Myth: The hypnotist has control to the switch of your mind and can make you do things you don’t want to do.
Not factual. You always maintain control. If the hypnotist told you to steal from a bank you would just say, “No” and open your eyes. You would not stick up the bank nor do anything else that you do not want to do. Hypnosis is a relationship between hypnotist and client – otherwise it does not work. You take a functional and decisive role in producing wanted transformation. Hypnosis actually assists you boost self-control, as in eliminating problem behaviors, as a substitute of losing control.
Patients do not relinquish self-control, Oster said. “Actually, from a clinical perspective, that’s the opposite of what we do with people,” he explained. “People come to see us to develop greater willpower and have more self-control, more confidence in themselves. You don’t help that by taking it away.” From former Surgeon General Dr. Koop’s web site. Www.Drkoop.Com
Myth: Hypnosis changes you unconscious, sleep or a zombie
Not factual. You are always awake and aware of what is happening. Hypnosis is like a daydream state. You are awake and aware but are very relaxed with your concentration paying attention on a given idea or image.
Myth: You will not remember what happened during hypnosis.
Inaccurate. You are awake and aware during hypnosis. You will remember everything that you want to remember. You are in control.
Myth: You can get trapped in hypnosis and never come out.
Incorrect. If you are hypnotized and the hypnotist left the room and never returned, your own mind would draw you safely out of the hypnosis in one of two ways. You would either become aware that the hypnotist was no longer chatting to you, and you would open your eyes and be wide awake and feeling fine or you would trend into a natural sleep for a few minutes and then wake up normally, feeling fine.
Myth: Only a certain percent of people are susceptible to hypnosis.
Inaccurate. No one can be hypnotized counter to their will. Except for people with particular mental or neurological states cannot be hypnotized. Regular people go in and out of hypnosis about every 90 minutes, according to scientists.
Examples of everyday hypnosis is: The drifting stage between being awake and going to sleep at night, watching TV, reading a book, lost in thought or daydreaming, and someone is talking to you but you don’t hear them or even realize that they are there; driving down the highway listening to music or lost in thought, and you drive a couple miles past your exit.
Myth: Hypnosis is witchcraft. You are controlled by Satan.
This relates to the myth above regarding mind control. You cannot be made to do anything hostile to your will or morals. There are no Christian denominations that have a statement opposing hypnosis. In fact, the Roman Catholic Church has accepted hypnosis as a normal part of our own capability, not the control of the devil. It continues to sanction the practice of hypnosis today.
Myth: Hypnosis is dangerous.
False. It is exactly the contrary. Hypnosis is secure and normal as we have explained elsewhere in this essay, that we spontaneously go into hypnosis many times daily.
Myth: Only feeble-minded or weak-willed people can be hypnotized.
Wrong. The opposite is accurate. It is easier to hypnotize people who are intellectual and are able to mentally focus. The bottom line is no one can be hypnotized counter to their will and the only person who can avert you from being hypnotized is you.
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Bruce Townsend
Certified Hypnotherapist
