Frequently Asked Questions
Adapted from Mayo Clinic
Q: When you're under hypnosis, do you surrender your free will?
No. Hypnosis is a heightened state of concentration and focused attention. When you're under hypnosis, you don't lose your personality, your free will or your personal strength.
Q: When you're under hypnosis, does the hypnotherapist control you?
No. You do hypnosis voluntarily for yourself. A hypnotherapist only serves as a knowledgeable guide or facilitator.
Q: Under hypnosis, do you lose consciousness and have amnesia?
A small number of people who go into a very deep hypnotic state experience amnesia. However, most people remember everything that occurred under hypnosis.
Q: Can I be put under hypnosis without my consent?
Successful hypnosis depends on your willingness to experience it. Even with voluntary participation, not everyone can be led into a hypnotic state.
Q: Can I be hypnotized?
Yes, in fact hypnotizability is often a learned trait. You can teach your body and mind to go into trance, and get better and better at it as you practice your self hypnosis. Some people don't think they are hypnotized after a session. What they do notice is that some things have changed - maybe that day, maybe the next week. Sometimes the effects are subtle and sometimes profound.
Hypnosis can be used to further any human endeavor. Here is a list of common areas hypnosis can treat:
- Feel worthwhile, self-confident, improve energy
- Improve concentration and get over test anxiety
- Remove phobias or states of panic and relax in any situation
- Overcome procrastination and stay motivated
- Reduce conflict and stress
- Promote health by dealing with specific health issues and overall well-being
- Increase healing time from injuries or post operative procedures
- Regain your natural ability to sleep easily
- Sell your ideas, and your services with confidence and enthusiasm
- Improve income and your relationship with money
- Become a better athlete or performer
- Attract and maintain worthwhile relationships
- Clear your negative mental patterns and how they affect you
- Free yourself from hostility, resentment, fear of rejection
- Select your goals in life; chart your course for their realization
- Program your mind with positive mental concepts and successful attitudes
- Heal from post traumatic stress