Hypnosis - What Does It Feel Like?

By Author: Milos Pesic
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Although a hypnotized subject does appear to assume the peculiarity of a person asleep, they are in fact extremely alert. Hypnosis is truly difficult to define, as nobody truly knows what is taking place inside the mind of a subject put under hypnosis. What we do know is that whilst in hypnosis the hypnotic subject becomes exceedingly suggestible. A subject`s attention, while they are going into trance state, is narrowed down bit by bit. Firstly, the sense of sight is lost as the subject is told to close their eyes. After some time it is not surprising for the hypnotic subject to lose total perception of their body. Although one by one the senses are little by little slipping away, one sense is considerably amplified by the induction process. This is the sense of hearing. A subject under hypnosis can repeatedly hear remote sounds that they wouldn`t be able to hear in the common waking state. This, of course, means that during the whole process the subject is able to hear everything that the hypnotist may utter. When you begin inducing trance state in people you will often find that after awakening the subject, they will believe ...
... they could not have been hypnotized as they could still hear your voice. The mistaken belief that they will not be able to hear your voice frequently comes from those persons who think hypnosis to be identical to sleep.

A person in the hypnotic state is astonishingly susceptible to suggestion. One of the main reasons for this is that, whilst in the trance state, you are just able to focus on one thing at a time. For example, if I were to tell you that you are a pretty ballerina, you would without delay compare this 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 on the other hand is not able to entertain the thought that they might not be what I have suggested, as their incomplete awareness is taken up by the thought that they are essentially a dainty ballerina. The end result, as desired, ends in the subject leaping to their feet to carry out a series of pirouettes across the stage.

The human mind is divided into two pretty diverse areas. The conscious mind, which is accountable for all our conscious thoughts and decisions, and the subconscious mind, which regulates our autonomous activity. The mind can be brst labelled as a computer, the subconscious as the processor and the conscious as the monitor and keyboard. Our subconscious mind is a kind of keeper; it watches over our body and helps us to survive.

Even though our subconscious can do a lot oftasks that consciously might be unmanageable, it also has one extremely rudimentary feature. Somewhere between our two minds is what we call the critical factor. This is most likely best explained as a door, at which is a protector. Our subconscious mind will process anything that enters it no matter how peculiar. So, as long as you can put a suggestion through the door it will be acted upon. This is precisely the reason why hypnosis works. The guardian's door can be inconsiderately opened while we are under hypnosis.