Myths About Hypnosis
People often fear that being hypnotized will
make them lose control, surrender their will, and result in their being dominated, but a hypnotic state is not the
same thing as gullibility or weakness. Many people base their assumptions about hypnotism on stage acts but fail to
take into account that stage hypnotists screen their volunteers to select those who are cooperative, with possible
exhibitionist tendencies, as well as responsive to hypnosis. Stage acts help create a myth about hypnosis which
discourages people from seeking legitimate hypnotherapy.
Another myth about hypnosis is that people lose
consciousness and have amnesia. A small percentage of subjects, who go into very deep levels of trance will fit this
stereotype and have spontaneous amnesia. The majority of people remember everything that occurs in hypnosis. This is
beneficial, because the most of what we want to accomplish in hypnosis may be done in a medium depth trance, where
people tend to remember everything.
In hypnosis, the patient is not under the control of the hypnotist.
Hypnosis is not something imposed on people, but something they do for themselves. A hypnotist simply serves as a
facilitator to guide them.
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