Info-Authority.com: Hypnosis

Hypnosis is an induced, altered state of consciousness. It helps to relieve symptoms of an illness, such as overeating, smoking, and anxiety. Through the achieved hypnotic state, also referred as a trance, the increase of focused attention makes a person more responsive to suggestion. This alternative style of therapy, also noted as hypnotherapy and hypnotic suggestion, is a “mind-over-body” therapy that allows people more control over their emotions, problems, and physical being.

Hypnotherapy

Conducted by a hypnotherapist or another qualified therapist, hypnosis helps with unrelenting problems more often than a single-time problem. For example, hypnosis can control smoking, alcohol, and food addictions as well as relieve surgical paralysis and pain. It can calm fears and anxieties and minimize stress and asthma symptoms. This is all achieved through the “mind-over-body” connection.

Performing Hypnosis

Hypnosis can be performed in a number of ways. Whether it is by staring at a pendent on a chain or being told to rest, there are some general techniques. These standard techniques ask a person to focus attention on what is being said, to relax, and to accept suggestions with little hesitation. Before being hypnotized, there is a consultation between the individual seeking to be hypnotized and the clinician. It is then that the individual reveals why she's there. When hypnotized, the person may seem to be dreaming. On the contrary, she is awake and in a focused mindset. When people emerge from the hypnotic trance, people usually feel well-rested and relaxed.

Self-hypnosis is a form of hypnotherapy. In instances of child labor, women have taught themselves self-hypnosis techniques (such as repeating positive statements) at special birthing classes or private lessons. In childbirth, as well as in other cases, self-hypnosis has proven a success.

How Hypnosis Works

How exactly hypnotherapy works is still something of a mystery. The word hypnosis is Greek for “sleep.” Although it looks as if a hypnotized person is sleeping, she is fully awake and in control of herself. The patterns of a hypnotized person to that of a sleeping person or someone pretending to be hypnotized reveals different recorded EEGs. There is no common explanation to describe hypnotherapy. Some experts claim it is due to the release of natural substances in the brain that affect the perception of pain. Others claim hypnosis connects directly with the unconscious mind, thus allowing people direct contact to a place usually out of bounds. Either way, hypnosis is an effective method of therapy.

What has been agreed upon is that a person cannot be hypnotized if she does not want to be. While a person is in a hypnotized trance, she will not perform anything that her mind doesn't want to do. Again, it is the “mind-over-body” connection.

By Laurel Anderson




	Hypnosis Hypnosis is an induced, altered state of consciousness. It helps to relieve symptoms of an illness, such as overeating, smoking, and anxiety. Through the achieved hypnotic state, also referred as a trance, the increase of focused attention makes a person more responsive to suggestion. This alternative style of therapy, also noted as hypnotherapy and hypnotic suggestion, is a “mind-over-body” therapy that allows people more control over their emotions, problems, and physical being. Hypnotherapy Conducted by a hypnotherapist or another qualified therapist, hypnosis helps with unrelenting problems more often than a single-time problem. For example, hypnosis can control smoking, alcohol, and food addictions as well as relieve surgical paralysis and pain. It can calm fears and anxieties and minimize stress and asthma symptoms. This is all achieved through the “mind-over-body” connection. Performing Hypnosis Hypnosis can be performed in a number of ways. Whether it is by staring at a pendent on a chain or being told to rest, there are some general techniques. These standard techniques ask a person to focus attention on what is being said, to relax, and to accept suggestions with little hesitation. Before being hypnotized, there is a consultation between the individual seeking to be hypnotized and the clinician. It is then that the individual reveals why she's there. When hypnotized, the person may seem to be dreaming. On the contrary, she is awake and in a focused mindset. When people emerge from the hypnotic trance, people usually feel well-rested and relaxed. Self-hypnosis is a form of hypnotherapy. In instances of child labor, women have taught themselves self-hypnosis techniques (such as repeating positive statements) at special birthing classes or private lessons. In childbirth, as well as in other cases, self-hypnosis has proven a success. How Hypnosis Works How exactly hypnotherapy works is still something of a mystery. The word hypnosis is Greek for “sleep.” Although it looks as if a hypnotized person is sleeping, she is fully awake and in control of herself. The patterns of a hypnotized person to that of a sleeping person or someone pretending to be hypnotized reveals different recorded EEGs. There is no common explanation to describe hypnotherapy. Some experts claim it is due to the release of natural substances in the brain that affect the perception of pain. Others claim hypnosis connects directly with the unconscious mind, thus allowing people direct contact to a place usually out of bounds. Either way, hypnosis is an effective method of therapy. What has been agreed upon is that a person cannot be hypnotized if she does not want to be. While a person is in a hypnotized trance, she will not perform anything that her mind doesn't want to do. Again, it is the “mind-over-body” connection. By Laurel Anderson Related Links: Hypnosis - An Altered State of Consciousness A definition on hypnosis from the Mayo Clinic.