When a practitioner guides a subject into a meditative state of hypnosis this practice is called hypnotism and the practitioner is usually called a hypnotherapist. People have been eager to explorer this fascinating practice for many many years.
People who practice hypnotism claim that the being hypnotized allows the subjects mind to become more easily influenced by an external force, certainly more easily than the patient would accept these external force and suggestions than they normally would under their normal state of mind. The goal then of hypnosis can be to get the subject or patients mind into a state that will more readily receptive to a treatment for a disorder.
Different people seem to react differently. While a small percentage of people, roughly 20% cannot be hypnotized, according to a recent survey it appears that 25% of people can in fact be easily hypnotized, with the remainder of the population lying somewhere between these two states. This difference in the ability of people to become hypnotized leads people to believe that hypnotism is certainly not an exact science.
The explanation above sounds a little complex, so an example is in order.
One of the more common uses of hypnosis is for patients to help smokers stop smoking, often when other methods they have tried have already failed. To treat this patient in hypnotism the hypnotists will first attempt to place the smoker into the meditative state of hypnosis. Once in this state the hypnotist will ask the smoker to first think about the negative results of their smoking and then later the positive results that would be experienced by the patient giving up smoking. These thoughts are also later verbalized as part of the hypnotism. With the help of the hypnotherapist the smokers perceptions about smoking can be changed to affect a cure that will last even after the hypnotism has finished.
Actively focusing on the negative and positive perceptions and the changes that have been learned during hypnotism is required for the patient to be successfully cured after the hypnotism sessions end.
Odds are you know someone who has successfully used hypnotism for a problem like giving up smoking. if it worked for them it can work for you too.
Like anything in life, its always challenging to try something new, and our fears of the unknown often hold us back, but really what have you got to lose ?
Ingrid Preube
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