Hypnosis is a psychological state that possesses certain physiological attributes, superficial sleep and marked with a function that is different from an ordinary consciousness. The characteristics of this state are: a degree of increased responsiveness and receptiveness where the inner experiential perceptions have greater significance than the external reality.
The State of Hypnosis Psychology
When a person is hypnotized, he appears to communicate only with the hypnotist and usually responds in an automatic and an uncritical fashion at the same time ignoring all environmental aspects aside from the things which are brought about by the hypnotist. If you are under a hypnotic state, you will feel, smell and see the way the hypnotist suggests even if the suggestions contradict with the actual stimuli of the present environment. The effects are not only limited to the change of senses but includes the memory of the subject and it can alter self-awareness through suggestions. As a result, the effects will be extended when the subject is awake.
Hypnosis is as old as magic, sorcery and medicine and it has been used in all of these three methods. The scientific history started during before the 18th century ended with Franz Mesmer who is a German physician, he used hypnosis to treat patients in places like Paris and Vienna. However, hypnotism has been believed to use occult force, in effect, Mesmer was discredited but his method was named as the mesmerism. Even with the negative connotations, many medical practitioners continue to show interest, in fact, many clinicians used it without the full understanding of its nature. In the mid-19th century, mesmerism ended and James Braid, an English physician studied the phenomenon which he termed as hypnosis and hypnotism after Hypnos who is the Greek god of sleep.
Until today, hypnosis psychology attracted many people because of the many benefits it can provide both in the physical and emotional aspects.