Is it really possible for a person to deal or treat problemsin fact, any problemwith hypnosis? At this day and age, were so used to the conventional treatments. When youre sick, you see a doctor, and youre provided with medications. If they dont work, you are given another one. You undergo surgery or other types of procedures just to get yourself healed.

Then came hypnosis. The concept is so intriguing that its not difficult to understand why people have misconceptions or doubts about it. And besides, hypnosis has become so associated with magic and the dark arts a lot think its completely bad.

What is hypnosis?

The word hypnosis comes from a Greek word that means to sleep. However, the person doesnt fall asleep when he or she is under hypnosis (even if his or her eyes are closed). The individual is simply in a very deep relaxed state.

Why is this important? Hypnosis believes in the power of the mindthat is, the subconscious mind. Plenty of psychologists have already stressed that the mind is divided into two: the conscious and the subconscious. The one you normally use is the conscious mind. It is also something you can easily control. If there is any information you dont want to receive, the conscious mind doesnt store it.

Its different with the subconscious. Though hidden, it has the ability to pick up on anything since its not something you have power over with. When used properly, a subconscious mind can also influence the way your conscious mind works.

The subconscious mind can also absorb suggestions, subliminal messages, or affirmations. These are positive statements that work to change your present negative mind-set into something positive.

To properly illustrate how the conscious and subconscious mind handles messages, heres an example: Youre walking down a street and you saw a woman with a pretty face. Since its only a matter of seconds and you didnt know her, you treated her as someone insignificant. Forward to several years, you happened to see her again. Even if its a long time ago and youve simply glanced at her, you somehow felt as if you knew her. Its because her memory was stored in your subconscious.

How about when you do self hypnosis with subliminal messages? How does it work?

Heres another example: Lets pretend youre suffering from anxiety attack. Every time you go on stage, you immediately freeze or stutter.

During hypnosis, you went deep into your subconscious and discovered you have repressed memories or trauma. You had fallen from the stage when youre young and were ridiculed by many. One of your best defenses to cope with the shame was to store it in the very deep parts of your mind.

To put an end to an anxiety, you resolved the problem by using subliminal messages:

I have forgiven myself over what happened.
I am completely saying good-bye to this bad memory.
The accident doesnt affect me anymore.

If you repeat this over and over, what would happen? Suddenly the way your mind thinks changes, and you start to believe these affirmations.

Does Hypnosis Work?

Subliminal hypnosis and other kinds of hypnosis work but to a certain extent. There are different factors that can affect the healing process. For one, you need to be more open to the treatment. If your conscious mind isnt ready for it, it will take a long time before you can get into your subconscious.