There are no particular feelings associated with being in hypnosis because we all experience it differently. Some people say that it feels very similar to a relaxed day dream. You might experience a sense of weightlessness or your may experience a feeling of heaviness as your muscles begin to relax, or you may not feel very different at all, just very relaxed.

People sometimes describe it as being similar to drifting off to sleep at night, where you are not quite awake and not quite asleep. Everyone’s experience of hypnosis differs slightly and most people are pleasantly surprised at how calm and relaxed they feel afterwards.

There are many different ways to induce hypnosis, from the very rapid, shock-inducing methods often used by stage hypnotists, to more relaxing methods usually used in therapy and hypnosis audio download products.

Some of the most common methods used in hypnotherapy sessions include being asked to relax various muscles in your body, focusing your attention on a spot on the wall or ceiling, or imagining relaxing scenes such as walking through a meadow or along a beach.

The downloads available from Hypnotherapy-Downloads.com use similar relaxation suggestions and imagery to help you drift into a relaxed state of hypnosis.

There are a lot of myths and beliefs about hypnosis and many of these stem from what people have seen or heard about stage hypnosis, as well as the popular portrayal of a stage hypnotist or hypnotherapist as a sinister character who has absolute power and control over his or her ‘subjects’.

You cannot get ‘stuck’ in hypnosis. It is a natural state of awareness which you drift in and out of by yourself on a subconscious level every day. You have control over whether you enter a hypnotic trance or not and therefore, you also have control over whether you remain in hypnosis and for how long.

Each hypnosis audio download contains suggestions for you to emerge from hypnosis by yourself at the end of the session. Even if these awakening suggestions were not given, all that would happen is that at the end of the audio download, you would either wonder why the voice and music had disappeared and so emerge from hypnosis by yourself, or if you were tired, you might fall asleep and then wake up as normal after a short while.

With online therapy sessions, you are communicating with your therapist in the same way as you would in a face-to-face session, so they ensure that you are fully alert before your session ends. Even if the internet connection was lost and you were unable to hear the therapist’s voice, then as with hypnotherapy downloads, you would either awaken from hypnosis by yourself or if you were tired, you may fall asleep and awaken a short time later.

Hypnotherapy uses the process of hypnosis to help people with a wide range of problems in a safe and appropriate manner which is for their benefit. You cannot be hypnotised against your will. For hypnosis to happen, you have to want it to happen.

Hypnotherapy can be beneficial for a variety of medical conditions including migraines, tension headaches and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) to name a few.

By helping you to relax, reduce stress and anxiety and change the way that you feel about a particular condition or diagnosis, hypnotherapy can have a positive effect on various symptoms that you may experience.
However, it is important to know that hypnosis and hypnotherapy cannot ‘cure’ a medical or physiological condition, despite some of the claims that are often made, especially regarding the treatment or management of cancer and other associated conditions.

Despite some of the fancy titles such as ‘Hypno-Oncology’ which can often be found on the internet, hypnotherapy cannot change or treat physical problems. Where it can often help, is by reducing stress and anxiety, thereby changing the way that some of the symptoms may be perceived or experienced and therefore enabling people to cope better with their condition.

If you are seeking hypnotherapy for a medical, physiological or psychiatric condition, you will need to consult your doctor first to confirm that they are happy for you to seek help from a hypnotherapist.

You will probably feel more relaxed than usual and slightly refreshed, but you will be fully alert and because hypnosis is a natural state of awareness that you are used to experiencing by yourself anyway, you should not experience any other after-effects other than the positive changes that have been suggested as part of your hypnotherapy download or online therapy session.