Who “invented” hypnosis?
No one invented it. Hypnosis is a natural phenomenon, developed by medical doctors several hundred years ago in Europe. Over many decades, they discovered the techniques that helped their patients remain more comfortable throughout treatment and recovery, and actually heal more quickly. They found that it’s possible to achieve total anesthesia using only hypnosis, and countless major surgeries have been done using no pain killing chemicals whatsoever, only hypnosis. Secondarily, physicians discovered you can use these same techniques to help a person change the way they think, feel, and behave. Hypnosis in this application is often called hypnotherapy. Entertainers have made our jobs as hypnotherapists a little difficult in that clients who’ve seen hypnosis on stage, TV, or in the movies, expect it to be dramatic. The illusions created by entertainers make it appear that during hypnosis, you go into a deep sleep, or some mysterious trance, losing all awareness, relinquishing control of
