How many times have you considered going to a hypnotherapist to stop smoking or to lose weight and said to yourself "I’m not going to see him, what if he makes me take all my clothes off and dance like a chicken"? This thought process is all too familiar so let me explain in this post why this couldn’t happen.

All hypnosis is in fact self hypnosis. If you do not want to be hypnotised you simply wont be. Nobody can enter a hypnotic state unless they want to you are always in control, you can hear what is being said and you don’t go to sleep.

The keyword there was UNLESS THEY WANT TO. This reason alone is why the people who you see on stage, do in fact dance like a chicken at the hypnotists command. They expect to be asked to do silly things so go along with what they are being asked to do; it’s a bit like karaoke and the early stages of X Factor.

Pay close attention to the stage hypnotists opening speech next time you are at a show and notice they only ask for willing volunteers and will be checking for those that are up for a laugh and to show off. If you don’t volunteer you simply won’t do what is asked of you and this makes you a useless subject for a stage hypnotist as they only want the people who are up for a laugh and want to be the star of the show.

The same principle works at hypnotherapy level. If you go to a stop smoking using hypnosis session and are not completely ready to stop smoking, no amount of hypnotherapy will help you.  

All hypnosis is in fact self hypnosis so if you want to be hypnotised and can follow simple instructions you will be hypnotised and all of the healthy suggestion can be made to your subconscious. It is usually your own words being fed back to you by the therapist.

To experience the power of hypnotic suggestion to stop smoking , lose weight or drop off a phobia then please visit our website at Calm Minds for professional Hypnotherapy Stockport, Cheshire, Greater Manchester.