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| Drivers often experience highway hypnosis. (Photo source: Wikipedia |
“I have wondered what it would be like to be
hypnotized, but it is kind of scary.”
I get this all of the time when someone learns I’m a
hypnotist. My response to the person is
always the same: you actually experience
hypnosis three or four times every day without even realizing it.
Hypnosis is a completely natural state of mind
defined by focus, concentration, creativity and heightened suggestibility. It’s where we go when we get lost in our
thoughts or when we day dream.
Here are a few specific examples of how hypnosis
permeates our every day:
--Have you ever been driving or riding in a car, ten
minutes go by and you look around have no recollection of the route? That is referred to as highway hypnosis.
--Have you ever been watching a movie and something
funny or scary happens on the screen and you react to it? The entire entertainment industry is based on
a form of hypnosis called the suspension of
disbelief.
--And finally, have you ever heard a song or smelled something
distinct and it brought back a memory?
That too is a form of hypnosis where your subconscious is reacting to an
external stimulus.
A hypnotist’s job is to help a person take this
skill they already have and direct it to achieve positive and meaningful
outcomes. There’s nothing scary about
that!
