How Hypnotic Suggestions Work

Have you ever had a moment when you’re staring at your computer or television screen, and you think you are beginning to fall asleep? Maybe, instead, you are being hypnotized!  For many, hypnosis may sound like something out of a magic show. Someone with the swinging pocket watch saying, “You are getting very sleepy…” But…

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How has hypnosis changed?

In the history of hypnosis, there are many people who are important. One was Franz Anton Mesmer who in the period around 1779 gave hypnosis a name but the name he gave it was mesmerism. He was all the rage in the day.  He felt he had the ability to magnetize people with his power. But we know…

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How long has hypnosis been used?

The history of hypnosis can be traced to ancient times. It has been called numerous names in various places. Medicine men, witch doctors, and religious leaders have utilized it in many forms to heal the ill. The cures frequently were credited to miracles achieved by the gods. The Papyrus Ebers, an Egyptian medical record dating to…

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