3 Examples of Hypnotic Experience: normal, natural, and regularly occurring
Are You Hypnotized?
Learn to recognize your daily hypnotic moments.
Do you know how to recognize when you are hypnotized?
You may not realize how many times you go into hypnosis every day.
These 3 examples of every day hypnotic experiences detail how normal and natural hypnosis truly is. Learn to recognize your daily hypnotic moments. It is one of the best ways to utilize them on purpose with purpose. That’s when hypnosis is the most useful, after all.
Hypnosis is not what most people think it is.
It certainly isn’t what you see in movies or cartoons. Is anything, though?
Hypnosis isn’t even limited to what is seen at county fairs or graduation parties.
Hypnosis is actually a form of extreme mindfulness.
It is clinically defined as a heightened state of focus to the exclusion of all peripheral stimuli. The reason hypnosis can be successfully used during surgery in the place of anesthesia is proof of how well it works for reducing painful ‘peripheral stimulus’.
It’s unfortunate how the misperceptions and limiting beliefs about hypnosis are still as prevalent as they are when it is currently becoming as widely accepted and utilized as it is.
3 experiences of every day hypnosis that happen so regularly some question when we aren’t in hypnosis are these:
Time Distortion; a light state of regularly occurring hypnosis
Loss of Awareness, including the awareness of pain; a deeper state of regularly occurring hypnosis
Negative Hallucinations; one of the deepest states of every day hypnosis
Examples of these 3 Experiences can be humorously familiar.
Time Flies and Time Drags On are two colloquial examples of how very prevalent Time Distortion is in our daily lives. Technically, the generally accepted experience of time is an established constant that can neither “fly” nor “drag on”. It is what it is. Yet, our experience with time is hardly constant nor consistent. Consider for a moment, the last five minutes of a lecture in comparison to the first five minutes spent with a cherished friend. It is hard to believe they are the same period of time.
Have you ever been watching a program, reading something, or working on a project with such focus you didn’t notice when someone walked into the room? Maybe you didn’t even notice them say your name or ask you a question. Or, have you ever noticed a bruise or cut on your body many hours after it occurred? Maybe you notice it while changing clothes or showering, but the injury is severe enough to make you realize you should have noticed it when it happened. These are just a few examples of how we can be so focused we lose our peripheral awareness, even the awareness of hurting ourselves.
Negative Hallucinations are some of the deepest regularly occurring states of hypnosis. These are such good examples because they mirror how we accidentally hypnotize ourselves, usually unhelpfully, daily.
Have you ever been in a hurry to leave but can’t find your keys? Maybe it’s your phone or your glasses, but you are what some might describe as frantic as you look? Maybe you even find yourself repeating out-loud, “I can’t find my keys, I can’t find my keys.” Then, by the time you are actually looking right at the item you have frantically been looking for, you can’t see it? Maybe someone even has to point it out to you, with an “are you blind?” tone and pointing finger?
These 3 examples are common enough to be recognized by most. If you would like to discuss how hypnosis could be more useful in your life, I am happy to assist.
Because, hypnosis helps everyday people with everyday problems achieve seemingly extraordinary outcomes.