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There is a great deal of information, products, audio recordings, self hypnosis tapes, mp3's, downloads even courses and workshops, but is there really such a thing as self hypnosis and can it be achieved?
In my understanding, there is no such thing as Self Hypnosis only Self Suggestion- you don't have to get yourself in a trance - chant - or even learn to stick needles through your arm because self suggestion is something you do to yourself every day.
Self Suggestion is something we can do now today, in fact it is so important in our lives it is vital. We give ourselves suggestions constantly and everyone is extremely good at it.
The fact is that everyone is mostly hypnotised or reacting to the results of hypnosis most of the time. That is we are all reacting to suggestions that have been implanted in our subconscious mind by someone or something else at a time when our subconscious mind was most suggestible. And that is all hypnosis is.
Hypnosis happens to us all the time. Maybe not the swinging watch stuck to the floor type hypnosis. Maybe not the goatee bearded leather couch type of hypnosis. It happens without a swinging watch but it's hypnosis just the same.
Hypnosis happens naturally when we are in a state where logic goes flying through the
window. Those times when afterwards you find yourself thinking "Why did I say that?" and, "What the hell was I thinking of?"
So if self hypnosis is self suggestion then what can you do to override the hypnotic influences that keep you where you are? The answer lies firmly in your court - start to talk nicely to yourself. As Émile Coué suggested in the early 1900s "Everyday in every way I'm getting better and better". Repeated affirmations such as this work for your subconscious mind just as sure as your repeated negative phrases to yourself over and over again such as "I don't know why I bother. I'm crap at this!" and "I have a terrible memory" and "It doesn't matter how hard I try, nothing seems to work," will keep your subconscious mind believing just that.
Does any of this sound familiar?
So repeat really positive things in the same way you tell yourself really negative things. So
"I have a really good memory"
"I'm really good at this"
"Everything always goes right for me"
Repeat them to yourself over and over until they no longer make any logical sense to your conscious mind and do this several times a day. Research has shown that it takes approx 30 days for the brain to respond and take on board new suggestions.
Try it - you have nothing at all to lose and quite a lot to gain.
Meditation will work for some, Hypnosis works for some, Relaxation works for some, Self Suggestion works for the vast majority, it is really up to you how much effort you want to put in.
If after reading this you still want self hypnosis tapes or mp3s go for the really short ones with affirmations that will stick, so that you can achieve true wide awake hypnosis with as little effort as possible. Always remember if you can change your mind, you can change your life, and if you can change your life you can live happily ever after.