Even if we were remarkable enough never to daydream or crave escapist entertainment, we would still experience the hypnotic state, since the ultradian rhythms of our brains dictate that the focus of our attention turns inwards, as the right brain hemisphere assumes dominance every ninety minutes or so. We can very easily become entranced by our own thoughts, as you would know if you have ever found yourself reliving, in your mind, something that happened many years ago. Hypnosis is simply a narrowing down of the focus of attention, and this can be directed inwards as well as outwards. Every time you lose yourself in a good book or spend half the night on Facebook having “just logged on for ten minutes”, you are, in effect, hypnotizing yourself. You pass through the hypnotic state each night when you go to sleep, then again when you wake up. After all, each and every one of us experiences the state of hypnosis on a daily basis, usually without even knowing it. As human beings, we are hard-wired for self hypnosis.
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