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Generally speaking, people can enter into a hypnotic trance. There are some people however, who do not have the capability to be hypnotized or be under hypnosis, and these include those who are suffering from thought disorders and psychosis, people with low intelligence quotient or IQ, and people who refuse to be hypnotized.
A hypnotic trance is a usual and normal state which most people experience several times in a day. It sometimes happens when you are driving. You experience the driving in some place but cannot remember the trip itself. It also happens when you read a book or watch television. You sometimes get so immersed in the book or on the TV program that you are unconscious of a person talking to you.
Hypnosis is actually the targeting of the conscious being in a very small sphere of influence. The conscious mind is extremely focused that external influences are relegated to oblivion and not considered. Other influences may be physically heard but not mentally absorbed. This is like experiencing a party where many people are conversing but you are not able to grasp their respective ideas. It seems like a big mass of noise for you.
But if the conversation mentions your name, you suddenly focus on that conversation and get to pick up the message. The amazing thing about your mind is that it is able to sift through the multitude conversations and it is because of the power of your subconscious mind. It is able to listen through all conversations at the same time. This is the essence of hypnosis and hypnotherapy. You may be able to just know of some things because your subconscious mind can absorb things which you are sometimes unconscious of.
There is a feeling of being mentally and physically relaxed when you are under hypnosis. It is quite a good feeling and somehow you are still in control of the situation. You can still hear what goes on around you and you have the choice of drifting from the situation or not. You realize that you can still function to your liking such as standing up, talking or walking.
There are people who try moving their fingers to check if they are able to move about even under hypnosis. There are times when a person under a trance has difficulty in waking up. But truth to tell, no person has yet been stuck in hypnosis. It just means that the person under the trance comes around as he is comfortable in doing so.
The hypnotic trance is prevalent to a lot of people several times a day. In 1955, the British Medical Association has found out that hypnosis is actually a therapeutic and medicinal instrument. It even made representations and recommendations that this should be included in the syllabus of medical schools.
