At this time we can have a conversation and do some therapeutic work, yet they remain hypnotised. I will lead the person through an induction, and when I feel that they are in a reasonably deep state of hypnosis, I ask them to open their eyes. Working with this idea, I often have people open their eyes in an individual hypnotherapy session. This state is similar to that experienced in hypnosis, and obviously you don’t have to close your eyes to experience it. Often some of the films can even get me to the point where I react to them emotionally because I am so involved in what I am seeing with my eyes. I go into that world and it takes over my reality to some extent. When I watch a film or read an interesting book, I tend to disappear into the story – all while my eyes are open. You can physically see the room around you, but mentally you’re some place entirely different. Have you ever been listening to person who just keeps going on and on and on, when suddenly your mind kind of strays off the conversation and takes you on a journey somewhere else? You can feel like your miles away from the moment in front of you, even though you have your eyes open. Remember that hypnosis is a concentrated state of attention. I often do this in my one-to-one hypnotherapy sessions. Once hypnosis is brought on, however, people can be asked to open their eyes while they remain in a hypnotic state. This may sound rather strange, I’m sure, because the public perception of hypnosis often involves the picture of a person with their eyes closed looking almost like they are asleep. I believe it is possible to hypnotise a person with their eyes open. Different hypnotherapists have different opinions on eye closure during hypnosis.
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