Hypnosis F.A.Q.  Continued:

Q.   What kinds of people make good subjects for hypnosis? 

 A.  It is the consensus of professional opinion that more than 90% of the population can achieve varying depths of hypnosis during their first experience, and with continued practice can enter deeper states of hypnosis with great ease.  Within the set of good subjects for hypnosis there are many variants, but each can with practice, achieve great results through experience.  

Q.   Does a person in a state of hypnosis lose consciousness?

A.  A person in a hypnotic state never loses consciousness, even in the deeper stages.  He knows what is happening around him at all times.  He can talk even while still remaining in the hypnotic state.  However, there are very deep states in which the person experiences such intense bliss or ecstasy that it would be unwise for a person in such a state to attempt, for example, to drive a car.   

Q. Is it easier to return to a state of hypnosis once you have been there?   

A.  Unquestionably, yes.  Passing from ordinary states of consciousness into hypnosis is a technique which, with some practice, can be employed almost automatically, like a habit.  Just as a musician finds it easier to play a difficult piece after much practice, so the person who practices reaching hypnosis finds it easier to enter that state each time he practices it.   

Q. Is sleep an altered state of consciousness?

A.  Yes.  Sleep is a different type of altered consciousness than that used in hypnosis.  In the altered states used in hypnosis, you are emphatically not asleep and are completely aware of yourself and your surroundings.

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