Hypnosis is an exciting tool that anyone can learn to use to make rapid changes in their life. You can lose weight, quit smoking, stop nail biting, build self-confidence, and so much more.

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Hello, I am Alan B. Densky and I would like to welcome you to the first video in my series on hypnotherapy and NLP. My goals in these series are to entertain you and to educate you about these modalities as well as to give you a set of tools that you can actually use to make rapid changes in you life and in your lifestyle. This is Chapter Three in the Hypnosis 101 series. In Chapter One, we discussed exactly what hypnosis is and then in Chapter Two, we discussed who can be hypnotized. Today's topic is more of the misconceptions about hypnosis. One of the most common questions that hypnotherapist hear is, 'are there any dangers in hypnosis and self-hypnosis?' There are basically no dangers to the practice of self-hypnosis and it's impossible to get stuck in hypnosis. The worst thing that could possibly happen while a subject is in hypnosis is that he/she might fall into a natural state of sleep for 20 or 30 minutes. He/She would wake up rested and no longer in the state of hypnosis. There are many misconceptions about hypnosis. Most of them are due to the stage and television acts. Ironically, it's because of the fact that the television can hypnotize you that these mis conceptions are so strongly entranced in people's minds. The largest misconception about hypnosis is that it's is sleep. Nothing could be further from the truth. If you are asleep, you are unconscious. If you are unconscious, you cannot hear anything. And if you cannot hear anything, then the hypnotist cannot help you. Hypnosis is a state of keen awareness. The subject is wide-awake and aware of everything around him/her. This misconceptions comes from the Stage Hypnotist's use of the word 'sleep' as analogues to the hypnotic state. When the old time, hypnotist swung the pendulum in front of the subject's face and told the subject that he/she was getting sleepy and then he told the subject to go to sleep. What he meant was, to go into a hypnotic sleep, not a natural sleep. The second largest misconception is that there is a hypnotized feeling. However, there is no hypnotized feeling. I repeat there is no hypnotized feeling. Most people do feel very relaxed when in hypnosis, as relaxation seems to be the essence of hypnosis. Some people feel heavy, some people feel light and floating. Some people have other sensations and feelings, and other people have absolutely no feeling that they are in hypnosis and believe that they have not being hypnotized when they most definitely have. In the next Chapter of Hypnosis 101, Chapter 4, I will answer the following questions about hypnosis, 'Can the hypnotist control me? Can the hypnotist make me divulge all of my secrets? Must people tell the truth when in hypnosis? Why the people fail to reach their goals using hypnosis at times?' If you would like to see the next Chapter in this series right now or you want to move on to one of my other topics that I cover in the video series like appetite suppression and weight loss, or how to quit smoking, or how to kick smokeless tobacco addiction, then you should know that I host the self-hypnosis video blog, where you can easily access all of my free videos in one centralized place. This free library is a work in progress so new videos are added every single week. I look forward to seeing you on the video blog and when you are there, please feel free to leave comments and suggestions on the blog. Thank you for watching.