Hypnosis: Psychological tricks in life

Chapter 2 Learning Hypnotism Easily (2)
In fact, hypnosis and sleep are completely different things. Sleep is a kind of high degree of suppression of the whole environment and self-awareness of a person, while under hypnosis, the reaction of the hypnotized person to the surrounding is like this: the suppressed part is suppressed deeper, And the part that has been aroused is more focused than usual.Therefore, some people say that at this time, their consciousness is highly concentrated.In fact, under hypnosis, the hypnotized person is even more awake than usual, let alone sleepy!

So what is the difference between hypnosis and sleep?Specifically, these differences are:

1. The properties of hypnosis and sleep are different. Hypnosis is a therapeutic technique, the purpose of which is to achieve the purpose of treatment through hypnotic suggestion to the hypnotized person, while sleep has no such purpose.

2. Hypnosis belongs to both psychological and physiological categories, while sleep belongs to the purely physiological category and is a physiological activity necessary for life activities.Hypnosis can eliminate mental pain, promote and help the healthy development of the human body, and achieve good physical and mental development by mobilizing and exerting human self-regulation functions; while sleep mainly rests and restores energy and physical strength.

3. When the hypnotized person is in a hypnotic state, although most areas of the cerebral cortex have been suppressed, there is still a point on the cortex that is highly excited and very sensitive, and will respond to the hypnotist's questions accordingly. For people in a normal sleep state, their conscious activities are completely stopped, and they are ignorant of the outside world.

4. Although people are resting under hypnosis, the depth and quality of the rest are higher than ordinary sleep. Sometimes they are only hypnotized for more than ten minutes, but the hypnotized person feels as if he has slept for a long time, and his body and mind have been completely refreshed. Relaxation, reaching a natural state.

5. The hypnotized person in the hypnotic state, sometimes under the suggestion of the hypnotist, his muscles can be as stiff as a steel plate.In people who are in a normal sleep state, their muscles are generally in a relaxed state.

6. The hypnotized person in the hypnotized state will perform certain actions and behaviors after being suggested by the hypnotist, such as crying, laughing, vomiting, sweating, etc., while the person in the sleeping state is far less like this Rich inner activities.

7. The hypnotized subject is still in the hypnotic state even if they open their eyes before receiving the awakening hint from the hypnotist.For people who are in a sleeping state, under normal circumstances, once their eyes are opened, they will immediately return to a awake state without any hints.

It can be seen from the above points that hypnosis and sleep are not the same thing at all, just like buffalo and snail, they are similar only in words.

Do you feel dizzy when you are hypnotized?

The hypnosis that most people understand is to lead the hypnotized person into a special psychological state where they lose their self-awareness and all thinking, actions, and behaviors are subject to people.Most people think that when they are hypnotized, it feels like their head is dazed and dizzy.So, what are the feelings of those hypnotized after being hypnotized?Why do you feel this way?
Someone once demonstrated the "hypnotized human bridge" on the spot: After the audience who voluntarily experienced hypnosis was introduced into the hypnotic state, their bodies were placed between two chairs with their abdomen suspended, and then a person weighing more than 100 kilograms was asked to stand On the abdomen of the hypnotized subject.After the demonstration, the audience in the venue asked the hypnotists how they felt after being hypnotized.Some hypnotists said that they were very awake during the whole process, could hear instructions very clearly, and knew exactly what they were doing; The weight bears is like the weight of a book or a pencil, or a balloon; and the hypnotized person says that what is beared on the abdomen is a hot iron, which is actually the temperature of the feet of the person standing on it.

Generally speaking, all the hypnotized subjects also felt that the weight of more than 100 catties on their abdomen became lighter.In the demonstration of "Hypnotized Man Bridge", the hypnotized person's attention is completely focused on the contraction of the muscles of the whole body, and the whole person becomes like a steel plate, which awakens the huge strength of the waist muscles and becomes extremely hard .During the whole process, since the hypnotized person does not lose consciousness, he can know everything that happened during the whole process.

In fact, after being hypnotized, there will be such a feeling because the "consciousness" part of the brain that controls our behavior and feelings is working. Our consciousness is responsible for thinking, judging, issuing orders, and at the same time receiving information and experiencing feelings.And our "subconscious mind" protects our safety at all times, allowing us to know the hot and cold, the pain and the itching.For example, when our hands are scalded by fire, we will immediately retract them, and then someone may scream, and the entire movement of retracting our hands may take less than a second, but it affects the fingertips and arms for 100 minutes. The chain reaction of multiple muscles, this is the role of the subconscious mind.Consciousness is a painful feeling after this series of actions, because few people will first think "very hot" and then withdraw their hands after being burned.

In daily life, our own subconscious energy is easily overlooked, and usually our most intuitive feeling is consciousness.But people don't know that the energy of the subconscious mind is actually very huge, more than [-] times that of the conscious mind.Although people can only feel the great power of the subconscious mind under special conditions, but through hypnosis, the scope of consciousness can be narrowed and concentrated on a very, very small point, but the power of the subconscious mind can be stimulated and exploded.This is also a process of awakening the subconscious mind in hypnosis.

Why do some people lose their memory after hypnosis?

Some people are terrified of hypnosis because they think it is too dangerous for the hypnotized person to wake up with no memory of what happened during the hypnosis.Is it really?
Hypnosis is the process of communicating between the hypnotist and the subconscious mind of the hypnotized person.As the effect of the subconscious mind of the hypnotized person rises, the effect of consciousness will become weaker and weaker, which is the deepening of hypnosis.Psychologists generally divide hypnosis into three stages: light hypnosis, moderate hypnosis and deep hypnosis.Only when hypnosis is deepened to a certain extent, people will lose relevant memories during hypnosis.

Under shallow hypnosis, the changes in people's feelings are not very obvious, mainly reflected in the spirit of joy, the body is lazy and does not want to move, but their consciousness is still relatively clear, and they can clearly know everything that is happening around them.Therefore, many hypnotized people who enter light hypnosis do not admit that they have entered a hypnotic state.However, if the hypnotist issues ideation commands or induces muscle rigidity, then the hypnotized person will have to admit that he has indeed entered a hypnotic state.After the light hypnosis is lifted, the hypnotized person's consciousness is clear, fully aware of his behavior, and will feel very relaxed and comfortable.

After entering moderate hypnosis, there are relatively many sensations, such as obvious changes in body temperature, disappearance of pain sensation, and inability to fully understand what is happening around.After the end of the moderate hypnosis, the client can only recall certain episodes, and after waking up, he will feel as if he has had a deep sleep, very relaxed and comfortable.After the moderate hypnosis is lifted, the hypnotized person can retain part of the memory, but the content is closer to the hypnotic instructions than the real situation.

After entering a state of deep hypnosis, except for the hypnotist's voice, almost all other sensations of the hypnotized person disappear. The hypnotized person relaxes physically and mentally, and responds well to hypnotic instructions. I don't know what's going on around me at the time, and I'm immersed in a very subjective personal world.When the hypnosis is over, the hypnotized person will probably not be able to remember what happened during the hypnosis.Some hypnotized persons will have memory and personality changes.

In general psychotherapy, the deep hypnotic state is not important, especially psychotherapy usually focuses on the reinterpretation of past experience by the client.The interpretation of life experience requires a clear consciousness to participate, so moderate hypnosis is the most suitable.In foreign countries, in addition to accepting and feeling hypnosis in mental health institutions, people can also see "hypnosis shows" performed by hypnotists on stage.However, domestic hypnosis developed relatively late, and there are relatively few hypnosis shows, so neither treatment nor performance is mature enough. Therefore, you must be cautious when choosing.

Why do people who are hypnotized go into a trance.

Some people are very selfless when reading books. They may not even hear someone calling them not far away, because at this time they are completely immersed in books and the imagination generated by books, and all information other than books is lost. The brain filters out, a phenomenon hypnotists call attentional narrowing.

Narrow attention is actually hyperfocus.In daily life, it is very common for us to focus on one thing and not be affected by other things.When we usually walk, we will notice the people and animals around us, the vehicles passing by, the buildings and trees passing by, the music and smells on the street, etc. Maybe we don’t respond to those things, but our attention is actually Their presence has been noted.Our attention is not highly focused on anything, but rather spread out on everything around us.If the inconspicuous dog in your field of vision suddenly rushes over at this time, you will react naturally, because your attention has not been narrowed to the extent that you cannot notice its existence, you will instinctively react. reflect.And when we are highly concentrated, our "field of view" of thinking narrows. For example, when we are walking in the street blankly, thinking about the rise and fall of stocks, we may not notice the rush in front of us. that dog, no matter how vicious and dangerous it may seem.This is a manifestation of narrowing attention.

The narrowing of attention mentioned above belongs to the narrowing of attention in daily life, but what happens to people during hypnosis is another completely different kind of narrowing of attention.The narrowing of attention in daily life is almost always carried out by people independently, without accepting anyone’s hints and guidance. This phenomenon of narrowing attention is called active narrowing of attention. For example, when we are thinking about a problem Or when paying attention to something, I actively narrowed my attention there.However, the highly narrowed attention that appears in hypnosis is not actively carried out by the hypnotized person, but slowly formed under the suggestive language of the hypnotist.

When being hypnotized, people's body slowly relaxes, the level of consciousness drops, the attention is guided by the hypnotist, and the height is narrowed to the hypnotist. During the whole process, the hypnotized person does not take the initiative to do anything. This narrowing of attention is very passive and is called passive narrowing of attention.

Whether it is active narrowing of attention or passive narrowing of attention, with the phenomenon of narrowing of attention, we almost all enter a trance state.The trance state is not directly related to the narrowing of attention. In daily life, we often enter the trance state. For example, when we are waiting in a long queue to buy something, we slowly feel the surrounding The voice is getting smaller and farther away, and we seem to have come to another world. In this world, everything is foggy and light, and everything around us is like an illusion.Our attention is not on those things around us, and we don't know where.It wasn't until someone suddenly patted you on the shoulder that your body shook, like waking up from a dream, and returned to the real world.This trance state is not caused by a narrowing of attention, but by a distraction.In this trance state, it’s not that we can’t hear the voices around us or feel the changes of things around us, but our attention is not focused on these matters. If a hypnotist hints to us at this time , we turn a deaf ear, because our attention is not on the hypnotist, nor is it narrowed.

Can animals be hypnotized too?

Can animals be hypnotized too?Animals do not understand human language, so why can they be hypnotized?People who have watched hypnosis shows and hypnosis performances generally have such questions, how does a hypnotist do it?

Suggestion is the key to the phenomenon of hypnosis and the psychological basis of hypnosis.Hypnotists use the power of suggestion to lure the hypnotized into a hypnotic state, and carry out psychotherapy and potential development for them.So, for those animals that cannot understand human language at all, how can they receive these implied instructions?
Animals cannot be hypnotized, and they cannot understand human language at all.That being the case, the so-called "animal hypnosis" is not really hypnosis.Although human beings are also a kind of animal, after all, the languages ​​used for communication between human beings and species other than human beings are different, so it is impossible to bring them into a hypnotic state.

Common chickens, ducks, rabbits, frogs and even crocodiles, under the hypnosis of the hypnotist, their muscles seem to be softened, let the hypnotist place them, or the hypnotist plays with these animals Or after whispering, they gradually quieted down and became still.At this time, it means that the hypnotist has successfully hypnotized. This technique of the hypnotist will cause those who do not understand the principle to have a sense of fear of hypnosis, because they will feel that the hypnotists are simply terrible after watching the performance. Animals can be commanded and controlled arbitrarily, not to mention humans?

In fact, after you really understand the answer, you will feel very simple and eliminate your fear.For example, when watching a foreign hypnotist performing animal hypnosis, careful people can find that he skillfully pressed the chicken's neck artery with his thumb during the operation, and then released it after it suffocated and shocked. At this time, the chicken's limbs were already limp.According to this method, a hypnotist can hypnotize some common animals.

These animals are only stage props in hypnotic shows for entertainment and recreation.In addition to suffocating animals, shocking them due to lack of oxygen, and entering the so-called "hypnotic" state, there are other ways to perform animal hypnosis.For example, different animals have different nerve sensitive areas, so the stimulation methods for them are also different.Some hypnotists stimulate the nerve sensitive areas of these animals to make them feel very uncomfortable, and then enter a short-term shock state. In addition to entering "hypnosis" in a shock state, some animals experience strong external stimulation , there will be a "fake death" state or a "stuck" state, which can also achieve a satisfactory stage effect.In addition, there are some hypnotists who caress animals to achieve "hypnosis", which is actually not difficult for us to experience in life.For those small pets that are very close to us, such as puppies, if we touch them very comfortably, the puppies will enter a light sleep state and are unwilling to move.At the same time, some hypnotists will use the method of animal trainers, use the principle of reflection, and use food stimulation to make animals pretend to be dead to cooperate with their performance of "animal hypnosis".

If it is said that the animals were "hypnotized" by using the state of shock, suspended animation, and stupor, these behaviors have somewhat scientific and technical content and biological professional knowledge, then the last behavior - using conditioned reflex to perform is purely a scam.Even, in order to create a better and more realistic performance, some hypnotists will pre-infuse the animals with sedative drugs before the hypnosis performance, and use them to perform "animal hypnosis" performances after calculating the time, so that the audience will shout loudly. Earn more profits and benefits after the magic.

Can hypnosis help you recall past life events?

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