Hypnosis: Motivational, Educational and Entertaining

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Hypnosis Article Posts

Watch for new articles published on this blog and links to Ezine articles. Each article will describe how hypnosis can be used as a primary choice of treatment for self-improvement, relationships, sports enhancement, tobacco use and so much more. You will also learn how hypnosis can be used as an appropriate adjunct to biological or psychotheraputic techniques.

Browse this blog to select the topics that interest you most. However, once you begin don't be surprised if you find yourself reading all of them!

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Overcoming Feelings of Anxiety Through Hypnosis

Hypnosis is recognized by the American Medical Association as a highly effective treatment for anxiety issues and panic disorder.

Panic attacks significantly impact the ability to enjoy daily life and for some people, the symptoms of panic disorder can be utterly debilitating. When you are fearful or anxious you are imagining a worrisome outcome or event that you fear will take place.

The body responds to these thoughts and begins to react as though it were

Is Hypnosis Mind Control?

Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness during which an individual is able to exert heightened control over sensory modalities through suggestion and imagination. The hypnotist under this definition is not seen as controlling the patient. He is viewed as an educator and guide of the patient's ability to control his own sensory state.

Contrary to a popular belief, people under hypnosis are

Overcoming Loneliness

Loneliness is a feeling in which the individual experiences a strong sense of emptiness, worthlessness, unwanted and solitude. Loneliness is not the same as being alone. Being alone can be experienced as positive, pleasurable, and emotionally refreshing if it is under the individual's control. Solitude is the state of being alone and secluded from other people, and often implies having made a conscious choice to be alone. Feelings of loneliness can be described as the absence of identification, understanding or compassion and are experienced even in crowded places. It may also be described as

Increase Your Selling Potential Through Hypnosis

Why can two sales people working for the same company, selling the same product or service and spending the same amount of time working do not earn the same sales commission? There are, of course, many valid reasons, but the most important reasons are motivation and method.

A self-started attitude is critical to be successful in sales. Effective sales motivation requires positive self-esteem and self-confidence. When these two qualities are in place, the individual can

I Know I'm Smart ...So Why Can't I Take Tests !?!

Testing anxiety is a common obstacle for almost all students, even those who study a lot. Feelings experienced during test taking, such as drawing a blank, inability to focus, or even panic, if not released immediately can compound and have devastating effects over the course of the test. Many students have a difficult time letting go of a hard question or a poor performance on a section. Sometimes, it can even lead to giving up on the test entirely. Timed testing increases a student’s anxiety because they feel they are racing against the clock.


The root cause of anxiety is in the subconscious mind not in the conscious mind. Subconscious techniques are especially powerful because

Help For Depression Through Hypnosis

Clinical depression is a medical illness that creates difficulties in coping with daily living. When people are clinically depressed they do not think clearly. They hold a pessimistic view of the future, unrealistic expectations, and are overly harsh and critical of themselves.

Depression breeds inactivity, mentally and physically, which breeds further depression and a vicious downward spiral. Negative self-suggestions repeated over and over again becomes imprinted in the subconscious mind. Negative thinking becomes a habit that must be changed in order for you to recover from your depression.

Symptoms of clinical depression can include some or all of the following:

Hypnosis - Complimentary Medical Procedure

Hypnosis is intended to help you gain more control over undesired behaviors or emotions or to help you cope better with a wide range of medical conditions. Hypnosis isn't considered a treatment or a type of psychotherapy. Rather, it's a procedure typically used along with certain treatments and therapies to help a wide variety of conditions, such as: