Hypnosis can be defined as a change of consciousness that takes us into a sleep state while remaining awake.
We need the term itself to James Braid, Scottish physician, in 1843, and although Baron Etienne Felix d'Henin magnetizer of Cuvilliers has ever used this technique in 1819.
Hypnosis is also widely used as a therapeutic practice in psychiatry in particular. Indeed, being completely disconnected from the world around him, the person put into a hypnotic state is fully relaxed. In this state there, it is easier to explore the unconscious patient to proceed with the therapy itself. Indeed, Milton Erickson, the famous American psychiatrist believes that hypnosis is the quickest way to access the depths of the human personality to deal with any unrest. Thus the use of hypnosis is to open a door to the unconscious and to identify potential trauma, repressed generally occurred in early childhood. Disorders and mental disorders that induce phobic behavior may actually be rooted in the identification of trauma.
How do you hypnotize?
Exploring the essence of the human mind, hypnosis fascinating and somewhat frightening people. However, and although it helps tremendously practitioner, be hypnotized not to say become puppets under control. Under hypnosis, we do what our conscience designs. As for the techniques, the Freudian school uses the voice to hypnotize, such as "Sleep on now! "Or suggest images for" sleep "the patient. Another method derived from Erickson is not totally different. In addition, it encourages one to be hypnotized to dive slowly in an unconscious state while talking quietly with her therapist. The latter, using a symbolic language, and leads to gradually discover for himself, what's wrong and how to fix its problems or mental anguish.
Why be hypnotized?
Note that the hypnosis therapy mainly concerns phobias, sexual and psychological disorders, insomnia, stress, OCD, neurosis or when you want Stop smoking. Therefore widely used in psychotherapy, practitioners say it speeds up the therapy because it offers quick access to the unconscious.
It also is effective against pain and help particularly those who want to get rid of their addictions, smoking for example. It helps both to fight against fads that are harmful to health and well-being of an individual. Nibbling a chronic, potentially associated with stress, can be treated through hypnosis. In this way, the relaxation that feels a person under hypnosis substantially reduces bad stress. Regarding the withdrawal of tobacco, suggestive technique is used to replace dependence by a different behavior. Otherwise, hypnosis is also well known for its use in shows and hypnotists work mainly with the suggestion to fascinate audiences and "bewitched."
