What is hypnosis?
All hypnosis is self-hypnosis. What I mean by that is what a hynotherapist or hypnotist does is give people instructions to think about things and imagine things in a particular way. If you follow those instructions you will go into what's termed a hynotic trance state. If you don't follow the instructions then nothing happens. It's an odd state of consciousness from a point of view different from the everyday state of mind, yet it's something that most of us experience regularly on a daily basis. For example, if you have ever read a book, watched a film or seen a play and been so carried away with it it's almost like you're there, you're a part of it, that's a hynotic state. If you've ever been so absorbed in a task at work of some kind that you become oblivious to everything around you because you're so focused on that one thing, that again is a hypnotic state. If you've ever driven or walked somewhere and when you get to your destination you said 'How did I get here?', you've forgotten the journey because you've been off in a daydream, highway hypnosis is quite a comon experience. So the point I'm trying to make is that the hypnotic state is a natural state of mind. It's something which we all experience pretty much on a daily basis. What's different here is that that natural ability is harnessed and focused to help people to acheive their goals, whatever they may be.
