The Nature of Suggestion

A Suggestion is an idea that reaches the mind through the five physical senses, and/or the sixth sense, intuition.

In addition, all sensory input routes continually receive data from verbal, nonverbal, intraverbal and extraverbal communications as well as information about our environment such as thermal and pressure sensations and kinaesthetic awareness.

Suggestibility is a measurement of the intensity with which the brain and nervous system respond to incoming Ideas.

Suggestion plays an integral role in inducing hypnosis and is a vital instrument once hypnosis is induced. Suggestion is a major tool in successful persuasion of the subconscious mind.

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How to Get a Good Hypnotic Response to Suggestion

The quality of response differs from one subject to another. The subject responds according to the way he interprets the suggestion and his willingness to accept it. Instructions can be suggested to the subject but whether they are accepted and acted upon depends on the ability of the operator to persuade the subject to agreement.

Although a hypnotic state will enable subjects to respond more effectively to suggestions, directions and instructions, it does not guarantee that they will do so. Suggestions must be presented in a manner that is meaningful and useful to the individual subjects, given their unique personalities, backgrounds, and needs, otherwise the subjects will be unable or unwilling to comply.

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