1.Hypnosis is a state of a person. It is an artificially induced state of relaxation and concentration in which deeper parts of the mind become more accessible: used clinically to reduce reaction to pain, to encourage free association, etc.

2.Hypnosis will never heal you from some physical disease, so you can easily forget about statements that hypnosis is a panacea.

3.As for the street-quacks who hypnotize people in order to get their money there is a simple scheme they act according to which. At first they do something in order to attract one’s attention and than something in order to distract one’s attention.

Self-hypnosis

The method of self-suggestion is a method that may be recognized as a kind of self-hypnosis. By its nature the self-hypnosis is a suggestion of certain statements and beliefs to our subconsciousness by means of repeating certain phrases. There even were doctors who recognized the self-hypnosis as medical treatment. Though, medicine doesn't recognize the self-hypnosis and an independent treatment but doctors agree that it may be used as an auxiliary means.

As for those who recognized the self-hypnosis as an independent treatment, they were rather respected people and they stated that it is possible to heal one from some kinds of diseases by means of self-hypnosis. Self-hypnosis is something different from the common hypnosis. The method of self-hypnotism doesn't involve steeping in slumber. It is enough to repeat certain phrases for several times each day.

The history of self-hypnosis roots to ancient times of Indian culture. Scientists say that Indian yogins and fakirs were rather skillful at self-hypnosis. And it was the self-hypnosis that helped them to walk over white-hot coals and the sharpest knives. So, upon this fact it will be frank to state that there are certain abilities of people they know nothing about.

Those abilities are stored deep down in our subconsciousness and it is enough to assure a person that he or she is able to do certain thing and he or she will really be able to do that. As you can see, the self-hypnosis may be recognized as a mean to get rid of our inner fears and reveal our hidden abilities.