11/08/2025
What’s it like to be hypnotized? Is it reasonable to be afraid?
You are most likely already familiar with the feeling of hypnosis, because it’s a natural state of the brain usually twice or more per day: right before falling asleep and right before becoming aware when you wake up.
Hypnosis feels like being really relaxed and about to drift off to sleep, but you are still aware.
Your subconscious mind allows information to download in this state. This is why babies and children learn so fast , because their brains are constantly producing the hypnosis brainwaves until the late teens. They of course don’t act relaxed like adults in hypnosis do, but the brainwaves are the same.
This is also why it’s important to not allow yourself to fall asleep in front of the TV…all that JUNK gets implanted in your subconscious mind!
It is also reasonable to be scared, because hypnosis has been stigmatized in movies, on TV, etc. Also it has been marginalized as a stage act, where a hypnotist who is talented at reading the room will get people to click likes chicken.
If used correctly, it can be incredibly empowering to the individual when they choose what is put into their subconscious mind. It can have negative effects on someone’s life if they had the incorrect information put in.
A good example of this a child who’s parent tells them they will never amount to anything. Since children’s brains are always downloading (their brains are making hypnosis brainwaves), this gets programmed into their subconscious mind - especially because it comes from an authority figure-the parent. When incorrect information is implanted it becomes devastating to the individual. That’s when to be scared…
Visiting a hypnotherapist implants what you WANT to go into the subconscious mind, and can overwrite bad programming and be used as a fast and powerful supplement to talk therapy (it does not replace therapy). It helps with habits like smoking, over eating, etc.
Hypnosis can also be used to discover latent issues that a person does not realize consciously, brought to light, and then reframed. This will give the client and hypnotherapist an idea where the problem came from so it can be dealt with.
In summary, hypnosis feels like being relaxed. Types of subversive hypnosis to be wary of: falling asleep with the TV or radio -ESPECIALLY THE NEWS on - or anything with repetitive commercials, giving negative attention to children, or receiving it from authority figures like doctors, politicians, etc. and taking it as gospel.
Actively daydreaming and falling asleep thinking about something positive that you want is a great form of self-hypnosis. Some of the greatest minds did this, like Thomas Edison.
Hypnotherapy to help with issues, fears, habits, etc. is also worthy of pursuing. Even past life regressions, when done by a competent therapist, will separate the person from any negativity or reframe it during the session as a means of therapy.
