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Originally posted by Yorick:
Moni that's not exactly what I'd call hypnotism, more relaxation and somnolence assistance. Hypnotical subconcious suggestion/manipulation from another person is something I personally would avoid like the plague. I guard my subconcious as much as possible. There are so many ways in which it can be affected, and I'd never willingly be put in the situation where someone had direct voice into it.
Learning techniques to master and control your subconcious - rather than the other way round - is in my book a far better alternative as it is both empowering and self perpetuating. (and ultimately cheaper)
Just my view. 
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The method I used to cure myself of insomnia was
self hypnosis as I stated above. The method does exist for people willing to help themselves.
The reason I said I "hypnotized anyone to sleep" was because they described it as such...being put into a transcendental state by listening to me talk them into (actually) going to sleep while I massaged their feet.
We're talking some people who had not been to sleep in days and others who were just too stressed to sleep but needed to in order to return to work the next day.
After one or two of these sessions, these people took this method of
self hypnosis upon themselves (without the massage) and were able to deal with their insomnia on their own. I don't know of any one of them that still suffers bouts of insomnia.
If you want to read the definitions below, you'll see that through my power of suggestion, combined with the massage and their willingness to listen and succumb, that I can say what I did without being
totally wrong.
I merely suggested that these people allow themselves to relax and sleep, not act like a monkey or a chicken.
Hypnosis:
1) A state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject.
2) any of various conditions that resemble sleep
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