6 signs that a person is endowed with the ability to hypnotize

Updated: 03/12/2020 11:40 Published: 08/31/2015 13:27

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Disputes about the effects of hypnosis on the human body have been going on for centuries. Can hypnosis really cure diseases? How does the hypnosis method work? And what is trance? These questions are answered by Pravda. Ru was answered by the famous hypnotist, creator and director of the Moscow School of Hypnosis, author of many books on the theory and practice of hypnosis Gennady Goncharov.

Hypnotist: a “Golden Age” awaits earthlings

— Gennady Arkadyevich, there are scientists who are sure that the hypnotic state is an atavism that we inherited from animals in order to react unconsciously in case of danger. But in ordinary, everyday life, this is not a necessary property that should not be used often. What can you answer to this?

“I can answer that there are other scientists who believe that a hypnotic or trance state makes a person a god-man, that without trance a person is not fully developed.

As a way to concentrate consciousness, such techniques have existed for many thousands of years. This happened during the time of the pyramids, and there are even corresponding images. This happened in India, China, and Japan.

Now this is also no less in demand, since people are experiencing colossal information overload. Happens:

1. personality burnout
2. chronic fatigue

and similar techniques work, maybe even better than new ones.

— You are probably often told that it is rare to meet a person with documented supernatural abilities. In 1992 in Tokyo you became the best hypnotist in the world. Please tell me why you decided to participate there? Did you want to prove something to yourself or others?

“In Tokyo I had the opportunity to choose from five thousand people. I used the test and a former sumo wrestler came up to me on stage. Before I started working with him, we did certain tests with him. He had a watch-like device on his hand, and data was displayed on a large screen:

• hemoglobin
• pulse wave propagation speed
• white blood cell count

everything that could be deduced.

And I sent him to the age of five. That is, I convinced him that he was five years old. In Japanese - "go, taro chan", a small five-year-old boy. And he sang songs about yellow tulips and drew.

He drew a rather beautiful cat. There is a picture of him sitting and playing in the sand. He didn't even want to get out of this state. I sent him to the age of five, and all his indicators changed, they became like those of a five-year-old child.

Source: Pravda photo archive. Ru

There were 200 participants at Tokyo University, and I think the Japanese were just trying to find various secrets to use later, as is usually done in Japan.

Talented people are invited, all this is documented, and then, to some extent, it is used for the latest technological developments. But what happened was what happened, the indicators changed and became like those of a five-year-old child. In essence, I managed to change time itself. No one has ever done this in the history of mankind.

It was very easy to work, since the person was very hypnotizable, easily amenable, he entered a deep state. Moreover, he had absolutely no memory of what was happening to him, and only instruments recorded these changes.

This is precisely the highest stage, it is called the somnambulistic stage. The remaining 199 participants demonstrated all this on themselves.

There were yogis, Chinese Wushu masters - very strong competitors, I must admit.

This competition was very strong. But I worked with a Japanese person, not with myself, with an unprepared person, and the jury took this into account. That's how I got the Grand Prix in Tokyo.

And I also gave him a gift that for six months he would have a post-hypnotic suggestion, these indicators would be maintained.

Hypnotists use the help of external forces

About 200-250 years ago, even the most successful and talented hypnotherapists really believed that they put people into a state of trance with the assistance of some mysterious external forces. At the beginning of the 19th century, scientists discovered that the hypnotherapist was not the root cause of trance. The specialist only helps the patient to concentrate, using techniques developed over centuries, and the person falls into a hypnotic state on his own.

The conclusion is confirmed by the fact that in order to master the skills of hypnosis, a person does not have to have any exceptional abilities. Of course, some people learn the practice of hypnotherapy more easily and use it more successfully than others, but this applies to any area of ​​​​human activity.

Viburnum night and lightning strike

— Gennady Arkadyevich, I read that your abilities manifested themselves when the tree you were standing under was struck by lightning. Such stories can often be heard from people who have abilities. How do you explain this?

— I have been meditating for a long time, and I began to actively meditate just after that incident with the lightning. And during meditation I ask a question and see the answer. This is called the highest level of autogenic training, that is, working with images, visualization. If you are:

• well relaxed
• plunged into a deep meditative state of detachment
• entered a state of relaxation
• and consciousness becomes clear, like a sheet of paper

you can ask a question, what needs to be done for my daughter to enter Moscow State University, for example, or what needs to be done to cure a sore knee, or what needs to be done so that the ulcer heals, or some other question.

That is, the main thing is to ask the question correctly, and the answer comes in the form of bright colorful images. It's the same with numbers.

As a child, I grew up in Belarus and was raised by my grandmother and instilled in Vedic culture .

We said that Perun struck - not lightning, not thunder. There is such a place in Belarus, it is called Bulaty, and the time is called Viburnum Night, this is when thunderstorms arrive at the end of September, before Indian Summer. And these thunderstorms begin somewhere at 6 pm and until 12 at night.

And all evening:

• lightning flashed
• it was raining heavily

and this was repeated every night for a week. And my grandmother was very afraid of this time. She:

• closed all the shutters in the house
• closed all the windows
• closed the stove and damper

It was so amazing for me. I was a boy, and for me, on the contrary, it was interesting.

And so, when my grandmother was not at home (she strictly threatened me not to leave the house), I left the house, stood under the oak tree near our house (the oak tree is still growing, huge, big, 200 years old) and hit it lightning, and this discharge passed through me.

I only remember the sound of that tree being torn apart. Apparently I lost consciousness. Then I realized that:

1. I'm lying on the ground
2. it's raining
3. I open my eyes but I don't see anything
4. can not hear anything

I somehow prayed, I was afraid that my grandmother would scold me, I turned to God, to a higher mind, perhaps. And it came back to me:

• vision
• hearing

and they even worsened. That is, I still have very acute hearing, I can even hear a little in infrasound, I can see in ultraviolet.

In a state of trance, a person follows any instruction of the hypnotist

The idea of ​​the unconditional controllability of a person subjected to hypnosis arose on the basis of theatrical shows conducted by not entirely conscientious hypnotists, circus performances or films. In fact, in a state of trance, a person is fully aware of what is happening. The hypnotist cannot force the patient to perform actions that conflict with his moral and ethical principles or sense of self-preservation. Stories about a hypnotized person jumping out of a window or robbing a bank are simply nonsense.

After careful study, the assertions that in a state of trance a person blurts out all the secrets also turned out to be unfounded. This is why hypnosis has never found application in forensic science: information obtained from hypnotized witnesses or suspects is often unreliable.

Features of influence

If you hypnotize a person correctly, he will not feel discomfort. The person is in a peaceful state: he is calm and comfortable. Safe hypnosis does exist. The advantage of this type of therapy is minimal intervention. A person receives only an image or a thought that develops gradually and without coercion.

Effect of hypnosis:

• eradication of bad habits;
• increased self-esteem;
• getting rid of complexes;
• fighting fears and phobias (getting rid of their root causes);
• increasing stress resistance.

The more a person works on himself, the more he receives in return. The effectiveness of hypnotherapy is determined by the desire of a woman or man, their trust and receptivity. Hypnosis cannot completely change a personality; it only pushes for changes that the hypnotized person can refuse.

Hypnosis is used with caution in people with schizophrenia or epilepsy. Such patients may experience severe complications after therapy. In complex treatment, hypnosis is an auxiliary procedure that can improve the work of psychotherapy.

Hypnotherapy should be used with caution in people with epilepsy

The practice of hypnosis is originally pagan and therefore condemned by the church

The misconception is associated with the belief that induction into trance is practiced by shamans and some representatives of alternative medicine. Given that the hypnotherapist does not seek the help of external forces and cannot subjugate the patient’s free will, most world religions do not condemn the practice of inducing a hypnotic trance. For example, the Roman Catholic Church recognized hypnosis as an acceptable treatment as early as 1847.

Hypnotherapy itself does not carry any religious overtones. True, it is often used by representatives of totalitarian sects for unscrupulous purposes, but because of this the method itself cannot be considered unethical.

How to learn hypnosis

The main skill for a person who has decided to become a hypnotist is faith in his own strengths and capabilities. At the very beginning of training, it is important to study the theoretical foundations. It is impossible to impose your own worldview without confidence. During the learning process, it is important to regularly improve your own knowledge and improve quality.

Practitioners need to give up bad habits. This includes smoking, drinking alcohol and strong coffee. Constant self-control helps strengthen the power to control one's own actions and actions. Thanks to this practice, the ability to influence other people improves.

While learning hypnosis, it is recommended to switch strictly to vegetarian food. It is strictly forbidden to show negative emotions or use lies in any form. It is important for beginning hypnotists to regularly practice gaze and focus on specific actions. Daily practice will be required to develop new skills and abilities.

First, you need to hold your gaze on the selected object for 1–2 minutes. Focusing duration is increased to 10 minutes. Between approaches you need to give your eyes a rest. In addition to looking, they develop the desired timbre of voice. There is a huge selection of speech therapy exercises.

Some people cannot be hypnotized

The only reason that makes it impossible to put a patient into a state of hypnosis is severe brain damage. A qualified hypnotherapist can help almost any person concentrate and fall into a trance, but the susceptibility to this kind of effort (hypnotizability) varies from person to person.

To conduct a successful hypnotic session, active cooperation between the specialist and the patient is necessary, since it is impossible to put a person into a trance against his will.

Principle of operation

The basis of hypnosis techniques is the ability of the subconscious to perceive the information received as verified facts. What happens during the session:

• the hypnotized person disconnects from the outside world - he enters a trance (feels what is happening, but is not distracted by the noise or behavior of the people around him);
• his consciousness turns off;
• suggestion occurs - the implantation of thoughts, images, attitudes immediately into the subconscious;
• after awakening, the received attitude is perceived as one’s own conclusion or idea.

The role of consciousness in the processing of received attitudes is great: statements are analyzed, doubts and justified worries arise regarding the fidelity and correctness of the received attitudes. For people with complexes and incorrect perceptions of the world around them, such analysis is another opportunity to feed internal fears.

For this reason, hypnotherapy is used to combat phobias and repressed fears: it works by bypassing the consciousness, which perceives everything through the prism of complexes and incorrect self-esteem.

Hypnotherapy helps get rid of phobias and hidden fears

A weak person can be easily hypnotized

A person’s hypnotizability has nothing to do with his moral and volitional qualities. Rather, the ability to quickly concentrate attention, a rich imagination, developed imaginative thinking and high intelligence play a role here.

It is easier for a specialist to put an intelligent, well-educated and emotional person into a trance if there is a desire to cooperate with the hypnotist and there is no prejudice against the method itself.

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Suggestibility and susceptibility

Suggestibility is the susceptibility of a person, his tendency to believe methods that do not have direct confirmation. This concept is characterized by a willingness to believe and follow. Suggestibility is formed throughout life; it determines whether a person will believe in the existence of hypnosis or not.

Receptivity depends on the conditions in which the individual lives and develops. During times of stress or anxiety, it increases: mental defense is weakened, and the person himself is malleable. Suggestibility is also based on a person’s self-esteem: the less she believes in herself, the easier it is to manipulate her.

Hypnosis does not affect the physiological state of a person

In the human body, under the influence of suggestion, changes occur that are not directly related to conscious brain activity. For example:

• after the suggestion that the patient drank a lot of water, his urine output increases and its density decreases;
• in a patient who allegedly ate several spoons of sugar, the level of glucose in the blood increases;
• when it is suggested that the patient sees a bright light, he exhibits a pupillary reflex (the pupils constrict).

Many phenomena of this kind are known and well studied. The practice of using hypnosis for anesthesia, including during abdominal operations, is based on the presence of biochemical and physiological effects of suggestion. Of course, drug pain relief is simpler, more accessible and cheaper. Hypnotic anesthesia cannot be used on a mass scale, both because of the shortage of hypnologists with sufficiently high qualifications, and because of the different susceptibility of people to hypnosis. Nevertheless, the possibility of using trance during surgical operations makes it possible to provide assistance to people for whom anesthesia is contraindicated.

We should not forget that many bodily ailments actually have psychosomatic causes, and serious illnesses are often accompanied by a decrease in emotional background. Hypnotherapy provides invaluable assistance in the treatment of such conditions, relieving the suffering of thousands of patients.

There is nothing new under the sun

By the end of the 19th century, hypnosis had become a generally accepted method of psychotherapy, and for a hundred years nothing extraordinary happened in this area. A revolution in hypnology almost occurred in the 1980s: all over the world (and in the USSR that had just emerged from behind the Iron Curtain) there was a buzz about neurolinguistic programming.

In fact, NLP is nothing more than another psychological theory, no worse, but no better than a couple of dozen others. It grew out of attempts to break down the method of the American psychotherapist Milton Erickson - a truly brilliant doctor who could achieve in one session the same thing that in classical psychoanalysis required several years of weekly lying on the couch. Cases from his practice are no less exciting reading than the most twisted detective story.

It has been known for a long time that it is possible to achieve the therapeutic effect of suggestion not in a somnambulistic state, but in the very early stages of a hypnotic trance. Erickson used surface trance as the only method of hypnosis, and also generalized the known ones and developed a number of new techniques that allowed him to quickly and effectively “talk his teeth” to the patient and unobtrusively introduce the necessary thoughts and actions into his head. Another secret of Ericksonian hypnosis is the personality of Erickson himself. The tablets prescribed by the Luminary of Medicine work much better than the same ones prescribed by the local therapist. And in such a fragile and imprecise field as psychotherapy, this “effect of a promoted brand” is much more noticeable, so that the rays of glory of the Founding Father continue to warm his followers even a quarter of a century after his death. But, as in any other art, in order to achieve anything similar to what Erickson could do, in addition to talent, you also need years of study and work.

Psychotherapists apply the theoretical principles of NLP and Ericksonian hypnosis with the same, no more and no less, success than other theories and classical methods of hypnotization: the effect here depends not on a specific school, but on the skill of the doctor.

Harm or benefit of hypnosis for humans

The benefits of hypnotherapy and the hypnotic state for humans

Currently, hypnosis is increasingly gaining popularity among specialists and ordinary people.
People turn to hypnologists for a variety of reasons. The most common situations for the use of hypnosis are various neuroses, phobias, fears, depression, skin diseases, allergies, OCD, IBS, VSD, digestive, sexual disorders, correction of human behavioral reactions, low self-esteem, complexes, bad habits. Moreover, in these cases, hypnotherapy remains the only effective method, since it is aimed at ridding the patient of the causes of his disease, while all other methods, including pharmaceutical ones, claim only to temporarily relieve symptoms. At the same time, there is still an underestimation by doctors of the role of psychotraumatic factors in the occurrence of various disorders of the functions of internal organs and systems, as well as stereotyped ideas that often force one to look for the organic nature of the disease where it is actually functional (psychogenic, conditioned reflex). Hypnosis is, first of all, a tool in the hands of a hypnotherapist, with the help of which there is a unique opportunity to get to the causes of various pathologies, both in the mental sphere (emotions, feelings, thinking), and in the somatic and physiological, caused by a psychogenic factor. This can be compared to an excellent surgeon who cannot perform an operation without surgical instruments and equipment.

The word in hypnosis turns out to be an extremely powerful healing factor, producing a direct and immediate effect on the nature and dynamics of cortical processes. This opens a direct path to eliminating pathological processes and mobilizing the necessary internal resources of the human body.

Therefore, hypnotherapy is the only method of psychological assistance to a person that allows one to eliminate the cause of the disease for life, and not its symptom. The reason for this is the memory of the destructive event, which is stored at the molecular level in a memory engram. Not drug treatment, not conversations with a psychologist, psychotherapist, not the struggle of one’s own consciousness, not alcohol, not drugs, not a brick falling on one’s head, will not allow one to change the enzymatic order of the macromolecule, the memory in which all the emotional and physiological reaction of the body to something is collected an event or situation in a past life experience. Therefore, other methods are ineffective and are aimed at the eternal fight only against symptoms.

Meanwhile, while there is a fight against windmills, and an unnecessary waste of time and money, the patient’s psycho-vegetative failure does not stand still and is generalized, synthesizing with human life, acquiring new, more heterogeneous feelings and reactions of the body. The range of objects and situations in which a person begins to feel fear or anxiety is expanding, somatic and physiological dysfunction of the body is generalized, a feeling of loneliness, insecurity, a feeling of uselessness, a feeling of low self-esteem, a feeling that no one loves, depression and exhaustion of the nervous system appear, The tone of the cerebral cortex decreases, irritability increases. And this is the law of neurophysiology! The Law of Human Development! Any aberration in the conditioned reflex connection of an event will certainly lead to further pathogenesis according to the law of the formation of new connections, through the extraction of destructive associations and stereotypes from memory.

In the light of the doctrine of the unity of the psyche and somatics, any somatic disease is inextricably linked with a greater or lesser disruption of the functional state of the patient’s higher nervous activity. With the help of hypnosis, you can successfully fight not only many neuropsychiatric diseases, but also diseases of the internal organs. This is especially true for disorders of neurohumoral and psychosomatic regulation. Even during the life of I.P. Pavlov, his student K.M. Bykov experimentally proved the possibility of conditioned reflex connections of the cerebral cortex with all internal organs and systems. In the laboratories of Bykov (1947), the possibility of forming a temporary connection through humoral pathways with denervated organs (kidneys, spleen, pancreas) was also proven. This means that the endocrine glands are involved in the conditioned reaction, the hormones of which in turn exert an effect through the blood on the entire organ system.

Thus, the entire internal environment is to a certain extent subject to the influence of the cerebral cortex, impulses from which can affect the state of any internal organ and any system. Because of this and thanks to temporary connections, the cerebral cortex carries out a close relationship between the external and internal environment of the body.

Therefore, hypnotherapy is the only method of psychological assistance to a person that allows one to eliminate the cause of the disease, and not its symptom, having a direct and immediate impact on the nature and dynamics of cortical processes, mobilizing the necessary internal resources of the human body.

In Europe, the USA, and Japan, this therapeutic approach works effectively for 60–70% of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, bronchopulmonary, endocrine, skin, and other diseases. Traditionally, Health gives an exceptionally good and stable effect in diseases that are based on psychological stress, behavioral corrections, stress, internal mental conflicts, phobias, and depression. It can also be pain in the joints, spine, gastrointestinal ulcers, colitis, IBS, disruption of the female cycle, cardiac arrhythmias, allergies, neurodermatitis, diabetes, thyroid dysfunction, food addiction disorder, sexual addiction, OCD, addiction, etc. .

It should be noted that the method of hypnotherapy is effective not only in cases of psychogenic functional disorders of higher nervous activity and in psychogenic disorders of the functions of various organs and systems, but also in organic diseases (as an adjuvant). At different times, many laboratories carried out research to help the physiological substantiation of hypnotherapy, and with it psychoprophylaxis (A. G. Ivanov-Smolensky, N. I. Krasnogorsky, S. N. Davidenkov, F. P. Mayorov, B N. Birman, L. B. Gakkel, V. N. Myasishchev, Yu. A. Povorinsky, V. E. Rozhnov, etc.).

Today, more and more people are talking about the benefits of therapeutic hypnotherapy and the hypnotic state itself. But the question arises, what exactly is the benefit of this hypnotic state itself?

To date, scientists have conducted more than 3,000 studies on the effects of therapeutic hypnotherapy on humans.

They have proven that regular sessions of therapeutic hypnotherapy lead to:

• Restoring homeostasis of the body.
• Restoration of compensatory functions of the body.
• Restoration of a person’s mental activity, with all the integrated complex of emotional internal and external alarms.
• An increase in dopamine and serotonin in the body.
• Restoring concentration and mental abilities.
• Restoring the general tone of active life.
• Stress resistance.
• Improved mood.
• Restores sleep.

The first results after therapeutic hypnotherapy appear after the first session.

1. Therapeutic hypnotherapy improves your sleep.
   Scientists from the University of Minnesota have concluded that regular therapeutic hypnotherapy promotes stronger and healthier sleep, and the body recovers better during the night, helping to detach from everyday problems, thoughts about which often prevent you from falling asleep quickly. The level of cortisol, a stress hormone that interferes with proper rest, also decreases.
2. Therapeutic hypnotherapy improves your ability to concentrate.
   Therapeutic hypnotherapy improves the ability to maintain attention for a long time and helps control neuropsychic agitation. One study led by Fadel Zeidan, a cognitive neuroscientist at Wake Forest School of Medicine, found that people who completed four sessions of relaxation therapy performed significantly better on a cognitive test. They were better able to ignore the time allotted for the test, which helped them focus on the task at hand.
3. Therapeutic hypnotherapy will reduce anxiety and stress.
   Recent research shows that therapeutic hypnotherapy can actually reduce cortisol levels, and Zeidan's research showed that anxiety decreased by 39%
4. Therapeutic hypnotherapy will make you less susceptible to mood swings.
   Many of us automatically interpret events and words in a negative way and assume the worst about ourselves and others. This can cause depression, which therapeutic hypnotherapy can help overcome. It helps us to be distrustful of thoughts that arise purely automatically, without our conscious participation. This means you focus on reality rather than speculation.
5. Therapeutic hypnotherapy changes your sex life for the better.
   Therapeutic hypnotherapy strengthens connections and increases the size of an area of ​​the brain medically called the anterior insula, says Marsha Lucas, Ph.D., a neuropsychologist in Washington, D.C., who has conducted research in this area.
6. Therapeutic hypnotherapy will help you recover faster and live longer.
   A study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that those who attended twice-weekly hypnotherapy sessions for 8 weeks had far fewer cases of influenza and severe infections than those who did not attend. Dr. Daniel Müller, who conducted the study, explains this by saying that therapeutic relaxation helps restore homeostatic balance, that is, the body strives for an ideal balance between the environment and its needs. According to a recent study from the University of California, San Francisco, it may even help us live longer because DNA will be better protected from degradation.

Hypnosis helps in achieving athletic performance.

With the help of hypnosis, you can solve both general problems (for example, motivation) and specific tasks (for example, preparation for passing a specific route or for a fight with a specific opponent, etc., etc.) Today, this is possible carried out using hypnotherapy.

Hypnotherapy also helps in developing the right hemisphere. For some sports, increased activity of the right hemisphere is preferable. For example, for successful hand-to-hand combat, boxing, karate, wrestling, etc. a person needs to activate and strengthen the functions of the right hemisphere and weaken and slow down the activity of the left, since it is the right hemisphere that is responsible for spatial orientation, coordination and speed of movements. Externally, this is expressed in the acceleration of the body's responses. The fact is that at the verbal (abstract-logical) level, human thinking manages to process no more than 100 units of information per second, while at the figurative and sensorimotor (motor) levels - up to 10 million units! Thanks to this, the “mind of the body,” freed from the “chains of the mind,” almost instantly triggers the motor reaction necessary in the situation. This is why masters of hand-to-hand combat actually repel attacks and counterattack before they even know it.

Hypnotherapy allows the athlete to mentally perform an element of sports technique at the level of imagination, to work out the connections between the brain and muscles that should be involved in this case. Only by fixing a unique psychomotor complex in his mind can an athlete be able to implement it “in physics” immediately without flaws. This way, he practices the movement correctly, and his technique reaches a new level.

Hypnotherapy will allow you to relax your muscles, recover faster after training, eliminate microtraumas and normalize muscle trophism, acquire additional vitality, and more thoroughly assimilate the skills and abilities being trained. Hypnotherapy allows you to find and eliminate psychotraumas, some of which were received in early childhood, and get rid of fears, self-doubt, low self-esteem, anxiety, and jitters. The psyche of every person is, to a greater or lesser extent, clogged with fears, phobias, and anxieties.

The goals and objectives solved in sports with the help of hypnosis are very wide - from issues of motivation, emotional and psychological mood, searching for the elimination of psychological trauma and increasing physical fitness, to practicing specific skills and abilities.

Goals and objectives solved in sports with the help of hypnosis:

• Emotional and psychological mood
• Relaxation and restoration of the body
• Restoration of muscle trophism
• Stress resistance
• Improved focus and mental performance
• Elimination of psychotraumas
• Increased activity of the right hemisphere
• Increasing general physical fitness

Benefits of hypnotherapy for thinking.

Recent magnetic resonance imaging studies show that during hypnotherapy a person's temporal lobes and areas of the brain associated with attention are highly activated. After a course of hypnotherapy, an increase in gamma waves is also detected on the electroencephalogram.

• Improves brain function
• Improves concentration
• Improves sleep
• Intuitive abilities develop
• Analytical and logical thinking improves
• Improved performance
• Makes complex things easier to understand
• Information processing speeds up
• Organization of thinking improves
• Memory improves by 25%
• Gain clarity and peace of mind
• Improved learning ability
• Creative abilities improve

Benefit for health.

• Benefit for health.
• Reduces the risk of heart attacks and heart disease
• Reduced blood sugar in diabetes
• Reduces lactic acid levels in the blood
• Improves sleep and cures insomnia
• Removes headaches and other pains in the body
• Strengthens the immune system
• Reduces the need for alcohol and cigarettes
• Relaxes muscle tension, promotes rapid recovery after exercise
• Improved vitality and adaptability
• Allows you to keep your body and mind in good shape
• Restores the nervous system
• Improves the coherence of all organs and systems of the body
• Reduces irritability
• Reduces restlessness, anxiety
• Increases the duration of youth and life

Benefits for your emotional state.

• Increases resistance to stress
• Decreases irritability and anxiety
• Increased emotional stability
• Self-confidence grows
• Helps get rid of depression
• Increased self-control over emotions
• Relieves anxiety
• Achieving internal balance

Are there possible side effects from hypnosis?

According to experts, to date no such facts have been identified. Research at different times was carried out by such prominent and authoritative scientists as: V. M. Bekhterev, I. P. Pavlov, S. S. Libikh (1974), A. I. Zakharov (1982), A. A. Tokarsky (1989) , M. S. Lebedinsky, A. T. Pshonik (1952), L. L. Vasilyev, I. P. Bryazgunov (1970) L. Chertok (1972), V. I. Sukhorukova (1977), P. K. Anokhin, N. E. Vvedensky (1911-1913), N. I. Krasnogorsky, V. M. Shklovsky (1975, 1994), V. N. Myasishchev, Yu. A. Povorinsky (1950), S. N. Davidenkov , K. M. Varshavsky (1973), S. S. Korsakov, K. M. Bykov, A. M. Svyadosch (1982), V. Ya. Danilevsky, B. N. Birman (1922,1925, 1946), L. B. Gakkel (1955), D. Ya. Vengerovsky (1955), I. Z. Velvovsky (1984), A. L. Groysman, K. I. Platonov (1957), S. L. Rubinstein, V. E. Rozhnov, A. A. Ukhtomsky, I. M. Sechenov, A. M. Svyadosch, A. P. Slobodyanik, E. S. Katkov, M. P. Kutanii, V. V. Kuzmin, P. P. Podyapolsky, E. N. Dovbnya, F. E. Rybakov, V. N. Khoroshko, A. I. Yarotsky, A. F. Lazursky, Yu. V. Kannabikh, V. M. Narbut, F. D. Netkachev, V. A. Gilyarovsky, M. V. Strelchuk, G. V. Morozov, V. M. Banshchikov, N.V. Ivanov, N.K. Lipgart, A.G. Ivanov-Smolensky, etc. Scientists have proven that the human psyche self-regulates during a therapeutic trance, its internal reserves are mobilized, the body’s defenses are activated (compensatory ), the body’s homeostasis returns to normal, and therefore there is no danger to the patient’s mental and physiological health.

The most famous scientists exclude the possibility of the danger of hypnosis.

Dr. Liebeau of Nancy, the founder of the doctrine of hypnosis as a method of therapy, wrote: “Many years of experience in the use of hypnotic suggestion gives me reason to assert that it, if used correctly, is much more effective than medical treatment. Unlike drug treatment, it is safe, its effect is quick and pleasant.”

Professor Brüggelmann from Paderborn: “To the question whether hypnosis can be dangerous, I must answer briefly - no.”

Dr. Mohl adds: “The cardinal issue is whether properly performed hypnotic suggestion poses a health hazard. The answer to this question is no.”

Dr. Ringier of Zurich: “I can only repeat what I have said many times, namely: I have never, in any case, encountered the harmful effects of hypnosis.”

Director Dr. Scholz from Bremen: “I have never heard any complaints about the harmful effects of hypnosis occurring in practice. These are just theoretical constructions of opponents of hypnotic methods.”

Professor Mobius: “Of course, there are doctors who are prejudiced against hypnosis, but these are precisely those people who have no personal experience in this area and who limit themselves to false conclusions.”

Professor Sutherland from Massachusetts: “How can doctors talk about dangers who themselves are not knowledgeable in hypnosis. Show them to me, and I will instill in them so that they never again stutter about the dangers of indoctrination.”

Dr. Otto Wetterstrand: “I predict a great future for hypnosis and can only join the opinion expressed by Professor I. Bernheim in his epoch-making work on suggestion, namely: suggestive therapy is one of the most valuable achievements of modern medicine.”

Be healthy and take care of yourself!

Hypnosis techniques: main groups

Hypnosis techniques can be very different, however, the following main groups can be distinguished.

The first is a technique of strong hypnotic influence on a person, developed by the famous French neurologist, psychiatrist and hypnotist Charcot. He used stimuli such as a sudden crash behind the person he was about to hypnotize, a flash of flame in front of his eyes, or an unexpected push and fall into the hypnotist's arms. The technique from this group of hypnosis is to a certain extent adequate to situations leading to akinesia in animals.

The second consists of monotonous repetition of the impact. In this case, the effect of hypnosis on a person is carried out through fixation with the eyes of a shiny object, monotonous noise or quiet music, stroking the forehead or temples (the so-called “passes”).

The third technique is to verbally induce a state of relaxation. Of particular importance in such a hypnotic effect on the brain is the connection with the hypnotist’s voice: “Relax completely! Close your eyes! You're falling asleep! Your eyelids become heavy, your legs become relaxed and heavy, you cannot lift them! Now you are completely relaxed, fall asleep and hear only my voice! Do everything I tell you!” and so on.

Who doesn't recognize this technique?

Low sensitivity characterizes a person capable of analysis. These are intellectuals and skeptics, people ready to enter into an argument and defend their principles. They don't like being told how to live and what to believe. Skepticism creates all the prerequisites for denying hypnosis: it is a therapy without drugs or procedures that can be seen with your own eyes.

Low suggestibility indicates narrow thinking. It is easier for materialists to reject a new theory than to move forward against logic. If a woman or man does not believe in hypnosis, it is more difficult to put them into a trance, but with the selection of the right technique, they can be hypnotized.

Application of the method

The method has been used for a long time. The oldest mention of it is A. Mesmer’s 1848 work “Mesmerism”. The scientist considered this effect to be magnetism of animal origin.

Modern hypnology has been improved thanks to the proven theories of Pavlov, Platonov, Bekhterev and others. Today, the use of hypnosis allows you to “program” the patient to perform at least two tasks: he can be amenable to therapeutic treatment by suggestion and use skills of professional or amateur activity that have long been lost over time.

Possible consequences

The main feature of hypnotic suggestion is the appeal of one person to the unconscious subconscious of another.

The goal of therapy is to identify the contents of a person’s inner world, his subconscious. Using modern techniques, it is possible to identify:

• experienced events in the life of the individual;
• previously received settings;
• individual details of the past, described to the smallest detail;
• change the biological characteristics of the body (reduce or cause pain, eliminate addiction to psychoactive substances, combat individual signs of psychosomatic diseases).

Despite the power of possibilities that open up to a person under hypnotic influence, hypnologists consider this a dangerous activity. Any mistake by a specialist can affect the patient’s health and even take his life. By changing the pain threshold, the patient risks causing injury to himself in the future, the presence of which can lead to complications.

The concept and purpose of hypnosis

The word hypnosis means sleep. But we are talking about hypnotic sleep, not physiological sleep. With this influence, the doctor influences the psyche (its conscious side), pursuing certain goals.

Hypnosis refers to a state that is natural to the human body. It does not come into dissonance with the nature of the brain and the human body.

Self-hypnosis is not considered a process of hypnotic influence, because a person himself consciously influences his subconscious.

The main goal of therapy is to directly address the part of consciousness that is responsible for information. The hypnotist wants to reveal the contents of the subconscious. It can be:

• aspirations, goals, plans for the future;
• values, both formed in childhood and acquired in adulthood;
• events that occurred in a person’s life;
• complexes, shortcomings of an individual that he carefully hides;
• fears, phobias deposited in the subconscious.

Depending on the reason for hypnosis, a certain suggestion tactic is chosen. This could be getting rid of addiction, stress, increasing muscle strength, raising the pain threshold, revealing superpowers and talents.

But primarily the technique is used to alleviate the condition of psychological, neurological, psychosomatic disorders. There are cases of sessions after which the patient completely changed his life, incl. environment, profession, worldview, faith.

Hypnosis is used to treat children from 7 years of age. At this age they are more conscious and are able to get in touch with the doctor. Before the session, a consultation is held at which the doctor finds out how ready the child is for hypnotherapy.

Sensitivity

If during communication there is a feeling that a person simply feels what they want to tell him, what phrases are expected from him, then we can assume that hypnosis for him is an ordinary, familiar and understandable thing. It may seem that such a person falls into the rhythm of everything that happens and feels at ease.

The more signs were noticed, the greater the likelihood that a hypnotist was nearby. You shouldn’t be afraid and leave right away: these people don’t always pursue only bad goals. It’s worth chatting a little, talking, and only then making a decision about continuing or breaking off the relationship.

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Myth #3: You can get stuck in hypnosis

Say hello to Christopher Nolan and the movie Inception. No, in ordinary life you cannot get “stuck” in hypnosis. During a hypnosis session, a person's attention is very concentrated and controlled by himself, and not by the hypnologist. The client can start and end the session whenever he wants.

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What types of hypnosis exist: degrees of impact

It should be emphasized that the “obedience” of the hypnotized person depends on the depth of the influence.
There are three such degrees of hypnosis: drowsiness, hypotaxia (“submission”) and somnambulism (“sleepwalking”). When drowsy, a person is in a drowsy state, the muscles are relaxed, and there is no desire to open the eyes. At the end of the experience, he remembers everything that happened to him. At the second stage - with hypotaxia - the hypnotized person can no longer make voluntary movements. Often in this state you can give him some unusual position, for example, raise his leg, and in this position he will remain for hours until he hears the hypnotist’s order to change the position. But the last step is especially interesting. This is deep hypnosis, during which phenomena are observed that still amaze many.

At the stage of somnambulism, a person can be inspired with a variety of images and hallucinations: visual, auditory, olfactory. On the orders of the hypnotizer, he walks around the room with his eyes open, performs various tasks, transforms into other people, does not feel a pin prick, etc. According to some reports, such hypnosis is possible in a quarter of all people.

Doctors-hypnologists noticed that during deep hypnosis one can remember what seemed to be completely lost. Doctor Levenfeld observed a striking phenomenon: an elderly woman, being in deep hypnosis, easily danced the ballroom dances known to her in her youth. After waking up, she refused to believe it - after all, it had been 20 years since she stopped dancing!

What we have before us is essentially not only the restoration of memory - it was necessary to remember all the rather complex steps, but also the transformation of a person: the woman again felt young, full of strength and health.