{"id":133,"date":"2010-10-15T11:17:59","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T15:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hypnosisinmedia.com\/blog\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2010-10-27T09:55:05","modified_gmt":"2010-10-27T13:55:05","slug":"my-self","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hypnosisinmedia.com\/blog\/about\/my-self\/","title":{"rendered":"My Self"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Are you a full time hyp\u00adno\u00adtist, part-time or hobbyist?<\/em><\/p>\n

Strict\u00adly a hob\u00adby\u00adist and stu\u00addent at this time.<\/p>\n

2. Do you spe\u00adcial\u00adize in any type of hypnosis?<\/em><\/p>\n

I want to learn it all!<\/p>\n

But seri\u00adous\u00adly, I\u2019m not plan\u00adning on mak\u00ading a career of hyp\u00adno\u00adsis. The most I would want to be is an speak\u00ader and evan\u00adge\u00adlist on the subject.<\/p>\n

3. Is there any type of hyp\u00adno\u00adsis you do not do? Why?<\/em><\/p>\n

I real\u00adly don\u2019t do any hyp\u00adno\u00adsis (except self-hyp\u00adno\u00adsis). I\u2019m hedg\u00ading myself because of the legal sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion in the state of Indi\u00adana, which has the most strin\u00adgent (and strangest) laws regard\u00ading hyp\u00adno\u00adsis in any state, and because I have very lit\u00adtle for\u00admal train\u00ading (as yet.)<\/del> As of July 1st<\/sup>, 2010, the hyp\u00adno\u00adsis train\u00ading and reg\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion require\u00adments in the state of Indi\u00adana were repealed. They real\u00adly did\u00adn\u2019t serve any use\u00adful pur\u00adpose, any\u00adway. That still does\u00adn\u2019t mean I\u2019m doing hyp\u00adno\u00adsis, but I am tak\u00ading occa\u00adsion\u00adal train\u00ading and would at least feel com\u00adfort\u00adable with giv\u00ading sim\u00adple demon\u00adstra\u00adtions if the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty pre\u00adsent\u00aded itself.<\/p>\n

4. Do you use self-hyp\u00adno\u00adsis reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly in your life? If so, how?<\/em><\/p>\n

I use it for relax\u00adation and pain relief: I suf\u00adfer from neck mus\u00adcle spasms which cas\u00adcade up and over the top of the head and resem\u00adble sinus headaches. Self-hyp\u00adno\u00adsis helps by get\u00adting the mus\u00adcles to relax while at the same time focus\u00ading on ignor\u00ading the pain. Its not always total\u00adly effec\u00adtive but every lit\u00adtle bit helps.<\/p>\n

5. Describe your hyp\u00adno\u00adsis office or work setting.<\/em><\/p>\n

My home office is a cramped for\u00admer bed\u00adroom with three large desks (one busi\u00adness and two com\u00adput\u00ader) two 6\u2032 tall book\u00adshelves, four fil\u00ading cab\u00adi\u00adnets and a clos\u00adet with too much stuff.<\/p>\n

6. Describe a typ\u00adi\u00adcal day in your life.<\/em><\/p>\n

I am self-employed and own\u00ader of a cor\u00adpo\u00adrate videog\u00adra\u00adphy com\u00adpa\u00adny: I have video\u00adtaped sports events (most recent\u00adly for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the NBA D\u2011League team) and awards pro\u00adgrams and vol\u00adun\u00adteer as a cam\u00adera oper\u00ada\u00adtor for local cable access pro\u00adgrams. Because the busi\u00adness is some\u00adwhat spo\u00adradic, I also temp when pos\u00adsi\u00adble, espe\u00adcial\u00adly at the Allen Coun\u00adty War Memo\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Col\u00adi\u00adse\u00adum, where I do much the same video work to sup\u00adport the video dis\u00adplay pan\u00adel above the scoreboard.<\/p>\n

When not temp\u00ading, my sched\u00adule is pret\u00adty set: I\u2019m up by mid-morn\u00ading. When not active\u00adly work\u00ading on a busi\u00adness project, I\u2019m usu\u00adal\u00adly edit\u00ading a per\u00adson\u00adal video project, main\u00adtain\u00ading the com\u00adpa\u00adny and Hyp\u00adno\u00adsis in Media web\u00adsites, and writ\u00ading. I usu\u00adal\u00adly check my email around noon and late in the evening. Some\u00adtimes I\u2019m at a club meet\u00ading in the evening, or else I\u2019m play\u00ading online in Guild\u00adWars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

7. Where did you get your train\u00ading in hyp\u00adno\u00adsis and are you certified?<\/em><\/p>\n

I am almost entire\u00adly self-taught, although I am work\u00ading with a very great lady (Dr. Gisel\u00adla Zukausky with the Mid\u00adwest Train\u00ading Insti\u00adtute of Hyp\u00adno\u00adsis<\/a>) who is get\u00adting her school accred\u00adit\u00aded in Indi\u00adana (a Sisyphean task, it seems) and will like\u00adly get accred\u00adit\u00aded through her school. I already have tak\u00aden one course explic\u00adit\u00adly and taped at least one other.<\/p>\n

8. Most fab\u00adu\u00adlous hyp\u00adno\u00adsis tech\u00adnique you use?<\/em><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t real\u00adly use any tech\u00adniques, but if I would, I\u2019d use some\u00adthing like the tech\u00adnique I had demon\u00adstrat\u00aded rather dra\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly on me once: it was a count\u00ading-down\/\u00adcount\u00ading-up con\u00adfu\u00adsion induc\u00adtion. Since I am very ana\u00adlyt\u00adi\u00adcal most typ\u00adi\u00adcal induc\u00adtions take a long time to work, but with this one I was hyp\u00adno\u00adtized in less than 20 sec\u00adonds. Then, once I was brought out of trance, the instruc\u00adtor put me back under imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly by sim\u00adply drop\u00adping my hand and say\u00ading \u201csleep!\u201d.<\/p>\n

9. Worse moment ever in a hyp\u00adno\u00adsis set\u00adting that end\u00aded up being a valu\u00adable learn\u00ading experience.<\/em><\/p>\n

It was the sec\u00adond time I was ever hypnotized.<\/p>\n

The first time was a few years pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly, at a con\u00adven\u00adtion where one of the guests pre\u00adsent\u00aded a pan\u00adel on hyp\u00adno\u00adsis and did a group relax\u00adation induc\u00adtion for the audi\u00adence. It was very mem\u00ado\u00adrable not only because it was my first real expo\u00adsure to hyp\u00adno\u00adsis, the per\u00adson was a true lady and some\u00adone I am proud to have befriended.<\/p>\n

The sec\u00adond time I was hyp\u00adno\u00adtized, it was by an old friend (and now a promi\u00adnent hyp\u00adno\u00adtist in his own right) to demon\u00adstrate hyp\u00adno\u00adsis. As part of the demon\u00adstra\u00adtion, I was giv\u00aden the stan\u00addard post-hyp\u00adnot\u00adic amne\u00adsia sug\u00adges\u00adtion. When I came out of trance, I lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly was speech\u00adless. All I could do was mouth words: I couldn\u2019t even think. Need\u00adless to say, my friend was freaked but recov\u00adered quick\u00adly and put me back in trance and removed the suggestion.<\/p>\n

What I believe hap\u00adpened was the con\u00adflict between the sug\u00adges\u00adtion and the way my sub\u00adcon\u00adscious mind inter\u00adpret\u00aded it (to for\u00adget EVER being hyp\u00adno\u00adtized) and the strong desire to remem\u00adber the first time I was hyp\u00adno\u00adtized. Once the con\u00adflict was removed every\u00adthing was fine. But it was a real\u00adly weird experience.<\/p>\n

What I learned from it was the def\u00adi\u00adnite under\u00adstand\u00ading that hyp\u00adno\u00adsis is real (I even use it to con\u00advince oth\u00ader peo\u00adple) and how the mind can inter\u00adpret things dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly than expected.<\/p>\n

10. Any words of advice to poten\u00adtial clients or oth\u00ader hypnotist.<\/em><\/p>\n

There are a lot of mis\u00adcon\u00adcep\u00adtions and mytholo\u00adgies about hypnosis.<\/p>\n

Clients: just about every\u00adthing you\u2019ve ever seen or heard about hyp\u00adno\u00adsis is prob\u00ada\u00adbly incor\u00adrect. Go in to the ses\u00adsion with an open mind and be pre\u00adpared to be informed and surprised.<\/p>\n

Hyp\u00adno\u00adtists: know them and under\u00adstand these mis\u00adcon\u00adcep\u00adtions. That way you can help clients get over them or bet\u00adter com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcate with them to fur\u00adther their own heal\u00ading. And, if noth\u00ading else, you can adapt your ses\u00adsion to match the client\u2019s pre\u00adcon\u00adcep\u00adtions and mis\u00adcon\u00adcep\u00adtions. (I remem\u00adber read\u00ading of one ther\u00ada\u00adpist whose client ref\u00ader\u00adenced a rather bad movie: the ther\u00ada\u00adpist imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly shift\u00aded his induc\u00adtion to make suc\u00adcess\u00adful use of that imagery.)<\/p>\n

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The above was orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly post\u00aded in \u201cThe Trans\u00adpar\u00adent Hyp\u00adno\u00adtist\u201d<\/em> web\u00adsite and updat\u00aded as necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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