View source for Hypnosis ← Hypnosis Jump to: navigation, search You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: editors. You can view and copy the source of this page: {{Edge Play}} Hypnosis is a psychological state with physiological attributes superficially resembling sleep and marked by an individual's level of awareness other than the ordinary conscious state. Another description of the phenomenon is that of an altered mental state, while another links it to imaginative role-enactment. A person under hypnosis is said to have heightened focus and concentration with the ability to concentrate intensely on a specific thought or memory, while blocking out sources of distraction. Hypnosis is usually induced by a procedure known as a hypnotic induction involving a series of preliminary instructions and suggestions. The use of hypnotism for therapeutic or [[training]] purposes is referred to as "hypnotherapy", while its use as a form of entertainment for an audience is known as "stage hypnosis". There is a belief that hypnosis is a form of unconsciousness resembling sleep, but contemporary research suggests that hypnotic subjects are fully awake and are focusing attention, with a corresponding decrease in their peripheral awareness [[Category:Psychological Disciplines|Psychological_Disciplines]]<br/>[[Category:Edge Play|Edge_Play]][[Category:Spiritualism]] Template used on this page: Template:Edge Play (view source) Return to Hypnosis.