The Mystery of Hypnosis

There are three people sitting down on a stage, they are joined by a mysterious

looking man in a suit and cape. With a smooth tone he tells the three people to close their

eyes and listen to his voice. He then says, "You're feeling sleepy and your eyelids are

feeling very heavy, at the count of three you will fall into a deep sleep, 1...2...3" and they

all fall asleep. He can now make these three people quack like a duck, make love to a

chair, or whatever else he wants them to do. This is the common conception of hypnosis,

but few people know the other aspects of hypnosis. Besides entertainment hypnosis, there

is clinical hypnosis, sports hypnosis, research hypnosis, self hypnosis, and many others

(Yapko 4). A person doesn't need a ‘magical' hypnotist to swing his pocket watch back

and forth to induce him or her into a hypnotic state. Most of us have experienced everyday

forms of hypnosis without even knowing we......

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