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The Use Of Hypnosis, A Natural State Of Mind

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Modern hypnosis has been utilized for many centuries to promote self-confidence, change bad ingrained habits, lose weight successfully with modern weight loss programs, stop smoking, successfully deal with behavioral problems in children, improving memory, and cope with our deepest anxieties , fears and phobias.

A basic question asked by many is, what do the terms hypnosis hypnotherapy mean? Hypnosis is a state of mind characterized by relaxed brain waves and a hyper-suggestible state, in which people can be made to unfold the deepest corners of their mind. Hypnosis and hypnotic suggestions have played a major role in healing in many world cultures for many thousands of years. According to a World Health Organization report, 90% of the general population can be hypnotized, given the right circumstances and done professionally . Hypnosis is a perfectly normal state experienced by anyone- what is referred to as "highway hypnosis" is a natural state of hypnosis. People have driven somewhere and didn 't remember driving or even remember seeing any landmarks. They were on an automatic pilot. The natural hypnotic state can also exists when someone becomes so involved in a book or TV that everything else is blocked out of consciousness. Someone can talk to them and they can 't even see or hear them. Whenever anyone concentrates that strongly, they can slip into the natural hypnotic state.

The hypnotic state, by itself, is only useful for the relaxation it produces. The real value

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