One of the most common misconceptions about hypnotism is that when someone is “under”, they have been induced into a deep sleep. The reality is more or less the opposite – while the patient is indeed in what may be described as a trance, they are in fact in a heightened state of awareness and are able to focus exclusively on the suggestions their therapist is giving them.
Hypnotizing someone isn’t as hard as you might think, with a little training and the right environment it’s relatively easy to put a willing participant into the hypnotic state. The same applies to self – hypnosis. Have you ever driven to work or walked to the shops and on arriving, realized you can’t remember anything about the journey? That’s because you were in a semi-hypnotic state, and you achieved it without even trying!
So, why can a stage hypnotist apparently put people under their spell by clicking their fingers or mentioning a certain word? Well, the subjects are actually hypnotized beforehand, off camera or off stage, and the hypnotist conditions them to go under when he uses a certain signal.
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