What Is Hypnosis
“what is hypnosis?” describe the physical and psychological aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in hypnotherapy.
Number of Words 2,193
To start this essay I will be looking at what is hypnosis, my understanding of what it is, and a brief history of hypnosis. And then move on to describing the physical and psychological aspects of hypnosis and concluding my essay by discussing the role that relaxation has in hypnotherapy. My understanding of hypnosis is that it is a deep state of relaxation in which the conscious mind has become inactive for a short time leaving the subconscious to take over and leave an individual more susceptible to suggestion – implanting a new idea or habit in to the subconscious which will benefit them in their everyday living. No one definition can really explain what hypnosis is as it is a unique and completely individual experience and no two people can experience the same thought and feelings. The fact is that although people can perceive hypnosis as a stage trick, or something that can only be brought about by trained hypnotherapists, it is actually a very natural state of mind and people and certain animals have been in and out of every day. Whilst walking the subconscious is free to explore while the conscious mind rests until a “conscious” decision is needed, people can find they arrive without realising how they got there, this is because all the automatic thing like walking to work, is a habit that was learned and then stored in the subconscious; all learned behaviour and new experiences are stored in the subconscious, Hadley and Staudacher 1996. Day dreaming is the first level of trance. Hypnosis in one form or another of trance has been experienced and used in every culture. The Shamans were the earliest recorded users of trance work often referred to as “medicine men”, “witch doctors” and “healers”. Ancient hieroglyphs in Egypt also showed evidence of some form of hypnosis with men standing over a
Number of Words 2,193
To start this essay I will be looking at what is hypnosis, my understanding of what it is, and a brief history of hypnosis. And then move on to describing the physical and psychological aspects of hypnosis and concluding my essay by discussing the role that relaxation has in hypnotherapy. My understanding of hypnosis is that it is a deep state of relaxation in which the conscious mind has become inactive for a short time leaving the subconscious to take over and leave an individual more susceptible to suggestion – implanting a new idea or habit in to the subconscious which will benefit them in their everyday living. No one definition can really explain what hypnosis is as it is a unique and completely individual experience and no two people can experience the same thought and feelings. The fact is that although people can perceive hypnosis as a stage trick, or something that can only be brought about by trained hypnotherapists, it is actually a very natural state of mind and people and certain animals have been in and out of every day. Whilst walking the subconscious is free to explore while the conscious mind rests until a “conscious” decision is needed, people can find they arrive without realising how they got there, this is because all the automatic thing like walking to work, is a habit that was learned and then stored in the subconscious; all learned behaviour and new experiences are stored in the subconscious, Hadley and Staudacher 1996. Day dreaming is the first level of trance. Hypnosis in one form or another of trance has been experienced and used in every culture. The Shamans were the earliest recorded users of trance work often referred to as “medicine men”, “witch doctors” and “healers”. Ancient hieroglyphs in Egypt also showed evidence of some form of hypnosis with men standing over a