What does Hypnosis feel like?

A question I am asked a lot is what does hypnosis feel like?  And I answer that it is different for everyone.

How Hypnosis might feel

I remember my first hypnotic experience during an NLP course some years ago. I closed my eyes and was encouraged to connect with myself inside and I had a light trance. I thought wow, that’s interesting!

I trained as a hypnotherapist pretty soon after that and as a result had a lot of hypnosis. Which was great! I noticed that I went into deeper and better trances as I allowed myself to and saw the benefit of it. During the training we had to do 50 hours of practice and I noticed that everyone’s hypnosis experience was different.

How people say Hypnosis feels

Hypnotic experiences can vary greatly from a light trance where someone relaxes for the first time in ages, to a very deep experience. It’s a different feeling to describe but I will use some of the things that my clients have told me to try and explain it to you.

Hypnosis is becoming more and more widely used. More people are recognising that’s it’s a safe way to improve their life. The most common uses of hypnosis are to help with anxiety, phobias and weight loss. I’ve been using it to treat depression for a number of years.

Something important for people who feel depressed or anxious is to feel something different. And hypnosis certainly achieves that. When you have felt something different to how you may have felt for a long time, it feels great!

Feelings of Hypnosis

Hypnosis is not sleep. Even though the word ‘sleep’ is commonly used, you are not asleep. You are in a trance but your subconscious mind is actually very alert.

You will feel relaxation in your body and your mind. But relaxation is not the goal of Hypnosis; change is.

You already go into hypnosis yourself many times a day. You know when you arrive somewhere in the car and think, how did I get here? During running you can go into a trance, when listening to music, watching TV (you know that because you can talk to your kids while they are watching TV and they don’t hear you!).These all examples of trance.

Other feelings of hypnosis are:

• Being ‘in the zone’ is a form of hypnosis.
• Daydreaming is hypnosis.
• The feeling before you go to sleep and you have thoughts and ideas that you might not be able to put into words is Hypnosis.
• Being intently focused is hypnosis. Especially if your eyes go a bit ‘foggy’ or glazed.
• Hypnosis is your natural ‘reboot’ and a good healthy thing to have and do.
• Whilst in hypnosis, you will hear what’s going on around you but it won’t bother or disturb you in anyway. You are focussed on your own ‘inside’, not what’s going on ‘outside’.
• It feels nice!
• It feels natural.
• You are in control. You won’t say or do anything that you don’t want to.
• Some people see colours.
• Some people have wonderful memories.
• Some people feel connect with their ‘higher self’ or ‘inner self’.

After Hypnosis 

As much as I love Hypnosis, I think the best bit is afterwards. You will feel lighter and brighter. You will have let go of things that were troubling you and be ready for better things. Some people clear up or accept issues and pain that have been around for years. You may be able to forgive others and yourself and let go of guilt or shame.

You might still feel relaxed afterwards, not to the point where you can’t function because your Hypnotist will have brought you back to full consciousness. But you might have let some issues or emotional baggage go and that can mean to feel a bit tired.

Or you might feel super energised and ready for action! After a recent deep hypnosis session I spent a week decluttering and organising. So not only did I feel great internally but had loads of focus and drive to get things done. Hoorah!

So you want to know more or book an appointment?

If you want to chat about hypnosis or you are ready to make an appointment, please do get in touch.