The term ‘hypnosis’ is misleading. Hypnosis is derived from a Greek root word meaning sleep and is as much related to sleep as I am to George Bush. When in the hypnotic state you are not asleep, far from it, often your senses become sharpened and you have a deeper concentration and inward focus. The hypnotic state is more frequently referred to as a ‘trance’ and is a state we all enter into many times a day.
If reading a book or viewing a movie you suspend belief and really live the experience. Simultaneously you may be so involved, and so focussed on the film that a person may be having a conversation with you and you do not even notice (or if you are hen-pecked you pretend not to notice.)
Trance is normal, comfortable, wonderful and very valuable. With a Hypnotherapist you are guided directly into the trance in order to take care of your bodily or mental concern, and you have given the Hypnotherapist your complete cooperation to proceed. The trance you slip in and out of many times per day is a highly personal state. Possibly just a daydream as you look out of the window for a few minutes whilst sipping a cup of tea at your desk.
There’s no doubt in my mind that the individual’s mind has an extraordinary capability to mend itself and the human body. I have seen it personally and know what I am talking about.
However there is a general feeling within society still that hypnosis is some kind of mind control. This is vehemently denied by the hypnotherapy community and quite right too. But….and here’s the rub…I also have no doubt that we (and by ‘we’ I mean everybody, not just hypnotists) are actually able to use very subtle hypnotic techniques to influence others.
In the hypnotic state you are fully aware and fully in control. You will not do anything that contravenes your ethics. If, for instance, you were on a stage during a hypnotic show and the hypnotist asked you to punch another member of the audience then you wouldn’t. Just because you are in a trance doesn’t mean you are out of control. This is an extreme example to illustrate a point, to my knowledge no stage hypnotists would ever do this!
However if that same hypnotist asked you to walk like a chicken, well then this probably isn’t something you would normally do in the street obviously, but on a stage show why not! It certainly doesn’t contravene your ethics and does no harm, not until you see the video anyway.
And this is the point. You could occasionally be lead into conducting an act or doing something you would not ordinarily do if the atmosphere is conducive and the language is permissive. And hypnotism has a significant base in the language and words used. Believe me, salesmen and marketing folk have been using hypnotic techniques, normally probably without knowing, for many years to make us purchase everything from a bag of sweets to a new property.
Hypnosis isn’t new, it isn’t dangerous (quite the opposite – it is an incredibly powerful healing tool) and it isn’t witchcraft. But it can be used in subtle ways without our conscious knowledge. And this could be described as covert hypnosis. Being able to persuade people is a skill some people possess naturally and others can learn, but it is there and it is a skill we all can use. Covert hypnosis exists, but don’t let that worry you!
Mark Boardman BSc dip.hyp is a leading author and expert on Hypnosis. For more information about Conversational Hypnosis, feel free to visit these sites.
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