can one hypnotise oneself?

Answer 1

Yes, but why would you want to do it? Experiment? Recreation? Fun? Please, don't do that. Hypnosis belongs in the domain of those who are well schooled in application of this modality of therapy. Library; cookbook self hypnosis is a joke at best and potentially harmful in that if you are successful, (lol) you may make the problem you are dealing with worse, due to lack of experience with this procedure. First of all, not everybody is a good subject. Most people can be under the right circumstances, (sleep deprivation, comfort, lighting, etc.). Let's get back to why you want to do it. Good reasons for teaching self hypnosis are.....smoking cessation, appetite control, pain management, phobia therapy, performance anxiety just to name a few. The first thing I would do is have one or two hypnosis inductions to determine the level or depth of trance necessary to achieve optimal susceptibility to suggestion for that individual. Then, I would prepare an audio for induction, suggestion through arousal. After the subject has become proficient with this on their own, they are ready to be taught true self hypnosis. Does this shed some light on the proper practice of self hypnosis?

Answer 2

Sure, you ever get lost in a thought and missed your exit on the expressway - you were hypnotised. It can simply mean that you are focused on something and not paying attention to everything.
Thats a very simple explaination, but the answer on all levels is "sure"

Answer 3

Back in the '70's when biofeedback was in its heyday, I worked on temperature trainers, learning how to raise the temperature in my fingers. We worked by learning deep relaxation, allowing/feeling our blood flow going from the back of our heads down into our arms and legs to our feet. This was done through set statements read by our partner, such as "I am feeling relaxed and heavy; warm, etc." Through this, we could induce a very deep relaxation, raising our finger temperature--I SWEAR it was 10 degrees! That seems a LOT, but later, we got a chance to work on "Green's Machine", a huge brain wave audio-feedback machine at Menninger's Psychiatric Foundation/Hospital in Topeka, KS. I did this by myself--i.e., no partner reading statements--just silently FEELING the "flow" from the top of my head to my toes. All thoughts were abscent. Beta was the level of active thinking, "talking" to ourselves and that was the highest "beep". As I went deeper and deeper into my relaxed state, a deeper tone "beeped", indicating the Alpha brain waves. I cont'd, had lost all sense of time/thought/etc., and was suddenly brought back "up" when a very low "beep" occurred--I had touched down into Theta! I can't remember what the different wave lengths of each stage are now, but Theta is fairly slow--that left Delta, which would have been "dead", it seemed to me. I was trememdously calm and totally relaxed. Re your Qu, it depends upon how you define "hypnotise oneself". I would never have been able to focus upon a message or thought, if that's what you mean, without the temperature feedback SHOWING results. Then, of course, the audio validation that I was indeed in a semi-trance. What I experienced is, I believe, what yogis experience--tho' they must go on into Delta some. I vaguely remember that there may be some 9 brain wave categories--but can't remember. Google "brain waves". I have continued using this form of deep relaxation and do visualize my body-mind as healhy, etc. or begin my meditation around some principle I choose or am dealing with in my life at that time--mostly "Let go and Let God."

Answer 4

absolutely.

i agree with the person who said that when you are on auto pilot (driving in a car and missing your exit), you are hypnotized. hypnotism is one form of mind relaxation that deals with allowing the conscious mind (the one that actively makes decisions) to be less active, and the subconscious mind to be "brought to the surface." meditation belongs in the same family as hypnosis. same thing with trance - through music, dance, or chanting.

you ask...can one bring oneself to an altered state of consiousness? YES. and you don't need fancy induction methods. you can train yourself to relax and let go at will. you can convince yourself that you are feeling a certain feeling - and you will really feel it, in an altered state (call it hypnosis if you want....i think of it as a deep meditation). it's all about focusing your mind, relaxing, and letting go all at the same time. hypnotism with a therapist may differ from a self guided meditation/self-hypnosis, but it's basically the same principle....just different layers of the mind to wade through.

Answer 5

If you wish to make persons to complete something but in the same time frame not to tell them what they have to do then you'll need a plan like Black Ops Hypnosis, a on the web program you will find it here https://tr.im/Mxmla and that will educate you on how to use hypnosis without your partner know.
 
Black Ops Hypnosis it'll show you the hypnosis technique. With this particular approach you will have a way to hypnotize yourself and others about you for your benefit.

Answer 6

hypnotise oneself

Answer 7

All hypnotism is self-hypnotism. The stage or treating hypnotist is merely a facilitator or a guide.
Leslie Lecron's book on self hypnotism is still in print.

Answer 8

Yes (we learned that in PSY 101). You can go to the library and get a book on self-hypnotism (or a psychology book).

Answer 9

I suppose one would hurt oneself with the swinging pocket watch !