When thinking of hypnosis many people have images of swinging
watches, the subject in a coma like trance totally under control of
the Hypnotist. In reality, hypnosis is a state of heightened
awareness and increased suggestibility. It is very important to
note that this can only happen with the consent of the client. The
Hypnotist can not make the client do anything that violates their
morals or values. The effective hypnotist will establish rapport
and align with the client's wishes and desire for change prior to
any hypnotic induction.
To understand hypnosis, it is important to understand the difference
between the conscious mind and the subconscious mind. The conscious
mind is responsible for most of our rational thought processes. The
subconscious mind is responsible for activities that seem to occur
without our awareness . Many of our bodily functions are controlled
by our subconscious mind, such as breathing and heart rate. If you
have ever experienced driving to a destination you go to on a
regular basis, and upon arriving don't quite remember how you got
there, then it was your subconscious mind that allowed you to arrive
while you conscious mind was thinking about other things.
The Hypnotist uses hypnosis to access the subconscious mind by
distracting the conscious mind, or critical faculty, for the purpose
of imparting positive suggestions to the subconscious mind. These
suggestions may be for the purpose of altering some habit, such as
smoking, or possibly to modify the subconscious response to an
activity causing fear, such as flying in an airplane.
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The Power of Hypnosis - Mind Over Matter
The following is one of my favorite stories
illustrating the power of the subconscious mind in regulating the
functions of the body, and the power of suggestion to stimulate
that process (yes we are talking hypnosis.) In 1957 a physician
named Bruno Klopfer was treating a man suffering from advanced
cancer of the lymph nodes. The doctor had exhausted all known
treatments, and the man was regarded to have only days left to
live. The man had heard about a new drug, Krebiozen. The doctor
did not believe there was much hope that the drug would make a
difference, but under pressure from the patient agreed to
administer an injection of the medication. To his surprise the
patient experienced what appeared to be a miraculous recovery, and
shortly became symptom free. After a few months, articles
appeared questioning the effectiveness of Krebiozen in treating
cancer of the lymph nodes. Upon learning of this, the man's
cancer returned and his condition rapidly deteriorated. Intrigued
by this case history the doctor decided he would offer to inject
the man with a much stronger and more effective dose of Krebiozen.
In fact, he only injected the man with sterile water. The
patient then experienced a second remission of his symptoms, and
became cancer free. After another few months, the AMA announced
that Krebiozen was useless in the treatment of cancer of the lymph
nodes. After learning of this the man became despondent and died
shortly thereafter.
(Brono Klopfer, Psychological Variables in Human Cancer,
Journal of Prospective Techniques 31, 1957, pp. 331-40.)
What this shows is the ability of suggestion to
produce beneficial physical changes in the body. The
revelation
here is that what goes into our subconscious mind can make us
healthy and happy, or in the case of the patient above, gravely
ill. Our thoughts today become the
reality of our future.