The Power of Hypnotic Suggestion

If you have already been hypnotized or meditate on a regular basis and are thinking of going to a hypnotist, you may want to know more about hypnotic suggestion. During this process, your hypnotherapist may supply you with more thoughts and ideas that will help to enhance the treatment that you have already received.

Here is some additional information on hypnotic suggestion, as well as how you can practice these principles on your own.

One of the main components of this principle is post hypnotic suggestion, which is the coercion of a patient into a pattern of thinking that will start to come to life after the patient has been hypnotized. This is mainly what folks think of as the silly things, such as stand on one leg or bark like a dog that a hypnotist may tell a person to do when they are being hypnotized. However, hypnotic suggestion can be very important when it comes to therapeutic hypnosis, since this is what will help patients to overcome habits or bad feelings after their treatment.

Hypnotic suggestion is particularly helpful in patients that are undergoing hypnotherapy in order to lose weight, since the hypnotist will be feeding the patient positive and healthy ideas about weight and health while that individual is hypnotized.

Studies have shown that folks that are overweight have an improper relationship with food in many cases, or have negative feelings about their bodies, or about doing the things for themselves that will help them to lose weight.

During a hypnotherapy session, the hypnotist will be able to replace these thoughts with positive associations of health and food. The hypnotic suggestion comes afterwards, because the patient is able to remember and apply these things after their session, and will most likely make different diet and exercise choices.

Hypnotic suggestion can also help folks to overcome addictions such as alcoholism. Folks turn into alcoholics for a number of different reasons, including genetics, depression, and the need for approval. The hypnotist may ask the person about the reason for alcoholism while the patient is under hypnosis, and this will help the hypnotist to replace these thoughts with positive ones. When the patient comes out of the hypnotism, he or she will be able to think about why they are drinking, and will not engage in the behavior mindlessly. It may take more than one session in order for this treatment to be effective, but many folks have reported being significantly cured from this addiction after the first session.