Hypnosis Myths
MYTH:
You lose control...
In fact because you are in a relaxed state your mind is free of that 24 hour a
day "chatter", therefore, you are in more control of your thoughts.
MYTH:
Morals, Beliefs and Values are compromised...
In a hypnotic trance you can not be made to do anything against your will, values, or beliefs.
MYTH:
You Go To Sleep...
In fact you will hear and remember everything that I say.
MYTH:
You will not come out of trance...
At most you will move into a natural sleep and wake up in a few minutes feeling energized and
refreshed.
MYTH:
Only mentally weak or sick people are hypnotizable...
In fact the opposite is true. The capacity to be hypnotized requires strong mental health.
MYTH:
Women are more hypnotizable than men...
In fact, the sexes are the same in their trance capacity, and children are good subjects.
MYTH:
Symptom removal means a new symptom...
In fact, this is not necessarily so. Any number of troubling symptoms, from
skin rash to fear of animals, can be successfully treated with the help of
hypnosis without a substitute symptom popping in. Many symptoms are
actually psychological fossils: remnants of earlier emotional times that linger
on as habits.
MYTH:
Hypnosis is dangerous...
In fact, there is nothing dangerous about hypnosis by itself. If there were, we
would certainly know it. We often use it ourselves to slip into
another state of consciousness, to day dream, to concentrate deeply, to become totally absorbed in things of compelling interest.
MYTH:
The hypnotist must be charismatic, unique or weird...
In fact, a flamboyant or eccentric personality might disturb the trusting
atmosphere that serves to bring out a person's trance talent.
