Myths
There are many MYTHS
in the world of HYPNOTHERAPY
MYTH: You lose control...
In fact because you are in a relaxed state your mind is free of that 24
hour a day "clutter", therefore, you are in more control of your
thoughts.
MYTH: Morals, Beliefs and Values
are compromised...
In a hypnotic state you can not be made to do anything against your
will.
MYTH: You Go To Sleep...
In fact you will hear and remember everything that I say.
MYTH: A Hypnotherapist can make
you do anything...
A Hypnotherapist can not make you do anything against your ethics,
values, or beliefs.
MYTH: You will not come out of
hypnosis...
At the worst you will move into a natural sleep and wake up feeling
energized and refreshed.
MYTH: Only mentally weak or sick
people can be hypnotised...
In fact the opposite is true. The capacity to be hypnotised is a
statement of relative mental health.
MYTH: Women are more easily
hypnotised than men...
In fact, the sexes are the same in their hypnotic state.
MYTH: Symptom removal means a new
symptom...
This is not necessarily so. Any number of troubling symptoms, from skin
rash to fear of animals, can be successfully treated with the help of
hypnosis without the appearance of any substitute symptom. Many symptoms
are actually psychological remains of earlier emotional times that
linger on with us as habits.
MYTH: Hypnosis is dangerous...
In fact, there is nothing dangerous about hypnosis by itself, in the
capable hands of a well trained therapist. If there were, we would
certainly know about it. We would have to tell ourselves not to slip
into another state of altered consciousness (hypnosis), not to day
dream, not to concentrate deeply, not to become totally absorbed in
things of compelling interest.
MYTH: The hypnotist must be
charismatic, unique or different in some way, a magician perhaps...
In fact, a flamboyant or eccentric personality might well disturb the
trusting atmosphere that serves to bring out a person's ability to enter
hypnosis. I am just a normal person having received formal training in
the techniques of hypnosis.
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