This is the personal blog based website of Adam Eason Hypnotherapist.
Do You Have to Relax for Hypnosis? Understanding Active-Alert Self-Hypnosis
Picture the familiar scene. You recline in a comfortable chair, close your eyes and listen to someone suggest that your breathing is slowing, your muscles are relaxing and your body is becoming wonderfully heavy. There is a countdown. There may be a staircase. They...
Can Hypnosis Make You Do Something Against Your Will?
Can hypnosis make you do something against your will—or reveal something you wanted to keep private? After decades working with hypnosis, I understand why people ask. Some demonstrations certainly make it look as though the hypnotist has taken charge. But something...
Can You Change a Hypnotic Suggestion? Try This Simple Experiment
What happens when you try a hypnotic suggestion—and then deliberately change it? In this short self-hypnosis exercise, I’ll guide you through three steps: choose, change and cancel. You’ll explore an imagined feeling of warmth or coolness, alter the suggestion, then...
Can Hypnosis Make You Lose Control? The Truth Behind the Fear
Can a hypnotist take control of your mind—or make you unable to refuse a suggestion? A hypnotic response can feel surprisingly automatic. Your hand might seem to move by itself, or an imagined experience might feel remarkably convincing. But does that mean someone...
Can Hypnosis Make You Lose Control?
Just suppose someone considering hypnotherapy were to say: “I would like help with my anxiety, but I do not want you controlling my mind.” It is a reasonable concern. If your understanding of hypnosis comes from films, you might expect the hypnotist to issue a...
Am I Hypnotised or Just Pretending? Why Participation Matters
“If I’m helping it happen, surely I’m just pretending?” That belief can leave you dismissing a real change in your experience simply because you noticed yourself contributing to it. Hypnosis does not require you to become a passive spectator inside your own head. In...
Self-Hypnosis: Did You Move Your Finger – or Did it Feel Automatic?
“If I helped it happen, was I only pretending?” That question trips up plenty of people learning self-hypnosis. We often expect a response to happen entirely by itself—and then dismiss anything we knowingly contributed to. In this short guided exercise, we compare...
Am I hypnotised – or Just Pretending? The Crucial Difference
“If I knew I was helping it happen, surely it wasn’t real hypnosis?” That conclusion deserves a closer look. Your involvement doesn’t automatically make a hypnotic experience fake. Equally, simply doing what you’re told doesn’t prove hypnosis. In this short episode of...
Am I Hypnotised or Just Pretending?
Posing the question 'am I hypnotised or just pretending?' here today with a view to helping understand genuine hypnotic responses..... Imagine you are using self-hypnosis and experimenting with a simple hand-lifting suggestion. You focus on one hand. You imagine...
You Do NOT Need to Empty Your Mind for Hypnosis
Can you still experience hypnosis if thoughts keep entering your mind? Yes—and believing otherwise may be making hypnosis unnecessarily difficult. People are often told to “switch off”, “stop analysing” or “empty the conscious mind”. These phrases may be intended as...
