How does it feel to be hypnotised?

For most people it feels like a deeply relaxed, day-dreamy kind of state. You are not asleep, but you’re as relaxed as if you were asleep. Nothing bothers you. Your imagination becomes more clear and real, altough not everyone imagines visually (in pictures), some people imagine feelings or even sounds. You may feel heavy, or you may feel light as if floating on air.

No, I prefer a gentler, more gradual approach, taking a few minutes, as this is more comfortable for my clients. Stage hypnotists use sudden “shock inductions” because they want it to look as impressive as possible for the audience. They only work with very susceptible people, whom they know how to recognise.

On coming out of trance clients realise that they’ve had an experience that’s not like anything they’ve known before.
Typically they report that it felt strange, but absolutely safe and peaceful.
They often say that they haven’t felt so peaceful and relaxed for many years.

Yes, you’ll be in control of yourself however deep you go. Even in deep trance you could snap yourself out of it if you really needed to.

Sad to say, as a hypnotherapist in Exeter and previously in Plymouth, I have met a great many people who have been unimpressed by the hypnotherapists they’ve seen previously.
They may be left unsure whether they’ve really been hypnotised at all.
So they’re still wondering, “how does it feel to be hypnotised?”
After having real hypnosis from an experienced hypnotherapist for the first time they immediately know the answer to that question!

In hypnosis I am talking to the subconscious mind.
This is the part of our mind that keeps on running in the background while our attention is on other things, and even while we’re sleeping.
It’s where our dreams come from, and our self-limiting beliefs and fears.
While I’m talking with the subconscious mind, the conscious mind may listen in.
Or it may just drift off somewhere else.
The client might not consciously remember what I said, but the subconscious will remember.
Just as in dreaming, you will typically forget your dreams on waking, but may then return to the same dream on another night.
So obviously you remembered the dream at a deeper level.

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