What Advice Would You Give To Someone Wanting To Recognize They Were In Hypnosis/hypnotized?

2 Responses for "What Advice Would You Give To Someone Wanting To Recognize They Were In Hypnosis/hypnotized?"

1. Tom R January 1st, 2010 at 9:35 am

   If you try to make it happen it probably won’t. I do not know what you have on your mp3 but it may not work for self induction.
   To start with … Stay away from “stage hypnosis” Do you really think you can learn enough about hypnosis in a week end to be able to do anything properly. Sorry, not picking on you but rather the people who teach “short courses”. I would advise you that you have learned enough to cause problems and you probably wasted your $$$$$
   Check with your comunity college or university and see what they offer.
   How much piano could you learn in a weekend??
   In your course were you taught how to properly word a suggestion ? what the facial signs of a sucessful suggestion were? These can be seen easily by a hypnotist but how do you observe them on you?
   when I work with a person, induction after two or three sessions is accomplished in two-three seconds and it may not be necessary to say anything except to ask if they are ready to go into the trance state.The next thing is deepening. You probably need a suggestion to go into trance state It should be given while you are in a fairly deep state. I have one friend i gave that sugestion to about 18 years ago and it still works even though I may not see her for a number of years.You should get some books on clinical hypnosis, La Crone , Mc Masters and of course M. Ericson. Forget the ones that promise to give you all the secrets an d forbidden techniques etc ad nasium they do not!! They take your money.

2. x January 1st, 2010 at 2:54 pm

   To be hypnotised you have to “conciously want” to be in that state of mind.
   You have to be totally relaxed in body and mind. Your mind has to be “receptive” to suggestions.
   That is why people put you in a “trance”, or deep sleep often because you have to want it.
   You “can not” hypnotise a moron, because they havent the capacity to hold thier attention span and are fidgety and lack the intelligence to understand at times. (not saying your one now…).
   If your not “ready” or willing, or conciously holding back, you will never get into the meditative state and be receptive.
   I used to practice meditation until I could see (with my eyes closed), that everything was white around me, and I was in such euphoria that it was glorious! I quit doing that many decades ago and havent been able to return to it, but, sometimes I do miss it
   I wish you well…
   Jesse