Hypnosis How-To
Achieving hypnosis is a matter of directing the suggestibility that we all possess into the channels that will finally produce the hypnotic state. It can be much more complicated than this explanation in many cases, but let us use this as a working grounds.
Everybody can be hypnotised. The time needed for achieving hypnosis will differ from subject to subject. We will discuss some of the reasons for this in a successive chapter , but for our discussion at this time we want to understand this point. I have run across many people who were highly disappointed because they didn’t reply to hypnosis right away or after several attempts. They wanted to know “what was wrong.” An explanation that nothing was wrong somehow didn’t satisfy these people. “After all,” they disagreed, “didn’t I am going to a hypnotist especially to be hypnotized?” Some insinuated that perhaps the hypnotist was not very good.
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may I explain that most subjects have to be conditioned for hypnosis, and this conditioning is helped when the [14] subject practices certain conditioning exercises that I shall talk about in detail in chapter 6, titled “the best way to accomplish Self-Hypnosis.” In my teaching, i have found that about one out of ten subjects responds to the first attempt at hypnosis. One can’t make a definite statement regarding the time period critical to learn self-hypnosis, but it is my experience that this sometimes takes about one month. I’ve had subjects learn self-hypnosis in about half an hour, but I must also relate that I have worked with subjects for one year before they achieved it.
For the main part, the laws of learning apply to self-hypnosis as with anything else that one would wish to learn. It could be a relatively straightforward procedure, or it can be very confusing. The answer lies not so much with the hypnotist as with the subject.
One question that arises is : “if i’m under hypnosis, how am I able to give myself suggestions?” during the hypnotic state, it has got to be recollected, the topic is always mindful of what is occurring. He hears what’s declared, follows directions and ends the state when told to do so. In the self-hypnotic state, the subject is in full control. he will think, reason, act, criticize, suggest or do whatever he desires. He can audibly give himself recommendations, or he can mentally give himself proposals. In both cases, he doesn’t rouse from the hypnotic state until he gives himself specific suggestions to do so. Many feel if they audibly give themselves suggestions, they’ll “awaken.” In hypno-analysis, the subject answers questions in the hypnotic state. Having the topic talk doesn’t end the state. You can keep the talkative subject under hypnosis as long as you want. Additionally, the subject can be sitting erect with his eyes open and still be under hypnosis. Carrying this further, the subject may not remember that he is [15] under hypnosis. He can be given a cue not to recollect when the specialist makes a certain motion or announces a certain word that he’s going to go back into the hypnotic state but still keep his eyes open. Only a professional hypnotist could perceive the change.
Another frequent question is : “How do I arouse myself from the self-hypnotic state?” You only say to yourself that on counting to five you will open your eyes and wake up feeling good. Many times the topic falls asleep while giving himself posthypnotic proposals. This isn’t unattractive since the suggestions will spill over into the unconscious mind as he goes from consciousness to unconsciousness.
A popular point of view about hypnosis is that the subject surrenders his will to the hypnotist in the midst of being hypnotised. Similarly, many think that once the topic is hypnotized, the hypnotist has absolute control of the topic and the topic is defenseless to resist suggestion. Both beliefs are erroneous. I suspect the 1st myth comes from seeing strategies where the hypnotist requests the topic to check out his eyes. The hypnotist advocates to the subject that as he continues to take a look at his eyes he will fall into a deep hypnotic state. This, then, becomes a matter of who can outstare whom. The subject sometimes begins to blink his eyes and the hypnotist follows this up with quick ideas that the subject’s eyes are becoming watery and heavy and the subject will fall into a deep hypnotic sleep just as soon as he ( the topic ) closes his eyes. This procedure gives the impression to the observer that the subject is “willed” to go under hypnosis. It would appear that once the hypnotist concentrates or wills adequately, the subject succumbs. In actual fact the hypnotist in this system isn’t looking into the eyes of the topic. [16] He fixes his attention on the bridge of the nose of the subject.
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