Hypnosis And The Human Mind

By Author: Milos Pesic
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Even though a hypnotized subject seems to assume the features of a person sleeping, they are in fact completely observant. Hypnosis is truly tricky to explain, as nobody actually knows what is going on inside the mind of a subject put under hypnosis. What we do know is that while in trance state the subject becomes very suggestible. A subject`s attention, whilst they are going into hypnosis, is narrowed down gradually. Firstly, the sense of sight is lost as the hypnotic subject is told to close their eyes. After some time it is not uncommon for the hypnotic subject to lose full awareness of their body. Even though one by one the senses are little by little slipping away, one sense is deeply amplified by the induction process. This is the sense of hearing. A subject under hypnosis can repeatedly hear isolated sounds that they would not be able to hear in the usual waking state. This, obviously, means that through the whole process the subject can hear all the things that the hypnotist might suggest. When you start to induce hypnosis in people you will regularly find that after awakening the subject, they will consider they could ...
... not have been put under hypnosis as they could still hear your voice. The mistaken belief that they will not be able to hear your voice often comes from those persons who suppose hypnosis to be like sleep.

A person in the hypnotic state is exceedingly susceptible to suggestion. One of the reasons for this is that, while in the trance state, you are only able to concentrate on one thing at a time. For instance, if I were to tell you that you are a pretty ballerina, you would instantaneously compare this hypnosis suggestion with what you already know to be true, and, unless of course you are a ballerina, you would tell me I am talking nonsense. The hypnotised subject then again is not able to entertain the thought that they may not be what I have suggested, as their inadequate focus is taken up by the thought that they are truly a graceful ballerina. The end result, as desired, ends in the hypnotic subject hopping to their feet to perform a series of pirouettes across the stage.

The human mind is divided into two pretty distinct areas. The conscious mind, which is responsible for all our conscious thoughts and decisions, and the subconscious mind, which monitors our autonomous activity. The mind can be best thought of as a computer, the subconscious as the processor and the conscious as the monitor and keyboard. Our subconscious mind is a sort of protector; it secures our body and helps us to stay alive.

Though our subconscious can do loads oftasks that consciously may be impracticable, it also has one extremely elementary characteristic. Somewhere between our two minds is what we call the critical factor. This is almost certainly best explained as a door, at which is a keeper. Our subconscious mind will process anything that enters it no matter how uncanny. So, as long as you can put a suggestion through the door it will be acted upon. This is precisely why hypnosis works. The guardian's door can be carelessly opened while we are under hypnosis.