Self Hypnosis which can also be known as auto suggestion is a form of hypnosis that you can perform on yourself anywhere you wish. It gives you the opportunity to change aspects of yourself for the better. In order to perform self hypnosis your mind must be put into a state of total relaxation and you need to think positive thoughts and suggestions to yourself. By using this technique, one can literally re-programme your mind with positive thoughts.
Self Hypnosis has become increasingly popular over the last ten to fifteen years. The first real reference to hypnosis came from the ancient Greeks and Romans who followed up on previous research from the early Egyptians. This work was then followed by a series of discoveries and experiments by the German physician and astrologist, Dr Franz Anton Mesmer (1734 – 1815) who started with his theory of “animal magnetism”. Dr Mesmer believed that there was a power throughout the universe similar to the magnetic power of a lodestone. This in turn could lead to an overwhelming power of the human body. Dr Mesmer published his finding on self hypnosis in 1775, and this great a lot of interest throughout the world.
Dr Mesmer went on to teach his students the fascinated art of self hypnosis, and one particular student, Marquis Armond De Puysegur continued Dr Mesmer’s early work and managed to perfect the method used to create the somnambulistic state in which he could cure several different diseases without the imperfections shown in Dr Mesmer’s earlier work.
Hypnosis continued and was used in actual practice by Dr James Braid (1795 – 1860) in the United Kingdom in 1841. His work was a remarkable success and other physicians began to use the same techniques that Dr Braid had put together. Dr Braid is commonly known as the “Father of hypnosis” and it was Dr Braid who come up with the word “hypnosis”. He investigated the state of trance by carrying out a series of experiments on his close family. His original concept involved staring at a small luminous object and trying to induce a hypnotic state of mind. His results were overwhelming and showed that a sleep like state could be maintained, and he continued this until he found he could induce a state of trance by a simple suggestion.
Dr Braid is the reason why self hypnosis is around today, and his work has been carried forward by some many leading specialists throughout the world, and hypnosis is now widely used for lots of different types of pains and illnesses.
