Hypnosis

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Hypnosis

• Created by Toma Vasilevskyte

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Content

• History of hypnosis
• Definition of hypnosis
• Process of hypnosis
• Uses of hypnosis
• Capability to be hypnotized
• Theories of hypnosis
• Stages of hypnosis
• Social constructionism

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History of hypnosis

• The Hindus of India claim that they started
  hypnosis method and used it as a cure for health.
• The first recognizable practitioner of hypnosis
  was Franz Anton Mesmer
• The main hypnosis discoveries came in 1842 when
  James Braid started to learn more about its
  effects.

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Definition of hypnosis

• Hypnosis is a trance-like state in which a person
  becomes more aware and focused and is more open
  to suggestion. It is induced by other person. A
  state in which one can access creativity, retrace
  certain inhibitions, reprogramme patterns and
  work with pain relief.
• Being hypnotized is usually characterized by
  intense concentration,extreme relaxation, and
  high suggestibility.

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Process of hypnosis

• Person must be relaxed, agree to be hypnotized
  and use his full imagination.
• The hypnotist must instill a person that he is
  getting tired and his eyes are getting heavier.
• A person is asked concentrate his view on one
  thing and look carefully, in this way eyes
  muscles will get tired sooner.

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Capability to be hypnotized

• People who cant be hypnotized
• People who dont want to be hypnotized
• Children, mental patients
• People with poor intellect
• Other people more or less are capable to be
  hypnotized

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• People whose imagination is very big is more open
  to hypnosis.
• Stenfords scale is used to evaluate persons
  capability to be hypnotized. A hypnotist tells
  person to swing and according to its intensity
  we can say weather he is deep or low hypnotised.

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Uses of hypnosis

• To cure allergy
• To eliminate addictions
• To drop various fears
• Sometimes in court
• Helps to relax
• Find some points about ones past
• Free of physical pain.

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Theories of hypnosis

• Social constructionism and role-playing theory
• Dissociation and neodissociation theories
• Neuropsychological theory of hypnosis
• Hypnosis as a conditioned process leading to
  sleep
• Hypersuggestibility theory
• Informational theory
• Systems theory

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Social constructionism

• Robert Baker claim that what we call hypnosis is
  actually a form of learned social behavior.
• People just behave the way they imagine a
  hypnotized person would act

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references

• http//www.hypnosis.com/ (The cultural origins of
  the concept of hypnosis, unknown author ,
  2007-10-28)
• http//skepdic.com/hypnosis.html (Spanos,
  Nicholas , hypnosis 2007-10-28)
• http//www.lizdas.lt/skeptic/hipnoze/hipnoze.htm
  (skeptic, hipnoze, 2007-10-28)
• http//www.soften.ktu.lt/tomablaz/azina/index.php
  ?akcijaklatsastema2KL_KODAS48 (Kas tai yra
  hipnoze? Ar ji kenkia žmogui? Ka žmogus jaucia
  hipnozes metu?, 2007-10-28)