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With Hypnosis - Won't I Lose Control?

How many times have you wondered whether hypnotherapy or even self hypnosis might cause you to lose control of your mind? Or that you might fall asleep? End up with amnesia? That hypnosis might even be supernatural? That you might not awaken from a hypnotic trance? Maybe you've wondered if it's for the weak-willed? These misperceptions about hypnosis need some clarity.

Let me tell you about a television interview I did where a show producer was talking pleasantly with me until she asked with a smirk: "If hypnosis can really get people to stop smoking or lose weight, why aren't all of you hypnotists millionaires?"

Well... after my jaw bounced off the floor because the unfair question, and I reminded myself not to be defensive, I replied: "Part of the reason is because many people are afraid of hypnosis."

Hypnosis is practiced by many psychologists and psychiatrists, thousands of certified professional hypnotherapists and a few interesting stage entertainers. But still many people don't understand that hypnosis creates real life changes with the subject (you) helping the process.

Here are six misperceptions about hypnosis:

Misperception #1: Hypnosis is mind control.

The hypnotherapist is your guide in the process. You stay completely aware. And you can accept or reject any suggestions made.

So don't fear being turned into some sort of "terminator" robot, because your willpower is crucial to get effective results. Hypnotized stage-participants are not "controlled" either. Though it doesn't appear so, they are in control. They comply with those suggestions to have fun, but they won't go along with deeply embarrassing or dangerous suggestions (because it violates their moral code which our subconscious minds protect).

Misperception #2: Hypnosis is sleep.

Instead you'll be wide awake. So when your eyes are closed your body is mostly still, so it looks to others like you're asleep. Some people accidentally drift off during a session, but then they would no longer absorb the hypnotic suggestions. The hypnosis-is-sleep idea is often perpetuated by hypnotists who use the words "sleep" or "sleepy" during their sessions. When the hypnotist says, "You're getting sleepy," they are only suggesting that deep relaxation comes with the proper hypnotic state.

Misperception #3: Hypnosis creates amnesia.

People who are new to this subject worry that after hypnosis they might not remember what happened. While that's possible, it's rare. Most people really do fully remember everything during hypnosis. Most stage hypnosis subjects just don't go deeply enough into hypnosis to account for post-hypnotic amnesia. The stage hypnotist is counting on widespread misconceptions about hypnosis to amaze the audience, even if entertainment wins out over truth. And the stage participants are co-conspirators in this friendly lie by pretending not to remember their own antics onstage.

Misperception #4: Hypnosis is a supernatural practice.

Hypnosis is not a product of the occult or the new age movement. For many decades, the American Medical Association has recognized hypnosis as a therapeutic tool that can be used for a broad variety of mental health solutions. It is true that hypnosis has been utilized toward spiritual ends, but there is nothing particularly "spiritual" about hypnosis.

Misperception #5: It's difficult to awaken from hypnosis.

Question: Do you worry that when you go to sleep at night you may not wake up in the morning? I bet you don't. Here's the truth: returning from hypnosis to everyday consciousness is even easier than waking from sleep. In fact, no one gets "stuck" in a state of hypnosis. Each of us can rouse from it anytime we wish as we'd be awake and fully in control.

Misperception #6: Hypnosis is for the weak-minded.

Being hypnotized has nothing to do with being stupid or gullible either. The reality is that almost everybody is hypnotizable. The main prerequisites are a willingness to be hypnotized and the ability to follow simple directions.

What's the result of getting your perceptions about hypnosis clear? Ask someone who's spent years in psychotherapy and switched to a hypnosis-trained psychiatrist, who's now "cured" if he doesn't love the results of his hypnotherapy. Ask a woman who's been helped by weight loss hypnosis how she reduced from a size 18 to a size 8 and how it's affirmed her life. Ask the many stadiumloads of people all over the world how hypnosis has eased their pains, helped correct their bad habits, made them feel more relaxed.

They're very positive about hypnosis. They know they participate in the hypnotic process with full control. Those misperceptions about hypnosis shouldn't keep anyone from being a success story.

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