William Li
Basic History and Understanding of Hypnosis The implications of hypnosis through entertainment outlets such as television, film and even books have always seem very unrealistic to me. The generic phrases, such as, “At the count of three, you will immediately become a rooster.” And the subject will drop all everything that he/she was doing and started crowing and have their arms flap in the movements of a chicken. This act almost seemed more like a magical trick rather than scientific method recognized by doctors. I wanted to learn more about hypnosis, and firstly learn how it actually works and how it could be implemented in real life situations. Firstly, the medical term for hypnosis is called hypnotherapy or medical hypnosis. Since the 1800’s, the Austrian physician Franz Mesmer was one of the first medical figures that experimented with hypnotherapy. Interestingly enough, the word “mesmerize” actually derives from his last name. He implemented hypnotherapy on his patients by putting them in trance-like states in order to heal them at a more efficient and faster manner. As this was an extremely innovative way of to use hypnotherapy in the medical field, this news gained a lot of traction. King Louis XVI of France, like myself, wanted to see if this “hypnotherapy” was either a real or fake. To test hypnotherapy …show more content…
Some people argued how the patients can lose control of its body and be abused by “erasing” their memory of the medical sessions they have had with their physician. But in reality, hypnosis actually can occur in our daily lives. For example, when we are caught reading a book or watching television for a long time can be categorized as hypnosis. You are are just so captivated by whatever you are doing and lose all sense of time. That state is very close to that of a hypnotic
Basic History and Understanding of Hypnosis The implications of hypnosis through entertainment outlets such as television, film and even books have always seem very unrealistic to me. The generic phrases, such as, “At the count of three, you will immediately become a rooster.” And the subject will drop all everything that he/she was doing and started crowing and have their arms flap in the movements of a chicken. This act almost seemed more like a magical trick rather than scientific method recognized by doctors. I wanted to learn more about hypnosis, and firstly learn how it actually works and how it could be implemented in real life situations. Firstly, the medical term for hypnosis is called hypnotherapy or medical hypnosis. Since the 1800’s, the Austrian physician Franz Mesmer was one of the first medical figures that experimented with hypnotherapy. Interestingly enough, the word “mesmerize” actually derives from his last name. He implemented hypnotherapy on his patients by putting them in trance-like states in order to heal them at a more efficient and faster manner. As this was an extremely innovative way of to use hypnotherapy in the medical field, this news gained a lot of traction. King Louis XVI of France, like myself, wanted to see if this “hypnotherapy” was either a real or fake. To test hypnotherapy …show more content…
Some people argued how the patients can lose control of its body and be abused by “erasing” their memory of the medical sessions they have had with their physician. But in reality, hypnosis actually can occur in our daily lives. For example, when we are caught reading a book or watching television for a long time can be categorized as hypnosis. You are are just so captivated by whatever you are doing and lose all sense of time. That state is very close to that of a hypnotic