The American Association of Professional Hypnotherapists is a worldwide organization that provides knowledge, tools and resources to professional hypnotherapists in order to support their success in small business and in the hypnotherapy industry.
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Becoming familiar with Hypnosis
Submitted by Ian Carreras, CHStop for a moment and think. Think about what happens when you get totally and utterly immersed in a story. What it’s like when you read a book or watch a movie that is so exciting and compelling that the story sucks you right into the reality of that story. You don’t care whether or not what’s happening is possible or real you just eagerly follow along and enjoy the ride.
You can experience physical sensations and emotions like your heart racing as something exciting happens, maybe a feeling of attraction towards one of the characters begins to grow inside of you, the anticipation of what’s to come that keeps you wanting more. All of these feelings all of these emotions are being experienced as if you were a part of that story.
Now all of these sensations are happening inside you while sitting in a room filled with strangers looking at an oversized TV screen, or in solitude with a stack of paper in your hands reading.
How is it possible to have a strong physical reaction to something that isn’t actually happening to you?
Because you were in fact experiencing hypnotic effect at that moment. Yes you were hypnotized.
