Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy- An Introduction
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When hypnosis helps in treating certain disorders of emotion and your behavior pattern, it is hypnotherapy. There are two states of the mind-the conscious and the unconscious. You are normally in the conscious state of mind all through your waking period. However, when you sleep, your unconscious state remains awake. This state of mind is the platform for hypnotherapy.
The subconscious or the unconscious state of mind is the virtual storehouse of all your desires and memories. Your brain functions through electrical stimuli available by certain chemical exchanges within the nervous system. During your conscious state, you think, move and act as per the stimuli from the brain. However, during your sleeping hours, you enter a low activity zone of brain functions. The hypnotic state between these two states is of utmost importance for hypnotherapy.
You may want to overcome certain behavioral disorders or want to get rid of certain habits. These feelings are in your storehouse, which is where you talk to your therapist during hypnotherapy. At this stage, you are aware of your feelings and able to dole out your weakness, fallouts, problems, etc. without any inhibitions. You also listen to the suggestions and remedies of your therapist and when you are out of the trance, you will develop the skills and abilities to implement them.
Sure, it may sound like something out of a magic book or a horror movie. Every human being goes through trances all through the day. Self-hypnosis is a very effective tool of hypnotherapy to fight against many ailments. However, where there is a will, there is a way. You cannot achieve any results unless you have the will to accept them.
The underlying fact behind hypnotherapy is your well-being through your active participation. This will relax you and help arrive at the higher realms of life without any medications. Today, it plays a prominent role in curing many illnesses written off by general medical practitioners.