I am certified in this field and there is much more to it than I have read here. It cannot be used for evil because although you are in state, you are in control and aware at all times. It is not used on mental health patients without a referal from the attending medical professional. It is not dangerous and you cannot be made to anything you do not feel comfortable with. Your critical mind will throw out the suggestion immediately if you do not agree. I suggest you find an accredited college which teaches it and learn it that way as I have. There are far too many mis-conceptions floating around about what hypnosis can and cannot do. Hypnosis is a natural state that we experience every day. If you have seen a movie, or driven a car or ever gone to sleep at night, you have already experienced it. Please learn from certified, trained professional instructors in the field, not from books you can buy anywhere.

Gentle Hugs,

Julie

So, you're saying I can't hypnotise my spouse into having more sex with me?  lol

Seriously, i would like to learn -- just to help me get rid of bad habits.  And help me to deal with people easier.

But i have also read about people being tortured from hypnosis??

I also wanted to comment/ask about this.  Maybe in my own personal state, this was just a form of meditation or just being relaxed or something.  I am a musician.  I was practicing drum rudiments on a practice pad --  just basically practicing a certain rhythym at the same speed, over and over again.  When I was done, I was really relaxed.  I felt -- i don't know the word -- just different.  I told my husband "Wow!  That was like really therapeutic or something."

Was that some sort of self-hypnosis or something?  I was almost in a trance-like state while practicing.  Hope that makes sense???

It actually has nothing to do with what you want a person to do. Everyone has free will even under hypnosis. There is quite a bit to it and the learning of it for a C.Ht is quite expensive (I did mine is a college for hypnosis) I proved everyone can be hypnotized, however, they may have ab-reactions to your suggestions if they do not agree with them. Normally a Somnambulant is picked from a crowd to be the chicken, dog or the crazy person by a stage hypnotists. I did a mass hypnosis on my radio show not long ago of 143 people. Each person was under and experienced a past life. It was highly interesting! Hypnosis does not give you control over anyone, it gives the person an opportunity to gain help and insight with their issues, but only because they would like that help.

Gentle Hugs,

Jewel

How did you know they all were hypnotized if it was radio?  just curious...did they contact you?  that is A lot of feedback.  I have been hypnotized a few times by a professional hypnotist and found it very refreshing.  The part that amazed me most was that it felt like just a few minutes went by when I was actually under for an hour and a half.