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What do politicians and car salesmen have in common? No, it isn't a joke but something that is very applicable to hypnosis. The answer is that they both ask questions where the only answer is Yes. The better the politician or salesman, the better the questions, but always with a yes answer.
Have you ever tried to tell a 5 year old what to do? What was the result? The usual response is a resounding NO! Even today, if someone tells you to do something your first (internal) reaction is to say £^$% You, although probably in a much more polite way.
What about when you tell yourself that you MUST do something...hmm...do you procratinate by any chance...put things off until later. Yep, even the enlightened soul that you are, when you tell yourself to do something it is highly unlikely to succeed.
Attendees of presentation courses are often told:
- Tell the audience what you're going to tell them
- Tell them
- Tell them what you just told them
Getting people to do what you want is like herding cats - Psychological Reality
Often the stronger the relationship the easier the hypnosis (although there are a lot of other factors involved as well) and in hypnotherapy the relationship bond is actually very important because of the subject matter.
These are those statements that are so obviously true that they can't be argued with. A very simple example is 'You already know how to close your eyes and become so relaxed that you fall asleep', because it is so obviously true, since you do this every night when you go to sleep.
This kind of suggestion allows the subject to accept a suggestion without them having to conciously take action. Common application in the form of "You don't have to...' are seen regularly, especially outside of pure hypnosis.
Depending on who you listen to and what you read the history of NLP can be very varied, and often contradictory. Here is my take on the history of the subject having been through numerous training courses and having heard all of the stories.
People do the best they can with the knowledge they have. When people know better they do better.
Simply put the presuppositions are those things that you need to believe before you can make effective use of the NLP tools and techniques. You don't have to believe them but you will find it a lot easier if you do.
Description: The assumption is that you will do it, this is the body of the suggestion, the No-Action top and tail the suggestion to reinforce the implication.
Examples:
Don't become relaxed too quickly.
Don't decide to become slim too quickly.
Don't close your eyes too quickly.
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