Has this ever happened to you? You get in your car like every other morning and head to work. There are things on your mind about what you need to accomplish. You’re traveling the same route you always do, at the same time in the morning.
The alarm clock gets you out of bed at a predictable time. The cookie-cutter routine you practice from your first waking moment to clocking in at work is identical from one day to the next and takes the same amount of time.
Then one day, you find yourself sitting in your office cubicle. What were you just doing? Is this yesterday or today? How did you get here? You don’t remember waking up or following your normal routine. Did you actually drive your vehicle to work in some kind of trancelike state?
If this has ever happened to you, it can be unsettling. Don’t worry, it’s a very normal and natural experience. When your subconscious notices you are performing a conscious action repetitively, it may put that action into its habit file. Conscious actions become unconscious habits this way. You get in your car and drive to work; when you get there, you can’t even remember the trip.
We mention this to show that you hypnotize yourself all of the time. It’s not just something you do to bring about positive change. It can also be practiced in several ways.
Ask 5 Different Hypnotherapists for Their Favorite Self-Hypnosis Method
The world and its inhabitants are marvelously diverse and different. People often use their differences to approach a situation in a way that is unique. Other people don’t get the same results with the same methods.
This is true with hypnotherapists and self-hypnosis. When you hypnotize yourself effectively, you create the desired change by accessing your subconscious. There’s not only one way to do that. Any way a person can get past his external layer of consciousness and move into the subconscious can be a form of self-hypnosis.
Some auto-hypnosis CDs and MP3 files ask you to count from 1 to 10 as you’re relaxing and trying to reach your subconscious. Others will ask you to count from 10 to 1. They may have you focus on different images or no images at all. Some will tell you that lying down comfortably is fine, and others suggest that you sit up straight with your feet grounded on the floor.
Ask five hypnotherapists for their most effective self-hypnosis methods, the ones they use themselves, and you’re likely to get five different answers.
What Does This Tell Us about Self-Hypnosis?
It means that if you try one method and it doesn’t click with you, that’s okay. Keep looking. There are so many resources out there that the only way to fail to find an auto-hypnosis method that works for you is to quit looking.
Think about one big thing you’d like to change about your life. Then find a recommended self-hypnosis program or step-by-step method. Put it to use. Give it time to work. If you don’t see any results after a few weeks, don’t give up. Simply find another way to put your place in a suggestive state of consciousness and keep going until you create the reality you desire.
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