A Layman's Guide to Hypnosis

Even though a subject under hypnosis appears to assume the characteristics of a person sleeping, they are in fact fully aware. Hypnosis is pretty complicated to depict, as nobody in reality knows what is going on inside the brain of a hypnotized subject. What we do know is that whilst in trance state the hypnotic subject becomes so suggestible. A subject's attention, while they are going into hypnosis, is narrowed down gradually. Firstly, the sense of sight is lost as the subject is requested to close their eyes. A little later it is not surprising for the subject to lose total awareness of their body. Even though one by one the senses are slowly slipping away, one sense is greatly enhanced by the induction process. This is the sense of hearing. A subject put under hypnosis can repeatedly hear obscure sounds that they wouldn't be able to hear in the usual waking state. This, of course, means that through the whole process the subject can easily hear everything that the hypnotist might suggest. When you begin to induce trance state in people you will frequently find that after awakening the hypnotic subject, they will consider they could not have been hypnotized as they could still hear your voice. The misconception that they won't be able to hear your voice often comes from those subjects who suppose hypnosis to be the same as sleep.

A person in the state of hypnosis is exceedingly susceptible to suggestion. One of the reasons for this is that, whilst in the trance state, you are just able to concentrate on just one thing at a time. For example, if I were to tell you that you are a delicate ballerina, you would instantly compare this hypnotic suggestion with what you already know to be accurate, and, unless of course you are a ballerina, you would tell me I am talking nonsense. The hypnotised subject though is not able to entertain the thought that they may not be what I have suggested, as their limited focus is taken up by the thought that they are actually a pretty ballerina. The result, as desired, ends in the hypnotic subject jumping to their feet to carry out a series of pirouettes across the stage.

The human mind is divided into two very diverse sections. The conscious mind, which is accountable for all our conscious thoughts and decisions, and the subconscious mind, which coordinates our autonomous activity. The mind can be best marked as a computer, the subconscious as the processor and the conscious as the monitor and keyboard. Our subconscious mind is a type of protector; it watches over our body and helps us to endure.

Although our subconscious can do loads oftasks that consciously would be impracticable, it also has one extremely essential characteristic. 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 guardian. Our subconscious mind will process anything that enters it no matter how odd. So, as long as you can push a suggestion through the door it will be acted upon. This is exactly why hypnosis works. The guardian's door can be carelessly opened while we are under hypnosis.

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