Secrets and myths about hypnosis

Description of instant suggestion

Instant hypnosis is impressive in its effectiveness. Manipulations with someone else's consciousness require:

• experience;
• constant practice;
• the ability to control your consciousness;
• skills to distinguish the states of the suggestible, recognize his desires and reactions.

It is a mistake to believe that after one or two influences it will be possible to change preferences and behavioral line. This myth arose due to a misunderstanding of the laws of mental processes. The object of submission subconsciously agrees with the influence: if the brain resists, then it will not be possible to suppress it.

Hypnosis does not allow you to control a person like a puppet, forcing him to fulfill other people's desires.

The possibilities of any hypnosis technique are colossal, but not limitless. While in a trance, the consciousness turns off and cannot perceive information critically, that is, everything that is imposed on it is accepted as one’s own beliefs.

The hypnotist can instill insensitivity to pain

Hypnosis affects people predisposed to suggestion. These are emotional individuals with a high degree of hypnotizability and a developed imagination. They obediently accept any instructions. Phlegmatic people, lacking imagination, are less susceptible to hypnosis. Instant suggestion may have a delayed effect on them or may not have an effect at all.

Nuances of use

Instant hypnosis has unlimited possibilities. It shows a high level of performance and apparent ease. The hypnotist will be able to achieve many of the goals.

Only a complete understanding of instant hypnosis will help you subjugate another person to your own will, force him to do actions that often do not correspond to the desires of the person being suggested. This type of hypnosis is distinguished by its complex execution. A novice practitioner will not be able to put a person into a trance using the quick hypnosis technique.

Many people make the mistake of thinking that instant hypnosis helps to change the character and habits of another person. Not a single programming technique sets completely new and unusual settings for the subconscious. This effect is only possible if a person himself wants to change by changing his thinking.

The presented technique does not help to completely impose your desires and will on other people. Hypnosis opens up enormous possibilities for the practitioner, but they are not limitless. Even when immersed in a deep trance, a person will not perform actions that may contradict common sense. Especially if internal installations pose a threat to life.

Practitioners must remember that rapid hypnosis can only influence people who are highly emotional and have a high degree of hypnotizability. They will respond quickly to installations. Phlegmatic people who lack a rich imagination cannot be hypnotized.

Instant suggestion techniques

The technique of instant hypnosis involves abruptly taking a person out of their comfort zone. When a person is exposed to strong experiences, the brain turns off for a while and concentrates only on this feeling. It doesn’t matter what kind of feeling it is - positive or negative. At this moment, the person is in a state of catalepsy - in the position in which the hypnologist recorded him.

Any methods of instant hypnosis require the ability to quickly process the subconscious of the suggestible. To put a person into hypnosis, you need to do the following:

• enter into confidential contact with the suggestible;
• attract his attention;
• put him into a trance state - to do this you need to take him out of his comfort zone;
• subjugate his consciousness;
• change your perception of reality.

Changing intonation is one of the techniques for instant hypnosis

The words of the hypnotist, vivid images that do not fit into the framework of standard perception, put the suggestible person into a state of shock. The influence on consciousness is carried out through information that a person has previously heard. The process uses instant hypnosis techniques:

• Active gestures.
• Change in intonation, highlighting the installation words. Transition from a quiet, calm intonation to a more aggressive one, raising the voice.
• Presentation of mutually exclusive facts in order to confuse the mind.
• A sharp change in behavior.

Several methods allow you to instantly put a person into hypnosis. The most common are:

• classical technique;
• American variation;
• regression therapy;
• gypsy hypnosis.

Classical technique

This is one of the most ancient techniques. The monk of the Portuguese Abbey of Faria began to use it. He put patients into a sleepy state instantly. To do this, he carefully looked into the eyes of the suggested person, and then sharply shouted: “Go to sleep!” The manipulation was successful in 50% of cases.

Lightning hypnosis is carried out with the consent of the suggestible person. The hypnotist says the words: “I touch your forehead slowly. As soon as I remove my hand, you begin to fall asleep. One two Three". Deepen the state of sleep with light hand movements in the forehead area, drawing lines without touching the skin. Confidently, slowly, clearly pronounce the instructions: “You fall into deep sleep, thoughts go away and do not bother you. A thick fog envelops your body, and dusk deepens around you. Only my voice reaches your consciousness. You are sleeping, sleeping, sleeping." The individual perceives only information that comes from the hypnotist.

You can instantly put a person into a state of sleep using another technique of instant hypnosis. It includes the following steps:

• place the patient's back to you;
• a person should stand with his hands tightly pressed to his body, straighten his legs, close his eyes;
• put your hand on the back of the suggestible person’s head and say the following: “I move my palm back, and you are pulled behind it. You fall, plunge into emptiness. Fall!";
• when the person being suggested begins to lean back, suddenly say in an authoritative tone: “Sleep.”

At this stage, the suggestible person needs to be carefully laid down or seated in a chair and the manipulations continue.

American variation

American specialists prefer more loyal methods of induction into trance. The suggestible person sits down comfortably. After performing the introductory manipulations, the hypnologist places his hand on the patient’s right shoulder. The fingers of the other hand form the letter “U” and are located in front of the patient’s eyes at a distance of 30 cm.

Say: “Your eyelids become heavy, your eyes close, and you fall into deep sleep. As soon as my fingers close, your eyes will close and you will fall into a deep sleep, and only my voice will reach your consciousness.” Gradually move your fingers closer to the patient's face, moving them. The suggestee's eyes will close when the fingers are near the patient's face.

When the eyes close, place your hand on the client’s forehead and eyes and say: “Your eyes are tightly closed, twilight is gathering around you, enveloping you in warm clouds.” Then you can continue to work with deeper processes.

Regression therapy

Techniques of regressive instant hypnosis occupy a separate place among types of suggestion. They are something between the inspiring and spiritual practices of the East. The advantage of technology is its naturalness. It is based on philosophical interpretations of the rebirth of the soul.

Regression therapy techniques involve communication with the higher “I”. By plunging into the world of dreams, a person himself can talk about his illnesses. The human psyche coordinates and directs the work of the body. Practice with the inner “I” is completely safe for the client, which cannot be said about previous methods. In the first place is the subconscious, which actively responds to the appeal and reproduces different images and feelings.

Regression therapy involves diving into the past: distant childhood and even past lives.

Only experienced psychologists conduct sessions. Throughout the entire journey through the client’s own nooks and crannies of the soul, a hypnotist accompanies him and, at the first danger to the nervous system, takes him out of sleep. At the end of the session, the client remembers everything that happened to him.

Gypsy hypnosis

A person is introduced into an altered state through fatigue and relaxation of volitional centers. This is facilitated by monotonous speech consisting of phrases with a certain set of sounds, low information content of the text, repetition of words spoken by the suggestible person and his actions, various pendulums that attract attention.

The hypnotist’s actions are aimed at ensuring that the subject’s attention quickly dries up - then he will not be able to think critically. When influencing a person, information is perceived as one’s own motivations for action. The success of gypsies is based on a continuous flow of speech, which uses phrases and lexical forms that are non-standard for human perception. Speech intonation is wave-like. To establish a connection with the client, the gypsy addresses him on a first-name basis and uses diminutive forms.

Palm reading is a distraction, a static contact that puts the left hemisphere of the brain to sleep. The hypnologist runs along the arm in the central part of the palm, pressing on the wrist, feeling the pulse. Initially, a person is asked for help - this immediately inspires trust. The gypsy asks to find the address or asks what time it is. The answer to this is given automatically, without assessing the situation.

Then the hypnotist sincerely thanks and asks for a hand for fortune telling. Next comes a standard set of phrases that leaves no one indifferent. All people have the same problems, aspirations and desires (no money, husband left, drinks, child is sick, etc.). The hypnologist plays on these “strings”. Then follows the “rite of purification.” The hypnotist rips off the hair, shows the pendulum and asks you to concentrate on it. The process has started and it is no longer possible to stop. At the last stage, the hypnotist gives instructions for active action.

Text of the book “Instant Hypnosis. How the power of suggestion works"

Conversational hypnosis

Of all the means used to induce hypnosis, speech takes the leading place due to its simplicity and accessibility.
The use of the method of conversational hypnosis is based on the use of direct contact with a person, his conscious readiness for the upcoming experiment and, to some extent, personal interest in the final result. However, in order to force the human body to completely submit to the will of the psychologist-hypnotist, a swinging pendulum in front of the eyes and monotonously spoken phrases are not enough. You will have to repeat the memorized phrases for a long time and persistently, until you become hoarse, and rub your fingers with the thread of a pendulum until you get blisters. Nothing will work if the hypnotist does not have a special ability, not given to everyone, to concentrate his will and internal energy on a single, so-called “critical” point in the client’s mind. But this critical point still needs to be found, which not everyone can do.

This ability can be developed through many years of training with parallel study of human psychology and physiology, and yet this will not be enough to conduct a high-quality session of deep hypnosis. Even with the client’s very strong desire, the word, even if endowed with a deep meaning and charged with the energy of the hypnotist, cannot reach the required point and turn off the person’s consciousness and subconscious.

The option when the ability to hypnosis is developed artificially allows the psychologist to introduce the client into a state of superficial hypnosis, which will solve many of the client’s psychological problems, return him to normal life, and relieve him of many painful conditions. In modern life, filled to the brim with stressful situations and problems combined with a lack of free time, conversational hypnosis, even superficial, is a very serious help to those who really need it.

Example of conversational hypnosis:

“I remember once I was flying on a plane... the flight was long... I love flying on planes... you don’t have to do anything... you can RELAX... and feel COMFORTABLE... When you look out the window, you see clouds below you... it’s so unusual to see clouds below... yes... They look like a snow-covered plain... which stretches far, far away... all the way to the horizon... and different thoughts... images come... and you FORGET about where you are... It’s like you are outside of time and space... You begin to DREAM... uh-huh... sometimes even THE EYES CLOSED... and this is a little like what John Lilly wrote about... He described how he was lying in a pool of water... The density of the water was such that the water supported his body... And the temperature of the water was equal to the temperature of the body... And he lay... in complete darkness... and in complete silence... MOTIONLESS... CALM... Yes... And at some point it seemed to him that he left his body... and rose up... high... above the clouds... And met there with some kind of spiritual entity ... wise... and loving... and wanted to stay with her... But she told him: “You still have things to do on earth... YOU NEED TO COMPLETE WHAT YOU STARTED, YOU NEED TO CARE ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONES...” And he returned... and after that a lot has changed... Because WHEN YOU HAVE AN UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE, YOU CHANGE... It's like you become wiser... more understanding... more tolerant... And you forgive people for their mistakes... because you understand that people are imperfect... And sometimes you love them for their imperfections ... Many thoughts come to mind... and images... when you look at this snowy plain... without end and edge... And you even FORGET that these are clouds... And only when they announce the landing, do you remember that you are already approaching the goal... there, where were you going... and the flight passed unnoticed... and if they asked me how much time had passed, I would not know what to answer: maybe a few hours, or maybe a few minutes.”

Instant (fast) hypnosis according to Faria

This is the most ancient method. If you already have some experience with hypnosis, you can try quick hypnosis. This method belongs to Abbot Faria, a Portuguese Catholic monk originally from Goa. The abbot simply approached the person he was about to hypnotize, looked intently into his eyes for several seconds, and then suddenly cried out: “Oogteh!” (“Go to sleep!”) In almost 50% of cases the result was positive. The abbot himself was very impressive and imposing, which, undoubtedly, was a prerequisite for the success of his manipulations.

Showing people interested in hypnosis a successful introduction to hypnosis that impresses others will certainly make it easier to get them into a hypnotic state in the future.

Lightning-fast, or instantaneous, fast hypnosis should be used in those people who have already been hypnotized before and are sufficiently suggestible. Never attempt instant hypnosis unless you have been able to do all the suggestibility tests.

There are people who, after tests to determine suggestibility, already at the first session succumb to deep lightning-fast hypnosis.

For lightning-fast hypnosis, the following formula is sufficient: “I touch your forehead between the eyebrows. When I take my hand away, you will sleep. One two Three!" To deepen the state of hypnosis, carry out several light passes in the forehead (upper area of ​​the face), while saying slowly and separately: “The sleepy state is intensifying. Deeper and deeper peace. You don't think about anything. It's as if a thick fog is falling between you and the outside world. You only hear me. You are in a deep sleep."

Indeed, after this the person enters a deep hypnotic trance and is in rapport with the hypnotist.

Instant hypnosis can also be achieved in the following way. Place the subject with his back to you and ask him to close his eyes, join his legs, lower his arms along his body, tilt his head back a little on your arm, and relax his muscles. After this, say: “I move my hand away, and you feel yourself being pulled back. You are slowly falling, falling backwards... Fall!” When a client falls, you should suddenly, loudly and impressively, authoritatively say: “Sleep!” After this, the second stage of hypnosis immediately begins. The client should be laid down or seated and suggestion should continue.

American fast hypnosis

American psychiatrists recommend doing the following: after performing the introductory tests, the hypnotist stands on the side of the subject and places his left hand on his right shoulder. In this case, the index and middle fingers are spread out so that they form the letter “U”. They should be kept at a distance of 30 cm in front of the subject's eyes. Now we need to convince him that his eyes are sticking together and his eyelids are becoming heavy. At the same time, move your hand with fingers spread out towards the subject. As soon as your fingers are in front of your face, start the suggestion: “You can no longer keep your eyes open, they are closing by themselves...”

In most cases, the eyes actually close, since the protective reflex mechanism is additionally triggered. If this is necessary, you can additionally suggest: “Now close your eyes.” As soon as the subject does this, place your hand on his forehead and eyes. Now it is appropriate to make a suggestion to deepen hypnosis.

Regressive hypnosis and therapy: “Indian” hypnosis

A special place among the types of hypnosis is occupied by techniques that were formed at the intersection of hypnotic practice and the spiritual culture of the East.

One such technique is regression therapy.

Regression therapy is based on the doctrine of reincarnation - a philosophical doctrine according to which the immortal essence of a living being is reincarnated again and again from one body to another. The idea of ​​reincarnation is central to many religions and spiritual practices of the East (especially in India).

The doctrine of reincarnation does not detract from any recognized form of religion. Rather, it strengthens and makes you richer. In the New Testament there is an indication that Jesus was familiar with the laws of reincarnation, he said: “What you sow is what you reap.” In the Gospel of John (8:58), Jesus says to his disciples: “Before Abraham was, I am.”

The theory of reincarnation teaches love and is therefore compatible with any religion that has love as its core principle. Many people wandering blindly in search of answers can find what they are looking for here.

Among the advantages and advantages of regression therapy, many consider the naturalness of the method. This technique is used to identify key situations related to a problem, gain access to age-old wisdom and achieve a higher level of soul development.

During a regression hypnosis session, you can ask questions and get answers from your subconscious, higher self, teachers and mentor guides. The conversation with the client takes place through his higher self. It is the subconscious that takes care of the human body, it can explain the cause of the disease, as well as cure it. Sometimes it is enough to let go of the pain of past lives through the white Divine Light - and it will soften or disappear.

Some regression hypnologists use chairs to immerse clients in the past. You can spend the session lying down in a comfortable transformable chair: it’s easier to relax in a lying position. The choice is up to the client.

Anyone who, with their eyes closed, can imagine a quiet, calm place on the shore of the sea, river or pond, a beautiful bird, trees with foliage, a favorite flower, etc. can plunge into a light trance and see the past, etc. Some people almost really experience their past lives, others only feel (“I’m a boy of about four years old, I’m sitting by the road in the dust, in the sand and I feel this hot sand with my hands, and a detachment of horsemen in helmets and chain mail, with long spears, rides past. I feel how the earth trembles under the hooves of horses. The rest like in fog".). It depends on what the leading modality of a person is, who he is - visual, auditory or kinesthetic.

Working with regression is natural and safe, because it is based on identifying the client’s inner self, and is as natural as a dream. Here the subconscious comes to the fore, striving to respond to words and images, generating sensations and emotions.

The famous American hypnologist-regressionist Dolores Cannon, when asked whether it is dangerous to go into the past, answers that she plunged more than 10 thousand clients into the past and no one got worse, no one stayed there.

Traveling into the past takes place under powerful protection, which ensures complete safety; in addition, the hypnologist invisibly accompanies the person on this journey. At the end of the session, everything negative is disposed of, and the lessons learned from regression are used in this life.

Some people ask if these stories are made up. As practice shows, these are not fictions, but specific situations that cannot be changed at will. Exactly what was supposed to happen is happening. For example, a young woman accused of witchcraft is tied to a pole, and a fire is lit under the pole. She says: “I’m probably making all this up,” but she can’t do anything about it, no one is saving her, her hair is already on fire... And then the hypnologist says: “Now look at this situation from the outside, without emotions and without sensations.” " Together with the patient, they look at the situation from the outside and then remove it, turning to the guardians of karma.

One woman was very afraid of water. In the third life shown by the subconscious, she jumps from a stone into the sea and already in flight realizes that she does not know how to swim... She cannot float to the surface, she swears at the fish (“And these sprat are preventing her from floating,” she says). And he drowns. At 43 years old, she had never swum in deep water and did not know how to swim. After the session, the next day she signed up for the pool and learned to swim.

In any case, the patient’s subconscious brought these episodes to light in order to answer the questions she posed or get rid of any problems.

When conducting psychoanalysis, a person lies on a couch twice a week for a year and says everything that comes to his mind - this is the main effect. And no one asks whether he made up everything he says, or whether these are real episodes from his life. Identified root causes are important.

The fate of birthmarks is interesting. Sometimes a person is born with birthmarks, but many people notice that after reaching a certain age they develop new birthmarks. They often carry information about wounds received in past lives. A man of about 28 who had a birthmark on his stomach consulted a hypnologist. He said that the birthmark appeared at the age of 25 and it was from that time that he began to be afraid of sharp objects. He hid all the kitchen knives at night and felt discomfort when a sharp object was turned in his direction. When conducting regression, it turned out that in a past life, at the age of 25, he died from a blow to the stomach with a stiletto. After the first session and clearing the information in white light, he got rid of this phobia, and the birthmark disappeared.

At the end of the regression, you will remember everything you saw and did during the session. In addition, such sessions are usually recorded on video and the disc is given to the client so that he can listen in a calm environment to what was said during the regression.

Many emotional problems and conflicts are resolved quickly and effectively through past life therapy, usually in far fewer sessions than conventional therapy.

More often than not, people go through past regressions one at a time. Some want to visit other lives they shared with specific people. Others want to immerse themselves in a time when they experienced certain emotions, were famous people, artists, sailors, or lived in exotic places.

Changes in personality often begin to occur after the first session. Many people, after regression, have dreams for several days in which they see other past lives, where there are answers to questions that were not seen during regression.

Phobias and depression disappear, and the very attitude towards life changes. A person ceases to be down to earth, he develops a philosophical attitude towards life. Often, many physical problems considered psychosomatic begin to be eliminated or completely disappear.

In regression sessions, people often have the opportunity to put together scattered pieces of the past. When a problem with all its aspects moves from the subconscious to the conscious level, it can be neutralized.

When sincere, hard-won questions are asked when working with regression, the subconscious is ready to open its storehouses. The client can reconstruct the entire history of events - from the Ice Age, battles that changed the course of history, sailing across the oceans to participation in the battles of the last war that took place.

Most often people are concerned about the following questions:

● Are my fears and phobias a consequence of past lives?

● Are past life events the cause of my tense relationships at home, at work, or with a specific person?

● What is the meaning of my life, what is the main task I came into this life with, what lesson should I learn?

● Which of my relatives and friends have I met in past lives?

● What is the reason for my complexes?

● Is my illness a consequence of events in my past life?

● Are my birthmarks caused by past life trauma?

● Was I an artist, writer, musician in past lives?..

● In what lives have I best served people?

● Is the reason for my negative attitude towards women (men) in a past life?

Working with past lives shows impressive results. The consciousness of people has gone from simple curiosity to learn about past lives to a higher theory of knowledge that brings wisdom. With its help, the door opens to the realm of the spiritual highest ideal, and here the universality of the method of regression therapy becomes obvious.

Suggestion during sleep

Sleep, according to I.P. Pavlov, is a state of inhibition of the cerebral cortex, descending to its underlying sections. According to modern views, this is not total inhibition, since about half of the neurons in the brain are active during sleep. Sleep occurs as a result of the active function of the thalamocortical synchronizing apparatuses of the brain.

Neurophysiological studies conducted in recent years have shown that it is possible to distinguish between two types of sleep

:

1) ordinary

, or
slow
sleep, in which, with a state of complete rest, a slowdown in the rhythm of breathing and cardiac activity is noted, as well as the appearance of slow waves on the electroencephalogram;

2) paradoxical

, or
rapid
sleep, or sleep with dreams. During this sleep, rapid movements of the eyeballs, variability, and irregularity of vegetative manifestations (pulse, breathing) are observed. The electroencephalogram approaches that observed during wakefulness, although it has some features (bursts of alpha waves in the occipital region are 1–2 Hz less in frequency than during wakefulness; low-voltage activity is detected; flashes of sharp waves with a frequency of 2–3 per second in the central areas of the cortex lasting several seconds and associated in time with rapid eye movements). It is during paradoxical sleep that dreams occur.

Paradoxical sleep alternates with slow-wave sleep. It changes it 4–5 times during the night and lasts each time 6–8, less often 15–20 minutes, taking up about 20–25% of the total sleep time. The first period of paradoxical sleep occurs 45–90 minutes after falling asleep. This type of sleep is regulated by ancient brainstem mechanisms. Both ordinary slow-wave sleep and paradoxical sleep are characterized by a “break in the continuity of the stream of consciousness” with a loss of the ability to be aware of place, time and surroundings. In dreams, in addition, there is also the experience of a different situation.

There is a whole range of transitions between the states of sleep and wakefulness. Sleep can be partial, and the depth of sleep inhibition can be different. In this regard, according to I.P. Pavlov, various hypnotic (phase) states can arise (equalizing, paradoxical, ultraparadoxical and narcotic phases). During natural sleep, the sleeper often exhibits selective sensitivity to certain stimuli, while other, even stronger stimuli may not have a noticeable effect. This is possible in cases where during sleep the areas of wakefulness form a “guard point”. Through it, the sleeper can maintain contact - rapport with the outside world. Naturally, sleep with a “guard point” will be partial. The phenomena of rapport are an important prerequisite for the possibility of treatment by suggestion during sleep.

Let's look at them in a little more detail.

The phenomena of rapport are not unique to humans. They are also found in the animal world, being biologically viable. In this regard, the ability to maintain a guard point during sleep, which arose in the process of adaptation of the organism to environmental conditions, had to be consolidated through natural selection. The Russian physiologist M. N. Speransky explained the origin of rapport as follows: “A guard animal vigilantly guards the herd. If danger approaches, it emits a special sound, a signal, and this is enough for the entire herd to be on its feet, ready to flee, defend, etc., depending on the nature of the signal. No other noises filling the forest disturb the herd's sleep. Rapport is maintained between the keeper and the herd. If it weren’t for him, the herd would die.”

An interesting observation is made by the Russian physiologist L. A. Orbeli: “The cephalopod octopus has an alternation of sleep and wakefulness. He lies down on the bottom of the aquarium, tucks his legs around him, closes his eyes and sleeps. But out of eight legs, he leaves one leg on duty. Seven legs are entangled around the body, and the eighth sticks up and performs rotational movements all the time. It’s interesting that if you touch his torso or limb with a stick during sleep, he doesn’t wake up, but if you touch his duty paw, he wakes up, releases black paint and generally exhibits a corresponding active reaction.” Obviously, during the mollusk’s sleep, a sentry point is maintained, through which contact (rapport) with the outside world is carried out.

The Russian clinical neurologist and psychotherapist B. N. Birman (1884–1952) was able to experimentally obtain sleep with rapport phenomena in dogs. To do this, the animal developed a conditioned reflex to a strictly defined tone (up to –265). Then the animal was plunged into deep sleep by the action of negative, differentiating, inactive stimuli. Now, when exposed to a tone up to –265, which was previously always combined with feeding, the animal immediately woke up, while it hardly or at all reacted to other stimuli (whistles, gurgling, strong knocking on the door). “Obviously,” points out B. N. Birman, “in the inhibited cortex of the dog, one point retained its excitability and remained awake. This point, which responded to a tone up to –265, thus maintains the connection of the effector apparatus with this stimulus, while the connection with other external stimuli was interrupted and turned off. Thanks to the existence of such a guard point, sleep could be deep, but it was not complete - it was sleep with partial wakefulness.”

Thanks to the presence of a guard point during sleep, the sleeper can maintain contact with the outside world. The perception of speech during sleep is possible only if there is a guard point through which rapport is carried out. Watchpoint sleep can be natural, hypnotic, or mildly narcotic, allowing treatment by suggestion.

Suggestion in a state of natural sleep.

A tired mother may fall asleep next to her baby and not react to noise coming from the street, calls or knocking from the next room. However, it is enough for the slightest rustle emanating from the child to be heard and immediately wake up. A soldier can sleep soundly without being awakened by the loud sounds of gunfire, but will immediately wake up as soon as he hears the alarm sounded by a sentry. Similarly, a captain on a ship can wake up as soon as the monotonous clatter of the machine stops, or a miller - if the mill stops and the sound of wheels stops being heard. In all these cases, during natural sleep there is a guard point through which rapport with a strictly defined stimulus is maintained. This “point” is a complex system, including a device that provides signal reception, its comparison and an effector mechanism that can cause complete or incomplete awakening.

As has been shown, a watchdog point during natural sleep can arise if a person falls asleep while perceiving speech and the connection between him and the source of speech continues to be preserved (especially if the phrases are uttered: “Sleep well, don’t wake up... Listen and remember the words... The next morning you will remember everything...") or if before going to bed he tunes himself to perceive speech, convinces himself that he will sleep and listen to speech without waking up. You can create a guard post using other techniques, for example, preliminary suggestion in reality or in a hypnotic dream. It turned out that sometimes it is possible not only to perceive speech (for example, words of a foreign language), but also to store it in memory in an actual or latent form. In the first case, a person can, through an effort of will, actualize, that is, remember, what he perceived; in the second, he cannot remember, but learns it unusually easily upon awakening.

The process of speech perception itself during sleep is not conscious. The subjects are not aware that they are listening to speech, which is experienced as thoughts that are unknown how they entered the head, appeared spontaneously, or arose according to the logical course of actions that unfolded in the dream.

According to modern views, when perceived in a state of wakefulness, a signal from the sense organ enters the brain and carries information about the nature of the irritation. At the same time, the signal from the sensory organ enters the reticular formation (a set of nerve structures located in the central parts of the brain stem (medulla oblongata and midbrain, visual thalamus)). From here, impulses activating the cortex are sent along a “nonspecific” path with a delay of several milliseconds. During deep natural sleep and even in a state of anesthesia, a sound signal from the senses enters the cerebral cortex and causes a reaction visible on the electroencephalogram. However, no impulses are received from the reticular formation. The signal remains isolated, not connected to other parts of the brain, and the person, upon waking up, cannot remember it. After all, hundreds of people are asleep while someone is talking or there is a radio broadcast, but the next morning they usually do not remember what was said during their sleep. It is not difficult to achieve a signal entering the cerebral cortex, it is difficult to achieve its assimilation - the ability to reproduce it upon awakening. The latter turned out to be impossible during deep sleep (when slow waves dominate on the electroencephalogram) and is possible only during shallow sleep.

Just as not all speech perceived while awake, not all speech perceived during sleep has a suggestive effect. If for the purposes of learning during sleep (hypnopaedia) it is very important that what is perceived is not subject to amnesia, that is, that upon awakening a person can remember what was perceived during sleep, then for the purposes of suggestion this is not required. On the contrary, the practice of hypnotherapy shows that suggestion is especially effective if, upon awakening from sleep, they are subject to amnesia. This also applies to suggestions during natural sleep. Therefore, the technique of suggestion during natural sleep differs from the technique used for the purpose of hypnopaedia.

Many have tried to treat children through suggestion during natural sleep by whispering phrases to the sleeping person. This method is especially widespread in the USA. The effect of suggestion during natural sleep was often not inferior to the effect during deep hypnosis. Children sometimes talk during natural sleep, and verbal contact can be established with them. However, it is usually quickly lost, and attempts to instill something in them in this state are very rarely successful. It is difficult to establish rapport with a person sleeping naturally.

Suggestion technique during natural sleep.

Suggestion during sleep is carried out in a quiet voice, in a suggestive tone. Most often it begins with the words: “Sleep deeper, don’t wake up. Fall asleep deeper and deeper... Every day you feel better and better, better and better...” This is followed by a therapeutic suggestion, repeated with pauses of up to 5 seconds several times (a series of suggestions). It alternates with the words “Sleep deeper, deeper... Every day you feel better and better...” 5-6 series of suggestions are carried out per session. Various variations of the technique of suggestion during sleep are possible.

Option 1.

They sit at the head of the sleeping person. They touch his finger and lightly hold the latter so as not to wake the sleeping person (at the same time, the depth of sleep inhibition in the sleeping person decreases). Then, for 2-3 minutes, in a quiet whisper, in rhythm with breathing, repeat the words: “Sleep deeper, sleep deeper.” Then they begin to either slow down the rhythm of the words somewhat or speed it up somewhat. If at the same time the breathing rhythm of the sleeping person also begins to speed up and slow down accordingly, it means that contact has been established and you can move on to therapeutic suggestions. It is advisable to first tell the sleeping person: “My voice does not wake you up, does not awaken you, sleep deeper, deeper and deeper...” If, when trying to establish rapport, the sleeping person wakes up, you can resort to the usual hypnotization technique described below - best of all with light passes and suggestion of an offensive sleep through speech. In this case, asking the patient to open his eyes and fixate with his gaze on some object is inappropriate, since this can lead to a dissipation of the drowsy state (slow or partial awakening) if the awakening from sleep was incomplete. The approximate reaction of the awakened person and his bewilderment about what is happening makes immersion into a hypnotic sleep for adults who have not been warned about this in advance very difficult.

Option 2.

The principle of treatment by suggestion during sleep is explained to the patient during the day. The text of the suggestion is recorded on a storage medium and the beginning of it (the first 1–2 minutes) is allowed to be listened to while awake in order to further weaken the indicative reaction (if the patient insists, they are allowed to listen to the entire text). It is proposed to place the storage medium or a speaker near it at night near the head of the sleeping person and turn it on when he is lying in bed and wants to sleep. The patient should fall asleep to the sounds of the program (after its completion, the recording is turned off either automatically or by the person conducting the treatment).

Write down a text with approximately the following content: “Fall into a restful sleep. Don't think about anything extraneous. On the count of 30 you will sleep. One... two... three..." etc. count up to 30 in a slow monotonous voice - half whisper, with pauses of 3-4 seconds between words. “Sleep peacefully, don’t wake up... Every day you feel better and better...” - this is followed by the formulas of therapeutic suggestion. They are pronounced in a quiet voice, but in an inspiring tone. The formulas are repeated with pauses of 3–4 seconds 5–6 times. This is followed by the words: “Sleep peacefully, don’t wake up. Every day you feel better and better,” then again there is a series of suggestions, and so on 5-10 times. In conclusion they say: “Sleep in a calm, deep sleep. The next morning you will feel refreshed and well-rested.” Sessions are repeated several nights in a row.

Suggestion can be carried out directly by a doctor without the use of a digital storage medium, or it can be turned on and off by a doctor’s assistant. The oncoming natural sleep is combined with elements of hypnotic sleep. Maintained speech contact while falling asleep facilitates speech perception.

Option 3

. The suggestion is made at night during the first 15–40 minutes of sleep and then in the morning 1–2 hours before waking up. They sit at a distance of 1 m from the sleeping person (usually a child) and in a quiet voice say the words: “Sleep deeper, deeper... Don’t wake up.” Then the words of suggestion are repeated 20 times. For example, a child with bedwetting is told: “Now you can hold your urine all night. Your crib is always dry and clean.” If the child wakes up, the session is postponed to the next night. What is perceived is subject to amnesia. In some patients with obsessive fears or thoughts, or in people suffering from a bad habit, during sleep there may be selective perception of speech signals addressed to their “pain point”, while there may not be assimilation of speech with neutral content. It is necessary to judge that the speech was perceived by the therapeutic effect (the criterion is not reliable). Sometimes, for this purpose, you can invite the patient to remember certain words, for example, 10 words that are repeated many times, or 2-3 phrases that depict a scene (“You are on the seashore...”). At the same time they say: “You will remember these words. You can tell them the next morning.” The next morning they offer to listen to 20 words once, among which 10 were given in breakdown that were read during sleep, and compare which words are better remembered (usually it is not possible to reproduce them spontaneously), or find out whether the speech perceived during sleep is reflected in a dream. The inability to reproduce speech with neutral content does not refute the possibility of perceiving suggestions. Memorizing speech during sleep following a therapeutic suggestion can sometimes weaken the therapeutic effect of the suggestion and is therefore undesirable.

Hypnosis training

To learn hypnosis, you need to follow a routine and put your subconscious in order. You must calmly perceive the world around you and learn psychoanalysis. You can always tell by people when they are worried about something. All hypnosis techniques are based on playing with human weaknesses. The manipulator initially learns self-hypnosis - he puts himself into a trance. This is not as easy to achieve as it seems. Many spiritual practitioners make extensive use of self-hypnosis techniques to achieve higher levels of spirituality.

1-2 months are allotted for classes. Practice for 20 minutes every day. At first, conduct sessions alone so that no one distracts you. Sit comfortably, imagine a quiet, peaceful place. Paint a calming picture in your subconscious. The body is relaxed, light, almost weightless. At first, you can conduct classes lying on the floor. Mentally relax your neck, then your shoulders, back, lower back, hips and feet. Feel the pressure of your body. It seems to be pressed into the floor. Then a state of weightlessness sets in. All thoughts need to be banished. In just 2-3 weeks you will be able to put yourself into a trance even in a crowded place. When you experience these sensations yourself, it will be easier to introduce a stranger into a similar state.

After 2 months, you can move on to classes with a real person. First, practice light hypnosis aimed at relaxation, and not at instilling certain thoughts. Take some hypnosis classes. Learn techniques for bringing patients out of deep sleep. You won't be able to do this on your own. A beginner can put a person into a trance, but he will not be able to bring him out correctly. Without special skills, the practice of hypnosis can be dangerous for the psyche of the suggestible.

Flash hypnosis is an interesting technique that has been used for centuries. The technique is used in the treatment of many ailments. It is effective for sleep disorders, in the fight against depression, and helps to determine the true causes of mental disorders.