Hypnosis and the Human Mind - By: Pesic Milos

Although a subject under hypnosis does appear to retain the peculiarity of somebody sleeping, they are in fact totally alert. Hypnosis is astonishingly difficult to describe, as nobody essentially knows what is going on inside the brain of a hypnotized subject. What we do know is that whilst in hypnosis the hypnotic subject becomes pretty suggestible. A subject`s attention, while they are going into trance state, is narrowed down gradually. Firstly, the sense of sight is lost as the subject is demanded to close their eyes. After a little while it is not surprising for the subject to lose absolute responsiveness of their body. Though one by one the senses are little by little slipping away, one sense is deeply amplified by the process of induction. This is the sense of hearing. A subject put under hypnosis can often hear faraway sounds that they would not be able to hear in the normal waking state. This, evidently, means that during the course of the whole process the subject can easily hear all that the hypnotist might suggest. When you start to induce hypnosis in people you will repeatedly find that upon awakening the hypnotic subject, they will consider they could not have been put under hypnosis as they could still hear your voice. The misapprehension that they won`t be able to hear your voice regularly comes from those persons who think hypnosis to be similar to sleep.

A person in the hypnosis state is so suggestible. One of the reasons for this is that, while in the trance, you are only able to focus on only one thing at a time. For example, if I were to tell you that you are a pretty ballerina, you would without delay compare this hypnosis suggestion with what you already know to be true, and, lest of course you are a ballerina, you would tell me I am talking nonsense. The hypnotised subject then again is not able to entertain the thought that they may not be what I have suggested, as their limited focus is taken up by the thought that they are in reality a graceful ballerina. The outcome, as desired, ends in the hypnotic subject leaping to their feet to carry out a series of pirouettes across the stage.

The human mind is split into two extremely diverse parts. The conscious mind, which is accountable for all our conscious thoughts and decisions, and the subconscious mind, which governs our autonomous activity. The mind can be best called a computer, the subconscious as the processor and the conscious as the monitor and keyboard. Our subconscious mind is a type of protector; it looks after our body and helps us to survive.

Although our subconscious can do voluminoustasks that consciously may be unviable, it also has one truly essential characteristic. Somewhere between our two minds is what we call the critical factor. This is most likely best depicted as a door, at which is a keeper. Our subconscious mind will process anything that enters it no matter how out of the ordinary. So, as long as you can push a suggestion through the door it will be obeyed. This is indeed the reason why hypnosis works. The guardian's door can be inconsiderately opened while we are under hypnosis.

About the Author

Milos Pesic is a professional hypnotist who runs a highly popular and comprehensive Hypnosis and Self Hypnosis web site. Also visit his Hypnosis squidoo lens for more articles and resources on hypnosis related topics, self hypnosis, weight loss hypnosis, stop smoking hypnosis, hypnosis scripts and much more.

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