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Hypnosis TermsThese are some hypnosis terms used in the Healing Art of Hypnotism.These hypnosis terms are provided for you by Master Hypnotist A.J. LaHaye. Age-Progression - The imagining of advancing in age level while in the hypnotic state. Age-Regression - Taking a subject back while in the hypnotic state to re-experience earlier times and events.
Amnesia - The loss of ability to recall past experiences. This
sometimes occurs in deep hypnosis, and may be either spontaneous or induced by
suggestion. Animal Magnetism - A theory according to Franz Mesmer, a liquid in the body that responds to magnets, and when unequally distributed causes illness. Autogenic - Produced from within; self-generating. One of the hypnosis terms used to describe self hypnosis. Autohypnosis - Self-hypnosis. Sometimes refers to automatic, spontaneous or auto-genic hypnosis. Autonomic Nervous System - A part of the peripheral nervous system regulating involuntary responses, especially those concerned with nutritive, vascular and reproductive activities. Studies have found, however, that the term is a misnomer as it has been scientifically proven possible to control many of the systems once thought to be involuntary. Autosuggestion - Suggestions given to oneself. Belief - A thought pattern, conscious or unconscious, about an event or series of events in an individual's world. A perceived fact or truth. Belief System - An individual's blueprint of what they experience in life. It is one aspect of the foundation of the human personality complex. Catalepsy - A condition of suspended animation and loss of voluntary motion in which the limbs hold any position in which they are placed. It is known to occur in a variety of physical and psychological disorders, such as epilepsy and schizophrenia, and can be induced by hypnosis. Conditioning - A series of inductions making certain ideas or things acceptable to the subject's subconscious mind. Conscious Mind - The physiological awareness which we consider to be mentality. It is the part which focuses on the physical world, the part that has internal dialogue. Defense Mechanism - A generally unconscious psychological behavior or belief used to protect oneself from a perceived painful reality. Direct Suggestion - An idea presented directly to a hypnosis subject with the hope that they will accept it uncritically. Dissociation - The removal of the self from a previous perspective of something in order to view the self from outside that perspective, while still maintaining a model of the same perspective. Distortion - The process of misrepresenting data in order to change the way the data is internally experienced. Double-bind - Subject is given a choice of alternatives, either of which leads to the desired result. This has the aspect of permissiveness. The subject will find it difficult to avoid making a choice and his choice commits him to a course of action. Simple example: Speaking to young child - "Would you rather go to bed now or in ten minutes?" Eidetic Imagery - Sensory imagery, primarily visual, which practically reaches the clarity of actual perception. This is common in children and rare in adults but can be readily aroused in hypnosis. Focal or Fascination Point - The object upon which the subject focuses his or her gaze in some hypnotic inductions. Focus - Fixation of attention to a particular idea which limits the awareness of all other ideas at a given time. Fractionization - The process of hypnotizing, waking and re-hypnotizing a subject a number of times in the same session as an effective means of increasing the trance depth. Free Association - Spontaneous unrestricted association of loosely linked ideas or images. Glove Anesthesia - A loss of tactile sensation in the hand. Group Hypnosis - The use of an induction technique with a group instead of a single individual. This is extremely effective for some purposes such as stage hypnotism. Hand Levitation - The lifting of the hand in an involuntary manner. Heterohypnosis - A state of hypnosis into which the subject is helped by another person. (contrast with Autohypnosis) Hypnoanalysis - Psychoanalysis carried on with the aid of hypnosis. The subject shows less inhibition under hypnosis, thus hastening the psychoanalytical process. Hypnoanesthesia - The blocking of sensation by suggestion. Usually refers to the blocking of pain and should properly be termed hypnoanalgesia. Hypnodisc - A disc with spirals, that is sometimes, spinning, to help induce hypnosis. Hypnodontics - The science of dental Hypnotism primarily to control bleeding and pain. Hypnography - A technique whereby the hypnotized subject is brought to express psychological conflicts in drawing or painting. Hypnosis - A "sleep-like" state of mind in which the subject is in a heightened state of suggestibility. Taken from the Greek word for sleep, hypnos, coined by Dr. James Braid. He later tried to change the name to a more accurate word but "hypnosis" had already rooted itself in language. Hypnotism - The art of inducing hypnosis in others. Hypnotist - A person trained to induce the hypnotic state in others. Hypnotist Show - A stage show in which hypnosis is used usually for the purpose of entertainment. Hypnotic Passes - Gestures made by a hypnotist over the body of a subject without actually touching them. Hypnotherapy - Psychotherapy or counseling that facilitates suggestion, re-education or analysis by means of hypnosis. Hysteria - Emotional excitability without an organic basis and due to psychoneurosis. Ideomotor Activity - Involuntary movement produced as the direct expression of an idea rather than a reflex. Can be used as a way of signaling or answering the hypnotherapist while in trance. Imagination - The formation of a mental image of something that is neither perceived as real nor present to the senses. The space-time dimension in which we internally create and experience all thought. Indirect Suggestion - An idea presented in such a way that the subject does not realize it is addressed to him. Such a suggestion is likely to bring out less resistance. Induction Techniques - Methods used to help a subject attain the hypnotic state or trance. Lethargy - A state of sluggishness or inactivity characterized by drowsiness or stupor. Levitation - The seemingly involuntary raising of a part of the body as a result of suggestion. In Hypnotism usually used in reference to fingers, arms or hand. Mass Hypnosis - A term used to describe the simultaneous hypnotic induction of a group of people. Mesmerism - Those hypnotic principles advocated by Franz Mesmer. Mirroring - Temporarily adopting another's behavior in order to achieve rapport with that person. Monoideism - A term employed by James Braid for waking hypnosis and the lighter states of hypnotic trance. NLP - Neurolinguistic Programming. Neuro, meaning brain and nervous system. Linguistic referring to language. It pertains to the way language affects the mind. NLP is a scientific method of using the way we express our experiences to enhance communication and facilitate change. Phobia - An exaggerated and illogical fear of something specific. Positive Hallucination - By suggestion, the subject has a sensory experience of something which does not exist. Positive Suggestion - A suggestion stated in a positive manner such as "Please sit down" versus "Please do not stand." Posthypnotic Suggestion - Suggestions made during the hypnotic trance to be carried out after awakening. Psychosis - A category of mental illness in which there is a loss or distortion of the sense of reality, usually accompanied by delusion or hallucinations. Psychosomatic - Pertaining to bodily changes stimulated or depressed through mental influence. Physical symptoms caused by the mind such as a stress headache. Rapport - The process of offering back another's behavior in such a way that trust is created. It is done with matching and mirroring behavior as well with empathy and understanding. Revivification - The subject relives a previous experience with a feeling of present reality while in the hypnotic trance usually with a strong emotional component. Self-Hypnosis - Placing oneself into the hypnotic trance. Somnambulism - The generally recognized greatest depth of hypnosis. Sleepwalking. Subconscious mind - The portion of consciousness that is not in current mental awareness. Stage Hypnotist - A hypnotist who performs hypnotism in front of an audience, using volunteers, usually for the purpose of entertainment. Stage Hypnotism or Stage Hypnosis - The use of hypnosis or hypnotism on stage in front of an audience usually for the purpose of entertainment. Suggestibility Tests - Methods designed to measure the degree of suggestibility of a subject. Suggestion - An idea that is offered to the subject, usually in hypnosis, to influence behavior and/or thinking. Suggestions given while in hypnosis are accepted uncritically. Therapeutic - Of or pertaining to the healing arts. Curative. Time Distortion - Unexplained lapse of time or incorrect time perception following hypnosis; sometimes deliberately used in therapy. Trance - One of the hypnosis terms used to describe the state of hypnosis.
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