Hypnosis | Method of Making People Focused

The word hypnosis is derived from greek word 'hypnos' which means sleep.It is a method which brings the person in a state of consiousness but having low surrounding awareness and has strictly focused attention. The name hypnosis is given by James Braid which means a "nervous sleep". From this statement you may think that hypnosis means making a subject sleep. But actually hypnosis is not sleep. It is totally different than sleeping.For example the sleeping person cannot hear but a hypnotized person can. This is defined in term of Alpha brain waves. It is measured high during hypnosis but low during sleep.

From modern research it is found that person are born with certain level of "hypnotizability".A person with a higher level of hypnotizability is can be easily hypnotized so he/she is termed as"good subject" and a person with a low level of hypnotizability is termed as"poor subject". This ability of entering into hypnotized state is termed as"trance" state,which cannot be  increased or enhanced.
Hypnosis shouldnot be thought as sleep, meditation or relaxation.Although it may seem to be similar as these other states of consciousness.Let me clear the difference between meditation and hypnosis.Meditation emphasizes an inward focus,within the subject himself/herself but hypnosis emphasizes the subject focus on something else than own.People who are imaginative can be easily hypnotized compared to the people who are malleable and submissive.Opposite to the common thinking person who are intelligent,creative and highly independent are the"best subject" to hypnotism.
Hypnosis is described by what happens to the subject during this trance state. The hypnotized person is able to project him or herself in another place while staying in a particular place. So, hypnosis is a method of making people focused in any other matter or thing. Hypnosis is being widely used all over the world as a therapy to control bedwetting, to enhance weight loss, to reduce addiction and in hypnosurgery.