that I found very effective is as follows "The ability to achieve hypnosis is within you. I do not hypnotize you. You do. I will not force you into hypnosis. However, if you really wish to be hypnotized at your own pace and by your own effort, all you have to do is to follow the XYZ suggestions. If you follow these in sequence, you should readily develop a nice, pleasant state of relaxation, provided that you really wish to reach the ultimate goal of very, very deep relaxation".
6. It is always better to repeat words like relax, going deeper and deeper into relaxation. This increases relaxation.
7. It is better to first build simple suggestions of ideo-sensory and ideo-motor sequentially followed by advanced ones. This process is helps to remove voluntary movements and favorable to hypnotic relaxation. For example "With each breath (idiomatic) you take and every number you count backward (ideo-sensory), you will allow yourself to go deeper and deeper relaxation.. 8. To facilitate the process of acceptance of suggestions it would be a better idea to reinforce a psychological suggestion (ideo-sensory) by a physiological effect, such as lightly stroking limb.
9. Go slow when giving suggestions allowing ample time for each suggestion to be absorbed.
10. Never ever tell the subject that he was difficult to induce. Always use positive words such as "You did a fantastic job, and you will do a better job next time".
It is perfectly normal that some people are difficult to go into hypnosis. Never blame them for this. Instead of condemning for the failure, give them a pat on the back and say a few words of encouragement.
Now you will learn a simple technique on how to hypnotize successfully in first attempt. Don't tell the person that you are hypnotizing him. You can use progressive relaxation. Look for the sign and when the person is in a relaxed state give him a positive suggestion that would be beneficial for him. And awaken him by giving him specific instructions such as.. "I'm now going to awaken you by counting from 1 to 3. On the counting of 3, you will awaken, feeling good, refreshed & rested as a result of these brief minutes of deep hypnosis relaxation. It is amazing what a few minutes of hypnosis can do to you.
Now,
1... coming out slowly,
2... yes, coming out now,
3...open your eyes feeling light refreshed and revitalized happy and cheerful, feeling much better than before.
After the subject opens his eyes ask him how much time he was under hypnosis, he will say a few minutes. He says that because you gave him a suggestion during awakening a few minutes of deep hypnosis relaxation but actually the time is more than a few minutes. You can show him the watch to prove it. This is the power of suggestions. Always remember these points, whenever you induce hypnosis and be confident of yourself. Confidence is the key. Follow these tips and try the next time. I'm sure you will come up with flying colors.
The rapport further can be established with these points:
a. The hypnotist must also dispel all misconceptions that there will not be any unconsciousness, the subject can wake up easily, and that he will not reveal the secrets.
b. The hypnotist should advise the subject concentrate on the suggestion given to him.
c. He should also stress that subject's wishes will be followed in formulating suggestions.
What I have also found in most hypnotists is lack of confidence in their ability to induce hypnosis, this reflects dramatically in the subjects mind simply because the subject picks up this insecurities and hesitancy of the hypnotist with the suggestions. Therefore, it is very imperative that the hypnotist believes in himself and approaches with a positive attitude expecting a successful induction. The suggestions are meant to be based on basic common sense and logic avoiding deception. This is where the difference between controlling and fooling the subject lies.
Now I am going to reveal the 10 most useful, practical and potent tips to achieve a successful hypnotic induction:
1. First and foremost, there is no such thing as good subject or bad subject (people being hypnotized). Hypnotizibility depends on the fear the subject has. If there is no fear in the mind of the subject deep stage of hypnosis is possible. It is always better to remove all fears before beginning the induction process.
2. When you start hypnotizing somebody do that with suggestibility tests like "hand clasp test, falling backward, falling forward, arm catalepsy test,". These tests are very easy to use. The success in these simple tests will create a belief in you that you will do better in advanced techniques.
3. The subject receives and follows the suggestions when he is completely comfortable during the induction process. He could lose focus and interrupt the induction process if he feels a slightest discomfort or inconvenience. These interruptions become obstacles leading to an inevitable failure. Therefore the location and seating should be comfortable. Unavoidable external sounds or distractions can be used as reinforcement in induction.
4. Remarks such as this is also very helpful "If you follow my simple XYZ suggestions, such as looking at a place where I point, or closing your eyes, counting yourself, imaging, thinking, feeling, that your legs are getting heavier and heavier, you will follow other more complex suggestions.
5. One more technique that I found very effective is as follows "The ability to achieve hypnosis is within you. I do not hypnotize you. You do. I will not force you into hypnosis. However, if you really wish to be hypnotized at your own pace and by your own effort, all you have to do is to follow the XYZ suggestions. If you follow these in sequence, you should readily develop a nice, pleasant state of relaxation, provided that you really wish to reach the ultimate goal of very, very deep relaxation".
6. It is always better to repeat words like relax, going deeper and deeper into relaxation. This increases relaxation.
7. It is better to first build simple suggestions of ideo-sensory and ideo-motor sequentially followed by advanced ones. This process is helps to remove voluntary movements and favorable to hypnotic relaxation. For example "With each breath (idiomatic) you take and every number you count backward (ideo-sensory), you will allow yourself to go deeper and deeper relaxation.. 8. To facilitate the process of acceptance of suggestions it would be a better idea to reinforce a psychological suggestion (ideo-sensory) by a physiological effect, such as lightly stroking limb.
9. Go slow when giving suggestions allowing ample time for each suggestion to be absorbed.
10. Never ever tell the subject that he was difficult to induce. Always use positive words such as "You did a fantastic job, and you will do a better job next time".
It is perfectly normal that some people are difficult to go into hypnosis. Never blame them for this. Instead of condemning for the failure, give them a pat on the back and say a few words of encouragement.
Now you will learn a simple technique on how to hypnotize successfully in first attempt. Don't tell the person that you are hypnotizing him. You can use progressive relaxation. Look for the sign and when the person is in a relaxed state give him a positive suggestion that would be beneficial for him. And awaken him by giving him specific instructions such as.. "I'm now going to awaken you by counting from 1 to 3. On the counting of 3, you will awaken, feeling good, refreshed & rested as a result of these brief minutes of deep hypnosis relaxation. It is amazing what a few minutes of hypnosis can do to you.
Now,
1... coming out slowly,
2... yes, coming out now,
3...open your eyes feeling light refreshed and revitalized happy and cheerful, feeling much better than before.
After the subject opens his eyes ask him how much time he was under hypnosis, he will say a few minutes. He says that because you gave him a suggestion during awakening a few minutes of deep hypnosis relaxation but actually the time is more than a few minutes. You can show him the watch to prove it. This is the power of suggestions. Always remember these points, whenever you induce hypnosis and be confident of yourself. Confidence is the key. Follow these tips and try the next time. I'm sure you will come up with flying colors.
How To Do Hypnosis, 9 Q&A about hypnosis
How To Do Hypnosis, present more information on Hypnosis, article i found in my research that I feel is worth sharing with every one else.
Anxiety – Your Options: Hypnosis: An Effective Alternative Treatment
By Jeanne Clark, LCSW
Introduction
Brief History of Medical Hypnosis
What Is Hypnosis?
A State of Consciousness
Hypnosis Is Not Sleep
What Does Hypnosis Feel Like?
Some People Fear Losing Control
Some People Fear the Inability to Be Hypnotized
Is Hypnosis Safe?
Introduction
Hypnosis is becoming a more popular alternative treatment for widely divergent issues such as nail biting, improved school performance, and sports performance and from smoking cessation, weight loss, anxiety, phobias, panic, to depression. Many people have misconceptions about hypnosis while others do not know how to find a qualified hypnotherapist. Here is some basic information on hypnosis.
Brief History of Medical Hypnosis
Medical hypnosis is an accepted form of medical treatment that has been used for thousands of years. Hypnosis is one of the oldest forms of medical therapy dating back to ancient Egypt. Writings dating as far back as 3000 BC describe the use of hypnosis in the treatment of human illness. In 1958 the American Medical Association (AMA) officially approved hypnosis for use in all areas of medicine and surgery.
What Is Hypnosis?
Many people misunderstand therapeutic or medical hypnosis because of the way hypnosis has been portrayed in books, movies, television, and by stage hypnotists. Medical hypnosis is very different from those portrayals. In fact, using hypnosis the way it is sometimes presented in popular media would be a violation of a social workers', or other clinicians', ethical standards. Hypnosis is a very natural state that we all enter at various times. In a hypnotic state, one’s attention is focused in one area, closing out other stimulation. It is similar to day dreaming or being so completely engrossed in a book or TV program that you may ignore someone speaking in the same room. Here is another example. Just before falling asleep every night we experience a period in which we are relaxed, but still aware of what is going on around us. This is very similar to hypnosis. In this state we are able to give ourselves suggestions. For example you may have at wanted get up at a different time then usual. You may have reminded yourself just before falling asleep to wake up early and then found you had awakened ten minutes before the alarm. In that situation, you gave yourself the idea to wake up. That idea is called a post-hypnotic suggestion and is similar to how hypnosis works.
A State of Consciousness
Hypnosis is a state of consciousness and it can be measured using an electroencephalogram (EEG), an instrument that reads brain wave activity. Hypnosis can be recognized as a state of relaxed, concentrated attention. The brain activity that is measurable during hypnosis is also found during meditation. Bringing your mind to this state is something that can be learned and practiced. Medical science has proven that there are many health benefits to be gained from this state.
Hypnosis Is Not Sleep
The word “sleep” sometimes is used to describe the hypnotic trance state. However, a person in hypnosis is far from being asleep. When in hypnosis people are aware of their surroundings in a detached way. Conscious, critical thinking is more or less temporarily suspended and yet available at a moment's notice to cope with an emergency if one were to come up. Because of this relative inner quiet, people are more receptive to positive suggestions. The mind is concentrated on the suggestions and pays little attention to other things.
What Does Hypnosis Feel Like?
In general, hypnosis is a pleasant feeling of relaxation. Many people expect to feel something special or different when in hypnosis, even though it is a normal state. Hypnosis is a state in which the mind is highly absorbed or concentrated. We have all been in this state many times before. Sometimes it seems so normal to a person that he/she denies being in hypnosis. One can hear sounds going on around and sometimes one's mind wanders. Each person's experience is different and will vary from time to time. Most people feel very relaxed and comfortable and so, have little desire to move or open their eyes, although this is totally possible.
Some People Fear Losing Control
One cannot be hypnotized against one's will or without consent. Everyone achieves their own hypnotic state by cooperating with the suggestions to relax and concentrate. In reality, all hypnosis is self-hypnosis. You go into it willingly and with full awareness. The hypnotherapist is like an instructor or coach, guiding the client. In hypnosis, people will not accept any idea or suggestion that is against their religion, values, or ethical principles.
Some People Fear the Inability to Be Hypnotized
Permanent inability to go into hypnosis does not exist, although there can be a temporary unwillingness. If one is willing to cooperate and learn to let go, a moderate to deep state of hypnosis can be achieved.
Is Hypnosis Safe?
Hypnosis is a safe therapeutic tool. Hypnosis has no side effects, but like any other tool, it should be used only by a trained, qualified doctor or mental health practitioner/professional. In most states hypnosis is not regulated and there are no guidelines or licensing to do hypnosis. It is easy for the lay person to take hypnosis courses and advertise treatment. Anyone seeking help through hypnosis should inquire about the person's credentials. Make sure that he or she has a master's or doctorate degree and is licensed counselor, social worker, psychologist, dentist, or doctor, and has taken additional training in clinical, professional hypnosis or hypnotherapy. Several organizations offer certification in hypnotherapy or medical hypno-analysis. The American Academy of Medical Hypno-analysts (AAMH) Web site offers more information about hypno-analysis and help in finding someone qualified to do hypnosis. (www.aamh.com).
How to do hypnosis
Anxiety – Your Options: Hypnosis: An Effective Alternative Treatment
By Jeanne Clark, LCSW
Introduction
Brief History of Medical Hypnosis
What Is Hypnosis?
A State of Consciousness
Hypnosis Is Not Sleep
What Does Hypnosis Feel Like?
Some People Fear Losing Control
Some People Fear the Inability to Be Hypnotized
Is Hypnosis Safe?
Introduction
Hypnosis is becoming a more popular alternative treatment for widely divergent issues such as nail biting, improved school performance, and sports performance and from smoking cessation, weight loss, anxiety, phobias, panic, to depression. Many people have misconceptions about hypnosis while others do not know how to find a qualified hypnotherapist. Here is some basic information on hypnosis.
Brief History of Medical Hypnosis
Medical hypnosis is an accepted form of medical treatment that has been used for thousands of years. Hypnosis is one of the oldest forms of medical therapy dating back to ancient Egypt. Writings dating as far back as 3000 BC describe the use of hypnosis in the treatment of human illness. In 1958 the American Medical Association (AMA) officially approved hypnosis for use in all areas of medicine and surgery.
What Is Hypnosis?
Many people misunderstand therapeutic or medical hypnosis because of the way hypnosis has been portrayed in books, movies, television, and by stage hypnotists. Medical hypnosis is very different from those portrayals. In fact, using hypnosis the way it is sometimes presented in popular media would be a violation of a social workers', or other clinicians', ethical standards. Hypnosis is a very natural state that we all enter at various times. In a hypnotic state, one’s attention is focused in one area, closing out other stimulation. It is similar to day dreaming or being so completely engrossed in a book or TV program that you may ignore someone speaking in the same room. Here is another example. Just before falling asleep every night we experience a period in which we are relaxed, but still aware of what is going on around us. This is very similar to hypnosis. In this state we are able to give ourselves suggestions. For example you may have at wanted get up at a different time then usual. You may have reminded yourself just before falling asleep to wake up early and then found you had awakened ten minutes before the alarm. In that situation, you gave yourself the idea to wake up. That idea is called a post-hypnotic suggestion and is similar to how hypnosis works.
A State of Consciousness
Hypnosis is a state of consciousness and it can be measured using an electroencephalogram (EEG), an instrument that reads brain wave activity. Hypnosis can be recognized as a state of relaxed, concentrated attention. The brain activity that is measurable during hypnosis is also found during meditation. Bringing your mind to this state is something that can be learned and practiced. Medical science has proven that there are many health benefits to be gained from this state.
Hypnosis Is Not Sleep
The word “sleep” sometimes is used to describe the hypnotic trance state. However, a person in hypnosis is far from being asleep. When in hypnosis people are aware of their surroundings in a detached way. Conscious, critical thinking is more or less temporarily suspended and yet available at a moment's notice to cope with an emergency if one were to come up. Because of this relative inner quiet, people are more receptive to positive suggestions. The mind is concentrated on the suggestions and pays little attention to other things.
What Does Hypnosis Feel Like?
In general, hypnosis is a pleasant feeling of relaxation. Many people expect to feel something special or different when in hypnosis, even though it is a normal state. Hypnosis is a state in which the mind is highly absorbed or concentrated. We have all been in this state many times before. Sometimes it seems so normal to a person that he/she denies being in hypnosis. One can hear sounds going on around and sometimes one's mind wanders. Each person's experience is different and will vary from time to time. Most people feel very relaxed and comfortable and so, have little desire to move or open their eyes, although this is totally possible.
Some People Fear Losing Control
One cannot be hypnotized against one's will or without consent. Everyone achieves their own hypnotic state by cooperating with the suggestions to relax and concentrate. In reality, all hypnosis is self-hypnosis. You go into it willingly and with full awareness. The hypnotherapist is like an instructor or coach, guiding the client. In hypnosis, people will not accept any idea or suggestion that is against their religion, values, or ethical principles.
Some People Fear the Inability to Be Hypnotized
Permanent inability to go into hypnosis does not exist, although there can be a temporary unwillingness. If one is willing to cooperate and learn to let go, a moderate to deep state of hypnosis can be achieved.
Is Hypnosis Safe?
Hypnosis is a safe therapeutic tool. Hypnosis has no side effects, but like any other tool, it should be used only by a trained, qualified doctor or mental health practitioner/professional. In most states hypnosis is not regulated and there are no guidelines or licensing to do hypnosis. It is easy for the lay person to take hypnosis courses and advertise treatment. Anyone seeking help through hypnosis should inquire about the person's credentials. Make sure that he or she has a master's or doctorate degree and is licensed counselor, social worker, psychologist, dentist, or doctor, and has taken additional training in clinical, professional hypnosis or hypnotherapy. Several organizations offer certification in hypnotherapy or medical hypno-analysis. The American Academy of Medical Hypno-analysts (AAMH) Web site offers more information about hypno-analysis and help in finding someone qualified to do hypnosis. (www.aamh.com).
1.21.2009
How to do Hypnosis, the natural easy way
You can learn how to do hypnosis in different ways. It is a great power to have. You can help people and also yourself to break free from bad habits and defeat obstacles that are destroying the quality of your life. You can learn how to put people into a relaxed state in which they are open to suggestions and break free of their negative behavior.
Learning and understand exactly what is happening in a hypnotic state is important to know, and the best way to accomplish that is by learning self-hypnosis. By using hypnosis techniques on yourself, you can relieve pain, develop confidence, and break any bad habits that you may have, such as nail biting, smoking or any phobia. You can easily replace fear and negativity with self-confidence and positive thinking.
Once you have learned how to do hypnosis and have changed your bad habits, you can use your new knowledge to help other people. There are two powerful methods that can help you do this in various ways.
Traditional hypnosis, also known as overt hypnosis, involves hypnotizing a voluntary subject. The person is put into a relaxed state using an induction method. They are given suggestions, such as "You will be repulsed by cigarettes" or "You will be relaxed around other people". The person is then brought out of the hypnotic state and the hypnosis session will hopefully have had a positive and lasting effect.
Another type of hypnosis involves Influencing and persuading other people without them even knowing. This is also known as conversational hypnosis or covert hypnosis. This is a technique which is often used by salesmen to persuade customers to buy something they never really wanted.
Learning how to do hypnosis can really be a great power to master. It can be applied in numerous ways to influence people to do what you want, and best of all, it can be used during the course of an everyday conversation. It can really make you see how people think and get them to follow your way of thinking. I can really have a great affect on yourself and people around you.
Learning and understand exactly what is happening in a hypnotic state is important to know, and the best way to accomplish that is by learning self-hypnosis. By using hypnosis techniques on yourself, you can relieve pain, develop confidence, and break any bad habits that you may have, such as nail biting, smoking or any phobia. You can easily replace fear and negativity with self-confidence and positive thinking.
Once you have learned how to do hypnosis and have changed your bad habits, you can use your new knowledge to help other people. There are two powerful methods that can help you do this in various ways.
Traditional hypnosis, also known as overt hypnosis, involves hypnotizing a voluntary subject. The person is put into a relaxed state using an induction method. They are given suggestions, such as "You will be repulsed by cigarettes" or "You will be relaxed around other people". The person is then brought out of the hypnotic state and the hypnosis session will hopefully have had a positive and lasting effect.
Another type of hypnosis involves Influencing and persuading other people without them even knowing. This is also known as conversational hypnosis or covert hypnosis. This is a technique which is often used by salesmen to persuade customers to buy something they never really wanted.
Learning how to do hypnosis can really be a great power to master. It can be applied in numerous ways to influence people to do what you want, and best of all, it can be used during the course of an everyday conversation. It can really make you see how people think and get them to follow your way of thinking. I can really have a great affect on yourself and people around you.
How to do Hypnosis, Smoking Bans And How to do Hypnosis
While Smoking Bans have swept across the country over the last few years. Do they really help someone quit? Pueblo, Colorado, passed a municipal law making workplace sand public places smoke-free in 2003 and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials tracked hospitalizations for heart attacks afterward.
The good news is the Smoking Ban caused heart attacks to drop by more than 40 percent and the decrease lasted three years, federal health experts reported this few weeks ago. This is fantastic but. The question still is does the Smoking Bans Help You Quit Smoking? Yes and No? Most non-smokers or health professionals will tell you they help by making smoking more difficult to do, so the smoker will have less opportunity to smoke. Unfortunately this is not the case. Cigarette addiction is no different then alcohol or drug addiction. If a person is addicted to something they will still continue to do it.
Here is where the Bans do help. This change makes smoking less, and less socially acceptable. Many smokers will say they just got tired of being looked at as an outcast hanging outside a building every time they smoked since smoking is now banned in almost all public places. The great news is that it is now easier then ever to become a non-smoker. But what will work for you? The latest stats shows that people who try to quit without any additional help or support have only a 2-5% success rate after 12months. Those who would use a nicotine replacement or similar drug had only a 16.25% success rate. But those who used a single session of hypnosis had a 50% success rate. And that makes the Winner...Drum Roll please...Hypnosis. Further those who would use just one single session of hypnosis, and then would follow up with a pre-recorded hypnosis sessions for a follow up treatment had just over a 66% success rate. Not to mention there are no side effects from hypnosis. (Well maybe one...You live longer, possible 10 yrs longer)
So will learning How-todo-hypnosis, help you? Quite possibly yes. Give it shot, Hypnosis does have a track record that shows success. Just in case it doesnt all you lost was a little bit of your time. Well take care til next time......................Keith Layton
The good news is the Smoking Ban caused heart attacks to drop by more than 40 percent and the decrease lasted three years, federal health experts reported this few weeks ago. This is fantastic but. The question still is does the Smoking Bans Help You Quit Smoking? Yes and No? Most non-smokers or health professionals will tell you they help by making smoking more difficult to do, so the smoker will have less opportunity to smoke. Unfortunately this is not the case. Cigarette addiction is no different then alcohol or drug addiction. If a person is addicted to something they will still continue to do it.
Here is where the Bans do help. This change makes smoking less, and less socially acceptable. Many smokers will say they just got tired of being looked at as an outcast hanging outside a building every time they smoked since smoking is now banned in almost all public places. The great news is that it is now easier then ever to become a non-smoker. But what will work for you? The latest stats shows that people who try to quit without any additional help or support have only a 2-5% success rate after 12months. Those who would use a nicotine replacement or similar drug had only a 16.25% success rate. But those who used a single session of hypnosis had a 50% success rate. And that makes the Winner...Drum Roll please...Hypnosis. Further those who would use just one single session of hypnosis, and then would follow up with a pre-recorded hypnosis sessions for a follow up treatment had just over a 66% success rate. Not to mention there are no side effects from hypnosis. (Well maybe one...You live longer, possible 10 yrs longer)
So will learning How-todo-hypnosis, help you? Quite possibly yes. Give it shot, Hypnosis does have a track record that shows success. Just in case it doesnt all you lost was a little bit of your time. Well take care til next time......................Keith Layton
1.20.2009
How to do hypnosis, Home study course in Hypnosis, can it work for you
Hypnotherapy Home Study Course - The Art Of Learning To Hypnotize through being taught from a hypnosis home study course! Is it really possible that any person is able learn hypnosis from a hypnosis home study course? Is it practical and possible to learn to hypnotize from a hypnosis home study course? To get an answer let us examine how a hypnosis home study course does its job.
The hypnotized trance state is not in anyway like film shows in the movies. A hypnotized person hasn't been commanded to enter a sleeping state where is followed without questioning it. The hypnotic state is one which can be likened to that state between wakefulness and sleep. It is almost identical to that time you start to fall into the sleep state when you are in a twilight state of the mind between being fully conscious of your surroundings and unaware of the outside world, deep in sleep. It's this state you can create by using a hypnosis home study course! At such times a person is highly suggestible. You are guided to make post hypnotic suggestions in a good hypnosis home study course. Although you are completely the one who is in control during hypnosis. Remember some time when you wakened and it you didn't realize you were dreaming being unaware if a dream was real or imagined. However, it doesn't take a long time for your conscious mind to realize that what you saw was a dream.
Using a hypnosis home study course you'll know that what you are seeing is your imagination but you allow yourself to get engrossed in the scene. About 1 in every five people are capable of becoming so engrossed in their hypnotic visualizations that it is very hard to understand the difference between the imagined and their outside surroundings! Although you are the person in charge while hypnotized you feel like you want to do what you have been told to do - it just feels right to follow the commands. If a hypnotherapist were to give you a command that you knew was unsafe or against your morales in any way you wouldn't obey the command! Hypnosis used in a hypnosis home study course are no different. It is true though that there are techniques taught in any good hypnosis home study course that can be used to influence people without them knowing using hypnotic language, although this is true.
It is more than possible to influence a person so strongly that you can direct their behaviour or even coerce them to see your way but you can't force them to override their value-system or undertake anything they thought was unsafe. The Hypnosis Home Study Course study course or another good hypnosis home study course can teach you to do some amazing things using advanced hypnosis and get people to immediately change their beliefs!
The fantastic news about a hypnosis home study course is that it can be used as a tool for self change. A hypnosis home study course is very efficient at removing habits, emotionally based memories, limiting belief patterns and can even be used as a treatment for some physical conditions such as warts and eczema for example. This can be learned easily from a hypnosis home study course. Hypnotherapists believe that anyone can be hypnotized and anyone can be taught to hypnotize not just themselves but other people also from a hypnosis home study course
The hypnotized trance state is not in anyway like film shows in the movies. A hypnotized person hasn't been commanded to enter a sleeping state where is followed without questioning it. The hypnotic state is one which can be likened to that state between wakefulness and sleep. It is almost identical to that time you start to fall into the sleep state when you are in a twilight state of the mind between being fully conscious of your surroundings and unaware of the outside world, deep in sleep. It's this state you can create by using a hypnosis home study course! At such times a person is highly suggestible. You are guided to make post hypnotic suggestions in a good hypnosis home study course. Although you are completely the one who is in control during hypnosis. Remember some time when you wakened and it you didn't realize you were dreaming being unaware if a dream was real or imagined. However, it doesn't take a long time for your conscious mind to realize that what you saw was a dream.
Using a hypnosis home study course you'll know that what you are seeing is your imagination but you allow yourself to get engrossed in the scene. About 1 in every five people are capable of becoming so engrossed in their hypnotic visualizations that it is very hard to understand the difference between the imagined and their outside surroundings! Although you are the person in charge while hypnotized you feel like you want to do what you have been told to do - it just feels right to follow the commands. If a hypnotherapist were to give you a command that you knew was unsafe or against your morales in any way you wouldn't obey the command! Hypnosis used in a hypnosis home study course are no different. It is true though that there are techniques taught in any good hypnosis home study course that can be used to influence people without them knowing using hypnotic language, although this is true.
It is more than possible to influence a person so strongly that you can direct their behaviour or even coerce them to see your way but you can't force them to override their value-system or undertake anything they thought was unsafe. The Hypnosis Home Study Course study course or another good hypnosis home study course can teach you to do some amazing things using advanced hypnosis and get people to immediately change their beliefs!
The fantastic news about a hypnosis home study course is that it can be used as a tool for self change. A hypnosis home study course is very efficient at removing habits, emotionally based memories, limiting belief patterns and can even be used as a treatment for some physical conditions such as warts and eczema for example. This can be learned easily from a hypnosis home study course. Hypnotherapists believe that anyone can be hypnotized and anyone can be taught to hypnotize not just themselves but other people also from a hypnosis home study course
How to do Hypnosis, Hypnosis and Phobias
The unconscious mind is a complicated structure. Somewhat like a computer, it constantly receives feedback from the conscious mind, the body, and the environment and uses this information to create behavioural protocols for dealing with events in our day to day lives. As our minds continue to use these same behaviours in similar situations, they become reinforced over time, becoming habitual. Unfortunately, sometimes the unconscious can pick up "faulty" programming, habitual responses that aren't beneficial.
By learning How-todo-Hypnosis properly can help change theses faulty learning patterns. After all this is at the root of many of our most common psychological problems, from phobias to low self-esteem. For example, consider driving phobia. After experiencing a previous road accident or trauma, your unconscious mind creates a strategy to avoid such a catastrophe in the future - responding with paralyzing fear and dread, such that you can't operate a vehicle at all. While this achieves the unconscious mind's goal of keeping you from getting in another accident, it's clearly not the healthiest or most beneficial response.
Worse, these unconscious responses are automatic. Even when we recognize that our conditioned responses are illogical, our rational conscious mind is powerless over the deeper unconscious. Fortunately there is a scientifically proven way to modify our unhelpful habits and take control of our unconscious minds. Through the use of hypnotherapy, it is possible to undergo a deep and natural trance state in which the conscious mind is bypassed and the unconscious mind is primed for new perspectives and suggestions.
This puts you in control of your own programming, allowing you to replace negative thought processes and unhelpful behaviours with new, self-affirming ones. While in the relaxed, focused hypnotic state, your unconscious mind will accept your suggestions and they will become as automatic and ingrained as the old, unhelpful responses. "I'm afraid of driving" can become "I am a good, observant, cautious driver." "I'm addicted to cigarettes" can become "I am a non-smoker, free of all cravings." "I'm incompetent and unsuccessful" can become "I am a capable, creative, productive individual." By instilling positive thought processes in the unconscious mind, your habitual responses and behaviours will also become more positive, allowing you to experience deep, lasting change.
By replacing negative thoughts, relaxing stress and tension, and eliminating unhelpful behaviors, hypnotherapy can help you become the happy, successful person you desire - and deserve - to be!
By learning How-todo-Hypnosis properly can help change theses faulty learning patterns. After all this is at the root of many of our most common psychological problems, from phobias to low self-esteem. For example, consider driving phobia. After experiencing a previous road accident or trauma, your unconscious mind creates a strategy to avoid such a catastrophe in the future - responding with paralyzing fear and dread, such that you can't operate a vehicle at all. While this achieves the unconscious mind's goal of keeping you from getting in another accident, it's clearly not the healthiest or most beneficial response.
Worse, these unconscious responses are automatic. Even when we recognize that our conditioned responses are illogical, our rational conscious mind is powerless over the deeper unconscious. Fortunately there is a scientifically proven way to modify our unhelpful habits and take control of our unconscious minds. Through the use of hypnotherapy, it is possible to undergo a deep and natural trance state in which the conscious mind is bypassed and the unconscious mind is primed for new perspectives and suggestions.
This puts you in control of your own programming, allowing you to replace negative thought processes and unhelpful behaviours with new, self-affirming ones. While in the relaxed, focused hypnotic state, your unconscious mind will accept your suggestions and they will become as automatic and ingrained as the old, unhelpful responses. "I'm afraid of driving" can become "I am a good, observant, cautious driver." "I'm addicted to cigarettes" can become "I am a non-smoker, free of all cravings." "I'm incompetent and unsuccessful" can become "I am a capable, creative, productive individual." By instilling positive thought processes in the unconscious mind, your habitual responses and behaviours will also become more positive, allowing you to experience deep, lasting change.
By replacing negative thoughts, relaxing stress and tension, and eliminating unhelpful behaviors, hypnotherapy can help you become the happy, successful person you desire - and deserve - to be!
How to do hypnosis, What is Hypnosis really?
What is hypnosis?
Since you are going to be using hypnosis, you need a working description of what hypnosis is. A clear, understandable one, so here it is:Hypnosis is simply the deliberate use of the imagination, paralleled with strong focus and relaxation. Done well, it can work in the same way as when you are dreaming - the mind's 'Reality Simulator'.
Developing Focus so when you go into hypnosis, you simply get very involved with an inner reality, and we create this involvement, this focus, by drawing attention to detail in an interesting way.It's just like when you read a good book; a great author will make the words impossible to ignore - he or she will paint pictures in your mind. A good hypnotist will do the same. But it's not just about colorful imagination, it's about controlling your attention - getting it focused on one or a few things. You can do this by deliberately noticing sensations within your own body.
When you can reliably control your own attention, you have a great skill - imagine being able to choose what you think about at any time - or to be able to choose to think about nothing (really handy for falling asleep!).Creating Relaxation you create relaxation in hypnosis in 2 ways:
by recalling relaxing times (recalling a memory is a hypnotic process as you have to re-construct it) by talking in a relaxing, soothing way - slowly, with pauses, in a soft, low voice. This sends an unconscious message to relax.
How to 'Rebuild an Experience', the most important skill a hypnotist can have, the ability to recreate experiences within the mind. Try to recall a pleasant memory, such as a holiday, or something you enjoy doing, then make a note of all the different elements that made up that experience. Remember those things and when you start to re-create, just plugs little things in, and your on your way.
Since you are going to be using hypnosis, you need a working description of what hypnosis is. A clear, understandable one, so here it is:Hypnosis is simply the deliberate use of the imagination, paralleled with strong focus and relaxation. Done well, it can work in the same way as when you are dreaming - the mind's 'Reality Simulator'.
Developing Focus so when you go into hypnosis, you simply get very involved with an inner reality, and we create this involvement, this focus, by drawing attention to detail in an interesting way.It's just like when you read a good book; a great author will make the words impossible to ignore - he or she will paint pictures in your mind. A good hypnotist will do the same. But it's not just about colorful imagination, it's about controlling your attention - getting it focused on one or a few things. You can do this by deliberately noticing sensations within your own body.
When you can reliably control your own attention, you have a great skill - imagine being able to choose what you think about at any time - or to be able to choose to think about nothing (really handy for falling asleep!).Creating Relaxation you create relaxation in hypnosis in 2 ways:
by recalling relaxing times (recalling a memory is a hypnotic process as you have to re-construct it) by talking in a relaxing, soothing way - slowly, with pauses, in a soft, low voice. This sends an unconscious message to relax.
How to 'Rebuild an Experience', the most important skill a hypnotist can have, the ability to recreate experiences within the mind. Try to recall a pleasant memory, such as a holiday, or something you enjoy doing, then make a note of all the different elements that made up that experience. Remember those things and when you start to re-create, just plugs little things in, and your on your way.
1.19.2009
How to do hypnosis What is Hypnosis?
Learn about Hypnosis...There are 4 things everyone should learn about hypnosis:
1) All hypnosis is not the same, as with anything, there is good, bad and indifferent hypnosis.
At Hypnosis Downloads.com, all our hypnosis is cutting-edge, 'indirect' hypnosis. There's no "You are feeling more and more sleepy", no 'subliminals' and no "You are 100% confident because the power of the universe is flowing through you". Instead, our approaches are all based on proven psychological priniciples to give you what you need, quickly and comfortably.How do I know if I can be hypnotized? Have you ever heard the idea that some people can't be hypnotized? Well that came about because old-fashioned hypnotists would order people around, (you know the sort of thing: "Your eyes are heavy, you are getting sleepy"). Most people don't enjoy that, so they wouldn't go into hypnosis - it's as simple as that.When you experience the wonderful sensation of being gently directed how to use your mind to create an incredible state of internal calm, you will learn just what hypnosis is, and why you can do it.
2) Hypnosis is a powerful, effective and 100% natural part of you the ability to go into hypnosis is as much a part of being a human being as speech. If you couldn't go into hypnosis, you wouldn't be able to learn, to sleep, or to get yourself nervous by doing 'negative self hypnosis'. (You know when you imagine things going wrong and it makes you feel anxious? Well that's hypnosis!)Over the last century thousands of pieces of research have been carried out by highly trained professionals into clinical hypnosis, the most powerful tool we posess for improved performance and change.At last, hypnosis is moving out of the realm of wizards, magicians and magic and into the clear light of modern science - exactly where it belongs.
3) In hypnosis, you are in control crazy news stories, stage hypnotists and gossip has led many people to believe that when you are in hypnosis, you are under someone else's control. Nothing could be further from the truth. When you are hypnotized, you are just really relaxed and focused - in fact, the most common comment is "Was I hypnotized?". The only reason people stay in hypnosis is because it feels fantastic. Any time they want to, they can get up and walk away.
4) Going into hypnosis isn't the same as being asleep people often say things like "I could hear every word you were saying", or "I felt like I could open my eyes if I wanted to". It is vital to learn that hypnosis isn't like being asleep - you can be aware of everything around you, just like when you meditate (in fact the two states are nearly identical). In hypnosis, you simply have a stronger focus internally, plus wonderful deep relaxation.
1) All hypnosis is not the same, as with anything, there is good, bad and indifferent hypnosis.
At Hypnosis Downloads.com, all our hypnosis is cutting-edge, 'indirect' hypnosis. There's no "You are feeling more and more sleepy", no 'subliminals' and no "You are 100% confident because the power of the universe is flowing through you". Instead, our approaches are all based on proven psychological priniciples to give you what you need, quickly and comfortably.How do I know if I can be hypnotized? Have you ever heard the idea that some people can't be hypnotized? Well that came about because old-fashioned hypnotists would order people around, (you know the sort of thing: "Your eyes are heavy, you are getting sleepy"). Most people don't enjoy that, so they wouldn't go into hypnosis - it's as simple as that.When you experience the wonderful sensation of being gently directed how to use your mind to create an incredible state of internal calm, you will learn just what hypnosis is, and why you can do it.
2) Hypnosis is a powerful, effective and 100% natural part of you the ability to go into hypnosis is as much a part of being a human being as speech. If you couldn't go into hypnosis, you wouldn't be able to learn, to sleep, or to get yourself nervous by doing 'negative self hypnosis'. (You know when you imagine things going wrong and it makes you feel anxious? Well that's hypnosis!)Over the last century thousands of pieces of research have been carried out by highly trained professionals into clinical hypnosis, the most powerful tool we posess for improved performance and change.At last, hypnosis is moving out of the realm of wizards, magicians and magic and into the clear light of modern science - exactly where it belongs.
3) In hypnosis, you are in control crazy news stories, stage hypnotists and gossip has led many people to believe that when you are in hypnosis, you are under someone else's control. Nothing could be further from the truth. When you are hypnotized, you are just really relaxed and focused - in fact, the most common comment is "Was I hypnotized?". The only reason people stay in hypnosis is because it feels fantastic. Any time they want to, they can get up and walk away.
4) Going into hypnosis isn't the same as being asleep people often say things like "I could hear every word you were saying", or "I felt like I could open my eyes if I wanted to". It is vital to learn that hypnosis isn't like being asleep - you can be aware of everything around you, just like when you meditate (in fact the two states are nearly identical). In hypnosis, you simply have a stronger focus internally, plus wonderful deep relaxation.
How to do Hypnosis
How To Do Hypnosis
Before we get in to how-todo-hypnosis, let's just take a moment to identify what hypnosis is not. Being hypnotized is not the same as meditating, relaxing, sleeping or any kind of psychotherapy. Hypnotism is just a tool. Meditation lets you focus on yourself, hypnotism lets you focus on something outside yourself. Meditating is all about inner peace and relaxation hypnotism is about letting you change your behavior, while enjoying the process.
Speaking of the process, in meditation, your state becomes altered as you focus on your inner self. Hypnotism on the other hand alters your state then you receive suggestions to modify and improve bad behaviors. Hypnotism is only a tool, its a key to unlock the answers in your own mind. Learning how-todo-Hypnosis properly will take time. Psychotherapy sometimes involves Hypnotherapy and through Hypnotherapy the tool of hypnosis is used. Hypnotized subjects feel relaxed and comfortable. However, hypnosis is still not relaxation.
Sleep isn't the same as hypnosis either. When we sleep, we always close our eyes but this isn't always true when you're hypnotized. A hypnotized person can have their eyes wide open. Generally, when we go to sleep all external distractions are blocked out. This just isn't the case with hypnosis, in fact, just the opposite, we have a heightened state of alertness under hypnosis. Avoiding these wrong assumptions is key in your study on how-todo-hypnosis.
Before we get in to how-todo-hypnosis, let's just take a moment to identify what hypnosis is not. Being hypnotized is not the same as meditating, relaxing, sleeping or any kind of psychotherapy. Hypnotism is just a tool. Meditation lets you focus on yourself, hypnotism lets you focus on something outside yourself. Meditating is all about inner peace and relaxation hypnotism is about letting you change your behavior, while enjoying the process.
Speaking of the process, in meditation, your state becomes altered as you focus on your inner self. Hypnotism on the other hand alters your state then you receive suggestions to modify and improve bad behaviors. Hypnotism is only a tool, its a key to unlock the answers in your own mind. Learning how-todo-Hypnosis properly will take time. Psychotherapy sometimes involves Hypnotherapy and through Hypnotherapy the tool of hypnosis is used. Hypnotized subjects feel relaxed and comfortable. However, hypnosis is still not relaxation.
Sleep isn't the same as hypnosis either. When we sleep, we always close our eyes but this isn't always true when you're hypnotized. A hypnotized person can have their eyes wide open. Generally, when we go to sleep all external distractions are blocked out. This just isn't the case with hypnosis, in fact, just the opposite, we have a heightened state of alertness under hypnosis. Avoiding these wrong assumptions is key in your study on how-todo-hypnosis.
1.18.2009
How to do Hypnosis, Weight Loss and Hypnosis
If weight loss was your news years resolution, and you have tried one failed diet after another, then Hypnosis might be the answer for you. You have probably heard that a lot of people who have dieted and had some success, only to gain it back again. Well I am one of these people, the problem is that persons body shape can be likened to a piece of rubber. What I mean is that a piece of rubber can be stretched out yet it always return to its previous shape, the human body is like that too.
This is what happens when a person loses weight but hasn't changed their mind set. That is to say that if your mindset says you have to weigh a certain amount, and look a certain way then your body, and mind works very hard to return to it original shape. So one of the secrets to weight loss is to change your mind set. This is where hypnosis can come into play, with Hypnosis you sit down with a therapist you talk about the why, why do you continue to eat in such a way that keeps you fat, why being as big as you are has served you. Once these issues have been addressed then you can start to make changes in your mindset, that would allow you to get too a healthy weight.
In other words you are created a new image of yourself, you give yourself permission to make a change for the better. You start to see yourself at a healthier weight, and your mind starts to except that a healthier weight serves you better, than the weight you use to be.
Weight loss is more than just counting calories, and exercising more, its also changing your mindset, that a healthier weight is the right path for you.
This is what happens when a person loses weight but hasn't changed their mind set. That is to say that if your mindset says you have to weigh a certain amount, and look a certain way then your body, and mind works very hard to return to it original shape. So one of the secrets to weight loss is to change your mind set. This is where hypnosis can come into play, with Hypnosis you sit down with a therapist you talk about the why, why do you continue to eat in such a way that keeps you fat, why being as big as you are has served you. Once these issues have been addressed then you can start to make changes in your mindset, that would allow you to get too a healthy weight.
In other words you are created a new image of yourself, you give yourself permission to make a change for the better. You start to see yourself at a healthier weight, and your mind starts to except that a healthier weight serves you better, than the weight you use to be.
Weight loss is more than just counting calories, and exercising more, its also changing your mindset, that a healthier weight is the right path for you.
How to do Hypnosis, Gratitude Is Empowering
This post is from Ricky Kalmon, after reading it myself I felt as if it should be shared with all, so here it is, enjoy it, but more importantly take it to heart.
Gratitude Is Empowering
All too often, we take for things in our life for granted. We forget to be thankful for the people in our lives and the everyday blessings which surround us. We all have something to be grateful for, and it's the expression of gratitude which brings the greatest rewards. Being grateful for even the smallest things empowers our subconscious to appreciate those things and place importance on them. By being thankful for these things, our perception changes and new opportunities reveal themselves in our lives.
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."-- Melodie Beattie
Makeover Question:
When was the last time you consciously expressed gratitude for the blessings in your life?
Subconscious Makeover™ Tip
Taking a moment to be thankful for the things and people in our life helps us view our world from a different perspective. Rather than being discouraged by what we don't have, we learn to find joy and blessings in the things we do have. Free yourself from the limitations of negativity and open yourself up to the positive benefits gained from an attitude of gratitude. Everyone has something to be grateful for, a home, a job, a loved one, a friend, the beauty of our surroundings or even the opportunity to experience one more day. Make a list of the things you are grateful for and consciously show appreciation for those things. As you do, your subconscious will work to give you more of those things. An added benefit is that when you are grateful for the good things in your life, your problems become less significant.
"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings."--Eric Hoffer
Your thoughts create your reality. Don't invest your emotions on things you don't like--invest your emotions and thoughts on the things which you appreciate and want to expand in your life. When you do, your problems become less significant and your joys become more frequent. That is one of the keys to achieving happiness. Gratitude plays a major role in that achievement.
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Gratitude Is Empowering
All too often, we take for things in our life for granted. We forget to be thankful for the people in our lives and the everyday blessings which surround us. We all have something to be grateful for, and it's the expression of gratitude which brings the greatest rewards. Being grateful for even the smallest things empowers our subconscious to appreciate those things and place importance on them. By being thankful for these things, our perception changes and new opportunities reveal themselves in our lives.
"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."-- Melodie Beattie
Makeover Question:
When was the last time you consciously expressed gratitude for the blessings in your life?
Subconscious Makeover™ Tip
Taking a moment to be thankful for the things and people in our life helps us view our world from a different perspective. Rather than being discouraged by what we don't have, we learn to find joy and blessings in the things we do have. Free yourself from the limitations of negativity and open yourself up to the positive benefits gained from an attitude of gratitude. Everyone has something to be grateful for, a home, a job, a loved one, a friend, the beauty of our surroundings or even the opportunity to experience one more day. Make a list of the things you are grateful for and consciously show appreciation for those things. As you do, your subconscious will work to give you more of those things. An added benefit is that when you are grateful for the good things in your life, your problems become less significant.
"The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings."--Eric Hoffer
Your thoughts create your reality. Don't invest your emotions on things you don't like--invest your emotions and thoughts on the things which you appreciate and want to expand in your life. When you do, your problems become less significant and your joys become more frequent. That is one of the keys to achieving happiness. Gratitude plays a major role in that achievement.
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How to do Hypnosis, Hypothyroidism
Hi everyone this is another article I ran across, I think it might be helpful , read and enjoy, Keith
A Message from Dr. Hyman
Why are so many chronic illnesses misdiagnosed even when there are multiple symptoms? A perfect example of this is a low functioning thyroid (hypothyroid ism), which affects 20% of woman and 10% of men, half of which are never diagnosed. That means millions of people are struggling unknowingly when there is something they could be doing about it. They quietly live plagued with symptoms they accept as "normal" or their doctors tell them "there is nothing wrong."
Symptoms like: Fatigue in the morning Dry skin
Trouble losing weight Hair loss
Depression Muscle/joint pains
Poor cracked nails Excessive menopause
Constipation ...or being cold all the time.
Why is this happening? Why are doctors missing the thyroid epidemic diagnosis? Many doctors rely almost completely on laboratory testing which prevents them from diagnosing more subtle cases not detected by our conventional approach to thinking about thyroid disease. Instead of looking at symptoms and physical exams, many only have time to make their decision based on a test. If you suspect hypothyroidism, your doctor will typical give you a TSH test to see if your thyroid is functioning at a normal level. Often this test misses the diagnoses because even if your TSH test comes back normal, we've learned your thyroid still may not be functioning properly.
When I was in medical school, we were taught to treat the patient and not the test, but often in practice this is not the case especially when you consider that the average doctor is only able to give you 8 minutes when you come into their clinic for an exam. This is why I have become a medical detective and spent the last 20 years in my practice helping people find those difficult to diagnose problems that are really contributing to their symptoms. Consider Diane, a patient who had a whole list of problems and learned that they were all connected to her thyroid (trouble losing weight, loss of memory, cold all the time, muscle pains and depression). I've had to learn how to identify these symptoms and implement certain tests to diagnose the problem and then create a plan to help people take their life back.
That is why I developed a special health report that outlines exactly what I do when a new patient comes into my office and I suspect something like the thyroid as the source of the problem. I created this report because I can't see everyone. This is a way to help you identify what is wrong with you by identifying the problem and uncovering what you can do about it. This will enable you to use what the latest science tells us about diagnosing thyroid problems that are subtle and a whole person approach used to deal with an entire list of factors. If you suspect that you may have a thyroid problem but are not 100% sure, please use the link below to watch a new video I just created that explains more.
http://www.hypnosisnetwork.com/recommends/ultra_thyroid
People who should consider this report are those who struggle with:
Fatigued in the morning Poor/cracked nails Cold all the time
Dry skin Hair loss Depression
Constipation Muscle/joint pains Trouble losing weight
Chronic infections Acne Memory Lapse
High cholesterol Severe PMS Irregular periods
Low sex drive Infertility Excessive menopause
Ovarian cysts Endometriosis Gum disease
Eczema
I hope you find this video and information helpful. To your good health, Mark Hyman, M.D. P.S. There are several other video clips on this page that discuss more about the symptoms of hypothyroidism, what causes your thyroid to malfunction and why doctors are failing to help diagnose this problem.
http://www.hypnosisnetwork.com/recommends/ultra_thyroid
A Message from Dr. Hyman
Why are so many chronic illnesses misdiagnosed even when there are multiple symptoms? A perfect example of this is a low functioning thyroid (hypothyroid ism), which affects 20% of woman and 10% of men, half of which are never diagnosed. That means millions of people are struggling unknowingly when there is something they could be doing about it. They quietly live plagued with symptoms they accept as "normal" or their doctors tell them "there is nothing wrong."
Symptoms like: Fatigue in the morning Dry skin
Trouble losing weight Hair loss
Depression Muscle/joint pains
Poor cracked nails Excessive menopause
Constipation ...or being cold all the time.
Why is this happening? Why are doctors missing the thyroid epidemic diagnosis? Many doctors rely almost completely on laboratory testing which prevents them from diagnosing more subtle cases not detected by our conventional approach to thinking about thyroid disease. Instead of looking at symptoms and physical exams, many only have time to make their decision based on a test. If you suspect hypothyroidism, your doctor will typical give you a TSH test to see if your thyroid is functioning at a normal level. Often this test misses the diagnoses because even if your TSH test comes back normal, we've learned your thyroid still may not be functioning properly.
When I was in medical school, we were taught to treat the patient and not the test, but often in practice this is not the case especially when you consider that the average doctor is only able to give you 8 minutes when you come into their clinic for an exam. This is why I have become a medical detective and spent the last 20 years in my practice helping people find those difficult to diagnose problems that are really contributing to their symptoms. Consider Diane, a patient who had a whole list of problems and learned that they were all connected to her thyroid (trouble losing weight, loss of memory, cold all the time, muscle pains and depression). I've had to learn how to identify these symptoms and implement certain tests to diagnose the problem and then create a plan to help people take their life back.
That is why I developed a special health report that outlines exactly what I do when a new patient comes into my office and I suspect something like the thyroid as the source of the problem. I created this report because I can't see everyone. This is a way to help you identify what is wrong with you by identifying the problem and uncovering what you can do about it. This will enable you to use what the latest science tells us about diagnosing thyroid problems that are subtle and a whole person approach used to deal with an entire list of factors. If you suspect that you may have a thyroid problem but are not 100% sure, please use the link below to watch a new video I just created that explains more.
http://www.hypnosisnetwork.com/recommends/ultra_thyroid
People who should consider this report are those who struggle with:
Fatigued in the morning Poor/cracked nails Cold all the time
Dry skin Hair loss Depression
Constipation Muscle/joint pains Trouble losing weight
Chronic infections Acne Memory Lapse
High cholesterol Severe PMS Irregular periods
Low sex drive Infertility Excessive menopause
Ovarian cysts Endometriosis Gum disease
Eczema
I hope you find this video and information helpful. To your good health, Mark Hyman, M.D. P.S. There are several other video clips on this page that discuss more about the symptoms of hypothyroidism, what causes your thyroid to malfunction and why doctors are failing to help diagnose this problem.
http://www.hypnosisnetwork.com/recommends/ultra_thyroid
1.17.2009
How to do Hypnosis, How Hypnosis works (Part 1)
When you hear the word hypnosis, you may picture the mysterious hypnotist figure popularized in movies, comic books and television. This ominous, goateed man waves a pocket watch back and forth, guiding his subject into a semi-sleep, zombie-like state. Once hypnotized, the subject is compelled to obey, no matter how strange or immoral the request. Muttering "Yes, master," the subject does the hypnotist's evil bidding.
This popular representation bears little resemblance to actual hypnotism, of course. In fact, modern understanding of hypnosis contradicts this conception on several key points. Subjects in a hypnotic trance are not slaves to their "masters" -- they have absolute free will. And they're not really in a semi-sleep state -- they're actually hyperattentive.
Our understanding of hypnosis has advanced a great deal in the past century, but the phenomenon is still a mystery of sorts. In this article, we'll look at some popular theories of hypnosis and explore the various ways hypnotists put their art to work.
What is Hypnosis?
People have been pondering and arguing over hypnosis for more than 200 years, but science has yet to fully explain how it actually happens. We see what a person does under hypnosis, but it isn't clear why he or she does it. This puzzle is really a small piece in a much bigger puzzle: how the human mind works. It's unlikely that scientists will arrive at a definitive explanation of the mind in the foreseeable future, so it's a good bet hypnosis will remain something of a mystery as well.
But psychiatrists do understand the general characteristics of hypnosis, and they have some model of how it works. It is a trance state characterized by extreme suggestibility, relaxation and heightened imagination. It's not really like sleep, because the subject is alert the whole time. It is most often compared to daydreaming, or the feeling of "losing yourself" in a book or movie. You are fully conscious, but you tune out most of the stimuli around you. You focus intently on the subject at hand, to the near exclusion of any other thought.
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In the everyday trance of a daydream or movie, an imaginary world seems somewhat real to you, in the sense that it fully engages your emotions. Imaginary events can cause real fear, sadness or happiness, and you may even jolt in your seat if you are surprised by something (a monster leaping from the shadows, for example). Some researchers categorize all such trances as forms of self-hypnosis. Milton Erickson, the premier hypnotism expert of the 20th century, contended that people hypnotize themselves on a daily basis. But most psychiatrists focus on the trance state brought on by intentional relaxation and focusing exercises. This deep hypnosis is often compared to the relaxed mental state between wakefulness and sleep.
People have been entering hypnotic-type trances for thousands and thousands of years; various forms of meditation play an important role in many cultures' religions. But the scientific conception of hypnotism wasn't born until the late 1700s. The father of modern hypnotism is Franz Mesmer, an Austrian physician. Mesmer believed hypnosis to be a mystical force flowing from the hypnotist into the subject (he called it "animal magnetism"). Although critics quickly dismissed the magical element of his theory, Mesmer's assumption, that the power behind hypnosis came from the hypnotist and was in some way inflicted upon the subject, took hold for some time. Hypnosis was originally known as mesmerism, after Mesmer, and we still use its derivative, "mesmerize," today. |
In conventional hypnosis, you approach the suggestions of the hypnotist, or your own ideas, as if they were reality. If the hypnotist suggests that your tongue has swollen up to twice its size, you'll feel a sensation in your mouth and you may have trouble talking. If the hypnotist suggests that you are drinking a chocolate milkshake, you'll taste the milkshake and feel it cooling your mouth and throat. If the hypnotist suggests that you are afraid, you may feel panicky or start to sweat. But the entire time, you are aware that it's all imaginary. Essentially, you're "playing pretend" on an intense level, as kids do.
In this special mental state, people feel uninhibited and relaxed. Presumably, this is because they tune out the worries and doubts that normally keep their actions in check. You might experience the same feeling while watching a movie: As you get engrossed in the plot, worries about your job, family, etc. fade away, until all you're thinking about is what's up on the screen.
In this state, you are also highly suggestible. That is, when the hypnotist tells you do something, you'll probably embrace the idea completely. This is what makes stage hypnotist shows so entertaining. Normally reserved, sensible adults are suddenly walking around the stage clucking like chickens or singing at the top of their lungs. Fear of embarrassment seems to fly out the window. The subject's sense of safety and morality remain entrenched throughout the experience, however. A hypnotist can't get you to do anything you don't want to do.
But what is it that makes this happen? In the next section, we'll look at the most widely accepted theory of what's going on when you become hypnotized.
What Lies Beneath
The predominant school of thought on hypnosis is that it is a way to access a person's subconscious mind directly. Normally, you are only aware of the thought processes in your conscious mind. You consciously think over the problems that are right in front of you, consciously choose words as you speak, consciously try to remember where you left your keys.But in doing all these things, your conscious mind is working hand-in-hand with your subconscious mind, the unconscious part of your mind that does your "behind the scenes" thinking. Your subconscious mind accesses the vast reservoir of information that lets you solve problems, construct sentences or locate your keys. It puts together plans and ideas and runs them by your conscious mind. When a new idea comes to you out of the blue, it's because you already thought through the process unconsciously.
Your subconscious also takes care of all the stuff you do automatically. You don't actively work through the steps of breathing minute to minute -- your subconscious mind does that. You don't think through every little thing you do while driving a car -- a lot of the small stuff is thought out in your subconscious mind. Your subconscious also processes the physical information your body receives.
In short, your subconscious mind is the real brains behind the operation -- it does most of your thinking, and it decides a lot of what you do. When you're awake, your conscious mind works to evaluate a lot of these thoughts, make decisions and put certain ideas into action. It also processes new information and relays it to the subconscious mind. But when you're asleep, the conscious mind gets out of the way, and your subconscious has free reign.
Psychiatrists theorize that the deep relaxation and focusing exercises of hypnotism work to calm and subdue the conscious mind so that it takes a less active role in your thinking process. In this state, you're still aware of what's going on, but your conscious mind takes a backseat to your subconscious mind. Effectively, this allows you and the hypnotist to work directly with the subconscious. It's as if the hypnotism process pops open a control panel inside your brain.
In the next section, we'll see how this theory fits in with the characteristics of hypnosis.
How to do Hypnosis, How Hypnosis works (Part 2)
Suggestion Box
In the last section, we examined the idea that hypnosis puts your conscious mind in the backseat, so you and the hypnotist can communicate directly with your subconscious. This theory has gained wide acceptance in the psychiatric community, mostly because it explains all the major characteristics of the hypnotic state so nicely. Hypnotists say that subjects under hypnosis are a lot like little kids: playful and imaginative, fully embracing bizarre suggestions. |
It provides an especially convincing explanation for the playfulness and uninhibitedness of hypnotic subjects. The conscious mind is the main inhibitive component in your makeup -- it's in charge of putting on the brakes -- while the subconscious mind is the seat of imagination and impulse. When your subconscious mind is in control, you feel much freer and may be more creative. Your conscious mind doesn't have to filter through everything.
Hypnotized people do such bizarre things so willingly, this theory holds, because the conscious mind is not filtering and relaying the information they take in. It seems like the hypnotist's suggestions are coming directly from the subconscious, rather than from another person. You react automatically to these impulses and suggestions, just as you would to your own thoughts. Of course, your subconscious mind does have a conscience, a survival instinct and its own ideas, so there are a lot of things it won't agree to.
The subconscious regulates your bodily sensations, such as taste, touch and sight, as well as your emotional feelings. When the access door is open, and the hypnotist can speak to your subconscious directly, he or she can trigger all these feelings, so you experience the taste of a chocolate milkshake, the satisfaction of contentment and any number of other feelings.
Additionally, the subconscious is the storehouse for all your memories. While under hypnosis, subjects may be able to access past events that they have completely forgotten. Psychiatrists may use hypnotism to bring up these memories so that a related personal problem can finally be resolved. Since the subject's mind is in such a suggestible state, it is also possible to create false memories. For this reason, psychiatrists must be extremely careful when exploring a hypnotic subject's past.
This theory of hypnosis is based mostly on logical reasoning, but there is some physiological evidence that supports it. In the next section, we'll look at some of the physical data researchers have gathered on hypnosis.
Waves and Hemispheres
In numerous studies, researchers have compared the physical "body signs" of hypnotic subjects with those of unhypnotized people. In most of these studies, the researchers found no significant physical change associated with the trance state of hypnosis. The subject's heart rate and respiration may slow down, but this is due to the relaxation involved in the hypnotism process, not the hypnotic state itself.Do it yourself You don't necessarily need a highly-trained hypnotist to induce hypnosis. With the proper relaxation and focusing techniques, almost everyone can enter a hypnotic state themselves and make their own suggestions to the unconscious mind Some hypnotism experts hold that all hypnosis is self-hypnosis. Whether a trance state is brought on by a long, boring drive down the highway or by a skilled psychiatrist, the subject is always the one who initiates the trance. In this view, the hypnotist is only a guide who facilitates the process. |
There does seem to be changed activity in the brain, however. The most notable data comes from electroencephalographs (EEGs), measurements of the electrical activity of the brain. Extensive EEG research has demonstrated that brains produce different brain waves, rhythms of electrical voltage, depending on their mental state. Deep sleep has a different rhythm than dreaming, for example, and full alertness has a different rhythm than relaxation.
In some studies, EEGs from subjects under hypnosis showed a boost in the lower frequency waves associated with dreaming and sleep, and a drop in the higher frequency waves associated with full wakefulness. Brain-wave information is not a definitive indicator of how the mind is operating, but this pattern does fit the hypothesis that the conscious mind backs off during hypnosis and the subconscious mind takes a more active role.
Researchers have also studied patterns in the brain's cerebral cortex that occur during hypnosis. In these studies, hypnotic subjects showed reduced activity in the left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex, while activity in the right hemisphere often increased. Neurologists believe that the left hemisphere of the cortex is the logical control center of the brain; it operates on deduction, reasoning and convention. The right hemisphere, in contrast, controls imagination and creativity. A decrease in left-hemisphere activity fits with the hypothesis that hypnosis subdues the conscious mind's inhibitory influence. Conversely, an increase in right-brain activity supports the idea that the creative, impulsive subconscious mind takes the reigns. This is by no means conclusive evidence, but it does lend credence to the idea that hypnotism opens up the subconscious mind.
Whether or not hypnosis is actually a physiological phenomenon, millions of people do practice hypnotism regularly, and millions of subjects report that it has worked on them. In the next section, we'll look at the most common methods of inducing a hypnotic trance.
You're Getting Sleepy
Hypnotists' methods vary, but they all depend on a few basic prerequisites:- The subject must want to be hypnotized.
- The subject must believe he or she can be hypnotized.
- The subject must eventually feel comfortable and relaxed.
If these criteria are met, the hypnotist can guide the subject into a hypnotic trance using a variety of methods. The most common hypnotic techniques are:
- Fixed-gaze induction or eye fixation - This is the method you often see in movies, when the hypnotist waves a pocket watch in front of the subject.
The basic idea is to get the subject to focus on an object so intently that he or she tunes out any other stimuli. As the subject focuses, the hypnotist talks to him or her in a low tone, lulling the subject into relaxation. This method was very popular in the early days of hypnotism, but it isn't used much today because it doesn't work on a large proportion of the population.
- Rapid - The idea of this method is to overload the mind with sudden, firm commands.
If the commands are forceful, and the hypnotist is convincing enough, the subject will surrender his or her conscious control over the situation. This method works well for a stage hypnotist because the novel circumstance of being up in front of an audience puts subjects on edge, making them more susceptible to the hypnotist's commands.
- Progressive relaxation and imagery - This is the hypnosis method most commonly employed by psychiatrists.
By speaking to the subject in a slow, soothing voice, the hypnotist gradually brings on complete relaxation and focus, easing the subject into full hypnosis. Typically, self-hypnosis training, as well as relaxation and meditation audio tapes, use the progressive relaxation method.
- Loss of balance - This method creates a loss of equilibrium using slow, rhythmic rocking.
Parents have been putting babies to sleep with this method for thousands of years.
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Before hypnotists bring a subject into a full trance, they generally test his or her willingness and capacity to be hypnotized. The typical testing method is to make several simple suggestions, such as "Relax your arms completely," and work up to suggestions that ask the subject to suspend disbelief or distort normal thoughts, such as "Pretend you are weightless."
Depending on the person's mental state and personality, the entire hypnotism process can take anywhere from a few minutes to more than a half hour. Hypnotists and hypnotism proponents see the peculiar mental state as a powerful tool with a wide range of applications. In the next section, we'll look at some of the more common uses of hypnotism.
How to do Hypnosis, How Hypnosis works (Part 3)
For Fun and Profit
In the hypnotism shows of Las Vegas, as well as the traveling hypnotism demonstrations on the college circuit, hypnotism is used primarily for entertainment purposes. It's an amazing experience watching somebody turn ordinary people, perhaps your friends or family, into outrageous performers. The power of suggestion and imagination, and the lowering of inhibition, does make for a fantastic show.But these demonstrations only scratch the surface of what hypnotism can do -- all the suggestions are intentionally frivolous, to ensure that nobody gets hurt. The hypnotist uses his or her access to the unconscious mind only to play with the subject. More involved hypnotism uses this access to affect long-term changes in the subject.
The most widespread example of this hypnotic behavioral modification is habit-control hypnotic treatment. In this application, a hypnotist focuses on one particular habit that is embedded in your unconscious (smoking or overeating, for example). With the "control panel" to your mind open, the hypnotist may be able to reprogram your subconscious to reverse the behavior. Some hypnotists do this by connecting a negative response with the bad habit. For example, the hypnotist might suggest to your subconscious that smoking will cause nausea. If this association is programmed effectively, you will feel sick every time you think about smoking a cigarette. Alternatively, the hypnotist may build up your willpower, suggesting to your subconscious that you don't need cigarettes, and you don't want them.
Habit-control hypnotism is commonly practiced on a mass scale, in day-long seminars held in hotel suites, or through audio tapes or Cd's. Since the treatment is not specifically tailored to each subject, and the treatment is rapid, these programs are often ineffective. Even if the treatment does yield positive results in the short term, there's a good chance that the subject will relapse eventually.
Directed, one-on-one hypnotism sessions tend to yield better results. In the next section, we'll explore this therapeutic form of hypnotism.
I'm Healed!
In the last section, we looked at hypnosis as a means of reversing bad habits. A related application of hypnotism is psychiatric hypnotherapy. In a therapy session, a psychiatrist may hypnotize his or her subject in order to work with deep, entrenched personal problems. The therapy may take the form of breaking negative patterns of behavior, as with mass habit-control programs. This can be particularly effective in addressing phobias, unreasonable fears of particular objects or situations. Another form of psychiatric hypnotherapy involves bringing underlying psychiatric problems up to the conscious level. Accessing fears, memories and repressed emotions can help to clarify difficult issues and bring resolution to persistent problems.Hypnotists may also tap dormant memories to aid in law enforcement. In this practice, called forensic hypnotism, investigators access a subject's deep, repressed memories of a past crime to help identify a suspect or fill in details of the case. Since hypnotists may lead subjects to form false memories, this technique is still very controversial in the forensics world.
Another controversial form of hypnotism is medical hypnotherapy. Doctors and spiritual leaders all over the world claim that hypnotic suggestion can ease pain and even cure illness in some patients. The underlying idea behind this is that the mind and body are inextricably intertwined. When you suggest to the subconscious that the body does not feel pain, or that the body is free of disease, the subconscious may actually bring about the change.
There is a great deal of anecdotal evidence to support this idea. Using only hypnotic suggestion as an anesthetic, thousands of women have made it through childbirth with minimal pain and discomfort. Countless cancer patients swear by hypnosis, claiming that it helps to manage the pain of chemotherapy, and some former patients credit their recovery to hypnotherapy.
The success of hypnotherapy is undeniable, but many doctors argue that the hypnotic trance is not actually responsible for the positive results. In the next section, we'll see how many skeptics explain hypnotic phenomena.
The Magic Feather
In the relatively short history of modern hypnotism, there have been dozens of hypnotic techniques and a wide range of explanations of the phenomenon. The only constant through all of this has been the hypnotic subjects themselves. No matter how you view the art of the hypnotist, it is undeniable that people do enter a special state in which they are abnormally suggestible and uninhibited.
Modern skeptics have a sound and convincing explanation of this unusual state. Hypnotic subjects aren't actually in a trance state, they argue, they only think they are. Social pressure and the influence of the hypnotist are often enough to convince people that they should act a certain way. When they find themselves heeding the suggestions, they think they must be in a hypnotic trance. Proponents of this theory contend that this belief alone may be powerful enough to bring about remarkable changes in a person. If you think someone is compelling you to act a certain way, you will act that way. If you think hypnotic suggestion will ease your pain, your mind will bring about this feeling.
In this view, an effective hypnotist isn't one that can probe the hidden reaches of your mind, but one with strong enough authority and charisma to convince you to go along.
In the general sense, this phenomenon is known as the placebo effect. In numerous studies, people who were given ordinary sugar pills behaved and felt differently only because they thought they should. It's clear that the mind can influence all aspects of the physical body, so it makes sense that a firmly held belief can reduce pain or even help treat a disease.
But in the end, this explanation of hypnosis amounts to pretty much the same thing as the trance theory. When you absolutely convince somebody that you've brought about a change in their subconscious, they register this information as a fact. Like any fact, this information will take root in the subconscious mind. So, even if the hypnotic state is nothing more than a figment of the subject's imagination, hypnotic suggestions can still reform their deeply held beliefs. The end result is the same!
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