Sunday, November 1, 2009

How Hypnotism Can Help You

By Timothy Greensland

When a practitioner guides a subject into a meditative state of hypnosis this practice is called hypnotism and the practitioner is usually called a hypnotherapist. People have been eager to explorer this fascinating practice for many many years.

People who practice hypnotism claim that the being hypnotized allows the subjects mind to become more easily influenced by an external force, certainly more easily than the patient would accept these external force and suggestions than they normally would under their normal state of mind. The goal then of hypnosis can be to get the subject or patients mind into a state that will more readily receptive to a treatment for a disorder.

Many people react to hypnosis differently. Surveys suggest that approximately 20% of the population cannot be hypnotized, and that 25% of the population can be hypnotized quite easily. The remainder of the population fall somewhere in between. This proves that whilst it can be a very useful tool, hypnosis might not be useful to everyone, but its difficult to tell who can and can;t be hypnotized until they try it.

In order to explain the process more fully, lets take a look at an example.

Smoking is perhaps one of the most difficult habit to give up. It is often a habit that has been held by the smoker for many years and the smoker has often tried many times to quite and has failed. During hypnotism, the smoker will first be placed into hypnosis, or a deep meditative state. Whilst in this meditative state, the negative aspects and emotions will first be thought about then the positive aspects and emotions of giving up will be though about. After w while these emotions and aspects, both negative then positive will also be verbalized by the subject. Over the course of the hypnotism sessions these emotions will be subtly changed by the hypnotherapist helping the smoker to quit smoking.

Actively focusing on the negative and positive perceptions and the changes that have been learned during hypnotism is required for the patient to be successfully cured after the hypnotism sessions end.

Odds are you know someone who has successfully used hypnotism for a problem like giving up smoking. if it worked for them it can work for you too.

Don't let fear of the unknown or the fear of trying something new hold you back from trying a treatment that really could change your life. Many people have tried this form of therapy and found it works for them, it could work for you as well.

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