MYTH: HYPNOSIS IS LIKE SLEEP.

FACT: THE HYPNOTIZED PERSON IS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT WHO REMAINS RESPONSIVE AND AWARE OF HIS OR HER SURROUNDINGS.

 

MYTH: IT IS POSSIBLE TO BE HYPNOTIZED AGAINST YOUR WILL.

FACT: ANYONE WHO ACTIVELY RESISTS ATTEMPTS TO INDUCE HYPNOSIS CANNOT BE HYPNOTIZED.

 

MYTH: ONLY THE MENTALLY WEAK ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HYPNOSIS.

FACT: IF YOU'RE INTELLIGENCE AND THE STRONGER YOUR SELF-CONTROL, THE MORE EASILY YOU ARE HYPNOTISED.

 

MYTH: THAT PEOPLE ARE HELPLESS UNDER HYPNOSIS.

FACT: IT’S DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE TO DO THINGS UNDER HYPNOSIS THAT THEY WOULDN’T NORMALLY DO. WHILE HYPNOTISED PEOPLE ARE STILL IN TOUCH WITH THEIR MORALS AND NORMAL STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOUR.

 

MYTH: THAT UNDER HYPNOSIS THEY ARE ASLEEP.

FACT:THE BRAIN WAVES OF A PERSON WHO IS HYPNOTISED ARE NOTHING LIKE THOSE OF A PERSON WHO IS ASLEEP. IN FACT, THE HYPNOTIC TRANCE IS A HEIGHTENED STATE OF CONCENTRATION.

 

MYTH: HYPNOSIS ALONE CAN CURE ANY AILMENT IN ONE SESSION.

FACT: IS THAT ALMOST NO ONE IS CURED IN ONE SESSION. HYPNOTHERAPISTS USUALLY INSIST THAT PATIENTS COMMIT TO 3 SESSIONS, OR MORE SOMETIMES EVEN 20 SESSIONS.

 

MYTH; HYPNOTIST NEED TO LOOK UNUSUAL OR FLAMBOYANT.

FACT: IT WOULD BE DISTRACTING IF THE PERSON TRYING TO HYPNOTISE YOU HAD FLAMBOYANT CLOTHING

 

MYTH: MANY PEOPLE THINK THEY’VE NEVER BEEN HYPNOTISED SINCE THEY’VE NEVER BEEN TO A HYPNOTHERAPIST OR BEEN INVOLVED IN STAGE HYPNOSIS.

FACT: MOST OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED A STATE OF MILD HYPNOSIS, AT LEAST.FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU DRIVE A LONG DISTANCE AND START TO FEEL DISSOCIATED FROM YOUR BODY AND THE CAR, THAT’S A MILD STATE OF HYPNOSIS. YOUR UNCONSCIOUS IS TAKING CARE OF ALL THE MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF DRIVING WHILE YOU CONSCIOUS MIND IS FREE TO FLOAT AROUND.