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Hypnosis
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HYPNOSIS
The difference between Stage Hypnosis and Clinical Hypnotherapy
There are a plethora of myths
and urban legends circulating about hypnosis and
hypnotists. Did you hear the one about: |
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An elderly Mormon who
hypnotised two women 35 and 38
and had sex with both of them while they were in a
trance. |
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Or victims in South America
approached by young boys, who by touching them
lightly and looking in their eyes induced a deep
somnambulistic trance and then stole all their
belongings.
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Or George Adamski, a long time
hoaxer who at the time of his death in his
seventies, was still hustling and offering to teach
people how to use self-hypnosis in order to visit
Venus and Mars -- for a fee of fifty dollars.
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Or people who have been under
hypnosis and the hypnotist dies. And..........Oh
No........... because he is the one who induced the
trance in the first place, these poor people are
stuck in hypnosis for ever and ever and ever.......
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Okay, we are being a little bit
facetious here, but that is honestly how some
people regard hypnosis.
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TIME TO DISPEL
SOME MYTHS! |
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You cannot ,
I repeat cannot be
hypnotised by anyone, you hypnotise yourself. All
the skilled hypnotist does is provide the right
combination of safety, relaxation and gentle words
to assist you in reaching a trance state.
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While in a hypnotic trance you
will be aware of external sounds. They probably
won't bother you but you will be aware of them.
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If anyone makes a suggestion to
you while in a hypnotic state that opposes your
belief system you will immediately come out of
trance. |
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If at any time you feel uncomfortable
or uneasy you can immediately come out of trance.
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Hypnosis is, in it's basic
terms, simply a form of deep relaxation, It is a
tool used in therapy, not the therapy itself and
it's value lies in allowing the therapist to talk
directly to your subconscious mind.
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The majority of people
between the ages of 7 and 75 can be hypnotised - IF THEY WANT TO
BE!! No hypnotist can hypnotise anybody who does not want to be
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And now for the stage
hypnotist. Now we've all been to stage shows where
the hypnotist has called for volunteers. A number
of hands go up, and in general, the hypnotist
invites them all onto the stage. There then follows
a series of tests when the hypnotist accepts and
rejects volunteers. Most people think the hypnotist
is testing to see whether or not a volunteer can be
hypnotised -
WRONG - nearly everyone can
be hypnotised if they want to be. What the hypnotist
is looking for are the extroverts, the show offs,
volunteers game for a laugh. Because the hypnotist
knows that these people will relish five minutes of
fame, won't mind barking like a dog or quacking
like a duck.
The hypnotist is never asking them to do things
that they don't want to do, in every case he is
simply making it easy for them to realise their
fantasies. After all if they do go a bit too far
they can always say 'It wasn't my fault, I was
hypnotised!!!'
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The difference between
hypnosis and hypnotherapy is simple. Hypnosis is
generally associated with stage hypnotists and
leisure activities. Hypnotherapy is a clinical
therapy that uses hypnosis as a tool to help
clients resolve their problems
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If you
have any further questions regarding hypnosis or hypnotherapy please
telephone
01580 893858
or email
info@hypno-health.org.uk |
