Hypnosis is a mental state of heightened nervous relaxation where the unconscious part of the mind is more open and susceptible to suggestions. The use of hypnosis in psychotherapy and medicine in its seemingly close relative the "placebo effect" has led to some strong conclusions that hypnosis is one of the best ways of changing some behavioral patterns if not discovering lost or repressed memories.

Hypnosis is a specialized learning, which should be handled by professionals as it unloads or searches one's conscious and unconscious levels. The only free hypnosis available online are those of leaning the basics, tips on how to do it yourself and audio or sound downloadables to help induce the hypnotic state. Free hypnosis only happens when one employs the techniques on inducing hypnosis. This can be done through relaxation and intense mental or visual concentration on a specific subject or object. What free hypnosis only does is to induce hypnosis and what you actually do or plan before and after it depends substantially on what you desire to achieve through hypnosis.

Problems concerning addiction such as cigarette smoking have been addressed quite widely by the use of hypnosis and how to change it. But the danger of quitting some form of addiction is the possibility of substituting it to another behavior such as overeating which is a worry for those who don't want to gain weight. But weight loss programs and treatment are also addressed in hypnosis. Free hypnosis in the sense of helpful scripts and suggestion for these personal concerns are available. Books are also available about the subject and may be more informative and scientifically based.

One of the first things in doing self hypnosis which is being promoted and widely advertised in free hypnosis is the clarity of what you want to achieve in the hypnosis. The wide array of seemingly attractive motivations on doing hypnosis include discovering one's self, boosting one's confidence, overcoming shyness and sexual performance anxiety, to relieve stress and tension, stopping nail biting, and boosting one's energy. The more creative ideas that had been thought of in hypnosis include remembering what is read, improving one's memory, speed reading, overcoming procrastination, returning to work or school and embracing one's femininity.    

Clarifying what is truly desired greatly improves chances of a successful hypnosis. In hypnosis done by a hypnotherapist and a subject, the success greatly depends on the cooperation of both and more importantly by their desire to succeed. The hypnotherapist's confidence greatly affects how the hypnosis should go and it is the same with self-hypnosis. The more one is putting his or her mind in concentration, the more one is helped. A relaxing music to induce hypnosis and a quite place to spend at least thirty minutes of mental exercise are necessary as one starts hypnosis. One other important aspect to prepare of helping one's self through this method is to learn about it. A wealth of information is available about the subject even through the Internet as free hypnosis courses are being offered.



Thanks to Ken Ericsson for contributing this article to our Hypnosis blog:

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