Proof Hypnosis is … doing something.

There is a strange gap in this world between the people that believe hypnosis does something, and those who are in doubt it does anything at all. Those of us that have experienced profound changes and/or experiences know (subjectively) that hypnosis is powerful and effective, the rest of the world seems to have only a hazy idea of hypnosis’ effectiveness with opinions ranging from curious to firm belief that hypnosis is no better than snake-oil.

To make this even more muddled, while you are in hypnosis, it dosen’t feel like anything is happening. That is, until something profound happens; but up to that point, it can feel like just sitting and listening to someone talk in a calm environment — many people who experience just one hypnosis session, or listen to hypnosis audio tracks can attest to this. I myself experienced this feeling of disappointment with many hypnosis YouTube tracks before I got desperate enough to go to a actual hypnotist in person.

But I digress … the point of this post is not to debate the efficacy of audio hypnosis tracks. The question today is: Does hypnosis actually do anything scientists can see?

I was recently reading an article where neurologists used an MRI to look at a client’s brain when they were inducted into a hypnotic state. What they found was that hypnosis changes the way the brain of this client functioned while hypnotized. Although this dosen’t tell us what hypnosis did to their thoughts, habits and beliefs, (as this is subjective), it does suggest that something profound is happening, and we can see it!

Check out this article here: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210326122743.htm