When I was learning to do hypnosis in college, another grad student kept insisting that I needed to be hypnotized myself to really understand it. I knew she was right, but I really did not think I would make a very good hypnosis subject. So I finally gave in and decided to see if hypnosis could help me quit biting my nails. I remember closing my eyes and my body feeling really heavy and relaxed. When I opened my eyes again a small crowd had gathered (we were in the library), about 20 minutes had gone by…and I was barefoot. Apparently she just could not resist a little humiliatiion and made me think I was relaxing on a tropical beach. I had gone into deep hypnosis and it was one of the trippiest experiences of my life. Cured the nail biting too. Hypnosis is fascinating either as a hypnotist or a subject. If you decide to get hypnotized you might want the hypnotist to suggest to you that you will remember everything that happened or it might all be a blank.
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not all showmanship
Our library had books on self-hypnosis from the 50’s.., as a teenager i studied them and with the techniques achieved deep levels of meditation and hypnotic trance. Getting people to perform feats is not really what hypnosis is about. While there are performers who can make someone act or behave in strange ways.. when you mediate deeply enough, the experience of tr5ance itself is WORTH IT.
