Andrew travelled deeply into a beautiful hypnotic trance . He experienced all kinds of
hypnotic phenomena and told me afterwards his experience had profoundly affected him and had amazed him . Confusion can be your friend . Something can make sense to parts of you while not seeming to make sense to the everyday analytical mind . But for the sake of clarity , here ’ s a quick summary :
• Confusion focuses attention , and focused attention encourages hypnotic response .
• Confusing language should make sense when you actually work through it consciously . The unconscious mind can understand even as the conscious mind struggles with the confusion . And while the conscious mind is tied up , we can start to communicate with the unconscious mind separately .
• Confusion brings a strong desire for clarity . When a confused person does get clarity they ’ ll be more likely to cling to it and actually use it . So confusion techniques make people more suggestible . When a clear order comes after ambiguity , it is often more readily accepted .
Andrew told me as he awakened from my confusion hypnotic induction that he had “ no idea what had just happened .” But a part of him knew exactly
what had happend .
About Mark Tyrrell
Psychology is my passion . I ' ve been a psychotherapist trainer since 1998 , specialising in brief , solution focused approaches .