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Hypnosis is a state of trance achieved by relaxing the mind to a point where conscious behavior stops. This can be achieved with the help of a therapist or through self-hypnosis and can be used for a variety of purposes, both in entertainment and clinical settings. While much controversy surrounds the use of hypnosis and its true... more »
Self-hypnosis is a relaxation and suggestion technique that you can perform on yourself. Though it may be difficult for some to reach a deep-enough level of concentration, many can experience vast benefits and improve their quality of life. more »
Although often associated with stage performers and entertainment, hypnosis is a legitimate healing modality. At least 16 states regulate the practice of hypnosis as a therapy, with some recognizing it as a helpful supplement to Western allopathic medicine. Some individuals experience positive results with hypnosis as a treatment for... more »
While hypnosis can be used to help people quit smoking, there still must be a desire to quit in the mind of the hypnosis recipient. During hypnosis, a person is brought to a relaxed state through guided imagery and sound. In that relaxed space, many people are open to suggestions. The hypnotist urges the smoker to practice deep... more »
It has been discovered that much of how an overweight person relates to food is a result of internal patterns learned early in life. The motivations are unconscious, and therefore very difficult to discard with willpower alone. In order to repattern these deeply held beliefs and concepts, more people are beginning to view hypnosis as... more »
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Hypnosis is a mental state which sometimes causes people to lose bow control (state theory) or set of attitudes (non-state theory) usually induced by a procedure known as a hypnotic induction, which is commonly composed of a series of preliminary instructions and suggestions."New Definition: Hypnosis" Division 30 of the American Psychological Association Hypnotic suggestions may be delivered by a hypnotist in the presence of the subject, or may be self-administered ("self-suggestion" or "autosuggestion"). The use of hypnotism for therapeutic purposes is referred to as "hypnotherapy".
The words hypnosis and hypnotism both derive from the term "neuro-hypnotism" (nervous sleep) coined by the Scottish physician and surgeon James Braid around 1841. Braid based his practice on that developed by Franz Anton Mesmer and his followers ("Mesmerism" or "animal magnetism"), but differed in his theory as to how the procedure worked.
Although a popular misconception is that hypnosis is a form of unconsciousness resembling sleep, contemporary research suggests that it is actually a wakeful state of focused attention and heightened suggestibility, with diminished peripheral awareness.p. 22, Spiegel, Herbert and Spiegel, David. Trance and Treatment. Basic Books Inc., New York. 1978. ISBN 0-465-08687-X In the first book on the subject, Neurypnology (1843), Braid described "hypnotism" as a state of physical relaxation accompanied and induced by mental concentration ("abstraction").Braid, J. (1843) Neurypnology.
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Skeptics point out the difficulty distinguishing between hypnosis and the placebo effect, proposing that the state called hypnosis is so heavily reliant upon the effects of suggestion and belief that it would be hard to imagine how a credible placebo control could ever be devised for a hypnotism study.
Many researchers and clinicians would object however that hypnotic suggestion is explicitly intended to make use of the placebo e read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnosis
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