When most people inquire about hypnosis in the bedroom they are incredulous about it.When most people inquire about hypnosis in the bedroom they are incredulous about it. It is not really a sleep, but rather and altered state of consciousness or awareness. To give you examples that each of us encounter in everyday life, I believe the following will suffice. Have you ever traveled from your home to work while your mind was on something other than driving? You often arrive and don't remember how you got there. How about driving on a long trip in the morning after being well rested over night? The road has an hypnotic effect on many of us, and we seem to dose off. We often convince ourselves of something even when it is not true or accurate. This, in effect, is hypnosis. Each of us has varying degrees of what is referred to as somnabulism. That is the depth that we can go. A certain percentage of the population are som- nambulists, or those able to go very deeply "asleep." The rest of us can approach some degree of hypnosis, whether it is through the use of a hypnotist or by ourselves. Good indicators of our potential measure of depth are how often we dream, whether or not we walk in our sleep, talk in our sleep and the frequency with which we put ourselves in some sort of a trance state when we are driving and the like. A somnabulist can reach the deepest state of trance and for them, anything is possible. This is evidenced by some persons in various religious experiences who can attain levels of pain reduction greater than that of anesthetics. |