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Hypnosis is a safe, effective and
fast approach to changing behaviour and thought patterns. Due to the popularity
of stage hypnotism there are a number of misconceptions about hypnotherapy.
Remember that stage hypnotists are putting on a show. They choose the
most suggestible people, carefully screened, more likely to play the fool while
they can claim, "I was hypnotised". Their subjects are generally extroverts
and have been drinking. The stage hypnotist has a large audience to pick from
and carefully chooses the people that will give the best show and quickly
dismisses the people on the stage that are not.
Hypnotherapy, while
working on the same principles, is a profession that places the clients' benefits
above all else. Because of the popular misconception of hypnosis this page has
been included to present the facts.
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Can I be hypnotised against my will?
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NO, you can't be hypnotised
unless you want to be. All hypnosis is self hypnosis as you have to accept the
suggestion that you are getting more relaxed. Not even the most experience
hypnotist could hypnotise you if YOU did not want to be
hypnotised!
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Will I tell all my secrets while I am hypnotised?
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No, hypnosis is a deep
sense of relaxation where the senses are very alert. Your conscious mind is
encouraged to wander and drift so it doesn't interrupt the session by analysing
everything! But your conscious mind is always able to process certain
information and the client chooses what they tell the hypnotherapist while in
hypnosis.
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Can I be made to do things I wouldn't normally do?
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You cannot be hypnotised and
told to do something that you would not normally do, for example to commit
crime. Your mind only ever accepts suggestions that are concurrent with your
value system. If you were given the suggestion to do something against your
beliefs, the fail safe mechanisms of your mind would kick in and stop
you.
For a client who is seeing a
hypnotherapist to assist in quitting smoking, the situation of being a non-smoker
is a position that they are comfortable with. Therefore the suggestion of being
a non-smoker fits with their value system and is accepted by the subconscious
mind.
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Will I be stuck in hypnosis if the tape breaks?
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If the tape were to break or
there was a power cut or any other problem you would either come out of hypnosis
on your own or you would drift off into a safe peaceful sleep and wake up
naturally.
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