Hypnosis is the induction of a state of consciousness in which a person loses the power of their voluntary movements and actions. The idea of hypnotism may seem extremely unusual or unrealistic, but the technique has been clinically proven to provide therapeutic and medical benefits; but most known to help lessen pain and/or anxiety. Hypnosis can even help with the disease, dementia. There are many kinds of hypnotisms. Each one helps with different aspects of either the body or the brain to cure and help certain things. Traditional hypnosis is the most well known type of therapy. The explanation of this specific hypnosis is very simple. A hypnotist will ask that person to close their eyes, relax, breath in and out, and to clear their mind of everything. The hypnotist will put the subject into a trance and then tell he or she what to do by giving commands and even little suggestions. Traditional hypnosis will only take effect on a person if they have an open mind and are easy to follow orders. Some are not open to command and think too hard about hypnosis as to whether it really works or not. Therefore, if traditional does not work due to lack of motivation, the hypnotist will use a different method called conversational hypnosis. Like traditional, conversational hypnosis can also be used to treat phobias, drug addictions or any addictions in general, and stress. Conversational hypnosis can be used by simply using words and persuasion.
Believe it or not, but there is such thing as being able to hypnotize yourself. It is called self-hypnosis or also known as autohypnosis. It usually involves a hypnotist to teach the patient how to self induce them in a trance. It has also been compared to meditation, which relaxes the body. There is not much of a difference between traditional hypnosis and self-hypnosis. The only difference between the two is obvious. The people acting on self-hypnotism are by themselves when going forth with the treatment rather