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mind can then execute these imbedded commands without any intervening of the conscious mind and body (Hunter).
Hypnosis was first confirmed to be real by a Swedish therapist named Anton Mesmer around 1775. After publishing papers describing the Alpha Mind State, he named the entire process “Mesmerism”. When a person was hypnotized, they were considered “Mesmerized” (Hyde 84). He would mesmerize them by swinging a watch in front of them while implementing the suggestions that send someone into a hypnotic sleep. More on this will be explained later on. It wasn’t until 1841 that a doctor name James Baird gave the process the name “hypnotism”. “Prior to the time of Mesmer, any practice of hypnosis would have qualified… as witchcraft or blackmagic” (Hyde 85).
What most people don’t understand is how hypnosis works. Hypnosis is, as defined before, communicating with the subcon mind. In order to do this, the conscious mind ...

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around you. Fact is, this method does not work on most people.
Progressive Relaxation consists of extreme relaxation and confusing to the mind. The hypnotist fills the patients mind with imaginative imagery and creates a false belief that they are somewhere other then the place there conscious body is actually residing in.
Mental Confusion methods are used to confuse the mind with so many imaginary things to think about that it drifts off.
Mental Misdirection combine imaginative imagery with a body movement caused by a physical touch by the hypnotist. This confuses the mind out of reality.
Loss of Equilibrium is just that. It uses a rocking motion to cause the patient to gently loose ...

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