Feeling a bit inferior lately?

So you think you've got an inferiority complex do you?
Well,have I got news for you!
An inferiority complex is actually a problem that only superior people have!
People who really are inferior, either mentally or otherwise, never have a complex about it!
After that little revelation, if you are still feeling a smidgen on the inferior side you will be pleased to know that your problem can easily be solved by hypnosis.
The self-concept of anyone can easily be modified, changed or improved by a combination of intense hypnotic suggestion using graphic detail, and self hypnosis.
The speed of the solution does depend pretty much upon the motivation of the subject though. This can be aided by subconscious indoctrination and provision of some form of self help technique.
Self concept motivates every form of our behaviour, whether it be normal, deviant, delinquent or anything else! Since hypnosis can directly influence the self concept, it's pretty clear that its use is a logical choice for solving many of our problems!

Hypnosis and Bodybuilding

Hypnosis and Bodybuilding
All sport tends to be very competitive at top levels. The sport of bodybuilding is no different. The muscularity and definition between the dozen or so top title contenders at competitions is often not that great. What can make a real difference though, is mental attitude, focus and toughness, and these usually reveal themselves in competition as stage presence. It’s the same old story really, and we’ve heard it all before ad nauseum – ‘Think like a winner and you’ll become a winner’, ‘Whether you think you can, or you can’t, you’re correct.’ etc.
OK, so what do we have to do, apart from think positive?
Well, the surprising thing is that it’s actually very simple!
Most of the internal dialogue we have with ourselves is negative in nature. In bodybuilding this may show up as having thoughts like, “I’m not gaining enough muscle,” “I’m not getting enough protein,” “I should be training harder,” or, worse still, on stage, “He’s much bigger than me.”
Obviously we need to reverse these destructive thoughts, but is that all that is needed?
If you are determined and persistent, then, yes, it is possible.
An inspiring example: The greatest bodybuilder of all-time, (5 time winner of Mr Universe), Arnold Schwarzenegger, said, “It’s all in the mind. When I was young I used to visualize myself being and having whatever I wanted. Mentally I never had any doubts about it. Before I won my first Mr Universe, I walked around the stage like I owned it. The title was already mine – I had won it so many times in my mind that there was no doubt I would win.” Positive thinking was certainly involved here, along with strong visualization.
For the average person though, positive thinking and visualization tend to be rather drawn-out processes and even with the best of initial intentions, people often give up on the whole idea long before changes take place. It can take a good while for the message to sink through to the subconscious. On the other hand, if we enlist a bit of help from hypnosis, the message to the subconscious will be much speedier!

As an example: ‘A client, Peter, had a goal of winning a Regional body-building competition on 20th August. He had been a bodybuilder for 10 years, had entered a number of local competitions, winning several of these and within the past year had placed third in a Regional qualifying round. In discussion with him prior to a hypnotic induction we had scheduled, he expressed the following thoughts:
‘I haven’t got enough body mass to compete, and if I did, I’d end up looking under-developed compared to the others.
I need to train a lot harder than I am but I get short-tempered and grouchy when I train hard.
Food is a problem because I find it difficult to eat the same food (eggs, chicken, rice, vegetables and fruit) day in and day out.
I never seem to get the combination of protein and carbs right to peak on the day’.
After a short hypnosis induction with Peter, I reversed all of these unhelpful thoughts by giving him the following positive suggestions:
‘You are bigger and stronger than ever before. Day by day you add further to your size and mass by a combination of intense training and correct nutrition.
You eagerly look forward to each training session because you know that every day brings you closer to winning the Regional title.
Although your gym training is intense, you remain calm, even-tempered and relaxed in your day-to-day life.
You plan a careful diet designed to give you the exact combination of protein and carbohydrate you need to bring you to a peak by 20th August.
Each night you sleep deeply as your mind and body rest. You recuperate fully and awaken refreshed and enthused because you know that with each passing day you rise to greater heights of physical performance.
It is now August 20th and you can visualize yourself ready to make your entrance on stage. You can smell the scent of oil you’ve rubbed into you skin to highlight your body’s amazing muscularity. You are in peak condition, your body is rippling with muscle and you are in the best shape you have ever been in your life.
You walk on stage with total confidence, and you can feel your leg muscles powerfully contracting and relaxing with each step. You smile broadly as you hear the tremendous applause from the crowd.
It is the end of the competition. You hear your name called out as the winner of the Regional title and you graciously step forward to accept the trophy, knowing that you fully deserve to have won because of your dedicated and thorough preparation.’
I also gave Peter a phrase to symbolize the above suggestions – ‘Supreme shape and size.’ and gave him a post-hypnotic suggestion to the effect that prior to and during every training session he would close his eyes, take a deep breath, and as he exhaled to mentally repeat the phrase: ‘Bigger and stronger.’
(Footnote… Peter subsequently went on to win the Regional title.)’

Hypnophobia

Hypnophobia
This is the fear of being hypnotized. However, as hypno also means sleep, hypnophobia can also literally mean fear of sleep. Fear of sleep is not a common phobia, as you would expect, as sleep is a natural process, but fear of being hypnotized is a phobia alive and well among the general populace.
As you are no doubt aware, many phobias stem from early childhood experiences, but hypnophobia has different origins.
Mesmerism, one of the oldest forms of hypnosis, worked by creating a negative trance in which the subject became very disturbed and usually went into convulsions. Franz Mesmer was of the opinion that this was required to effect a cure. Mesmer’s views were discredited eventually by the scientific community of the time.
Some present day hypnotists still employ a similar authoritarian approach in an effort to bring on an instant trance, but these hypnotists tend to lose their popularity eventually, as they struggle to get volunteer subjects! We all have heard of this sort of negative induction, whether it be from the reputation of the mad hypnotist, Svengali, or the evil Russian, Rasputin. Many people have also witnessed negative inductions first –hand at stage shows. Some people are so affected by all this to the extent that they become hypnophobic, dead scared of being hypnotized!

Hypnology

Hypnology is a strange word. Literally it means the study of sleep, but it actually means the science of hypnosis. I’ve been what you might call, fascinated, with hypnology for many years. My interest stemmed from a stage hypnosis show my parents took me to in a little country town when I was about nine. I didn’t get the chance to go up on stage that night, even though I recall pestering my folks to let me. I remember seeing a lot of the local identities going on stage though, and watching them do all kinds of comical things that had us roaring with laughter. In my youthful ignorance of what was going on I naturally assumed that the hypnotist was a very powerful person who had complete control over his chosen subjects and that there was nothing they wouldn’t do under his command.
Later on, as a teenager and even more intrigued by hypnosis, I formed the opinion that anyone who could be hypnotized must be very weak-willed in order to surrender themselves to a hypnotist. The recipe for a rollicking, good stage show, in my view then, would be a domineering hypnotist, preferably with mad, staring eyes, and a group of weak-willed subjects.
Of course I’ve changed my viewpoint somewhat since then, having studied and practiced hypnology as a science in its own right for many years, but it’s funny how many of the general public still think of hypnosis in basically the same terms as I did when I was a teenager!

SMH (Supermarket Hypnosis)

I don’t venture into supermarkets very often. Loveliness and I have had a sort of tacit understanding that things turn out for the best if I either remain at home or sit in the car with Lust the dog whilst she gets the groceries. By ‘turning out for the best,’ I mean we spend less money this way. By my own admission, I am a bit of an impulse buyer and we tend to come home with quite a few extra items we don’t really need if I set foot on SM premises.
On the odd occasion however, such as when Loveliness is totally incapacitated (eg paralytic drunk/dysenteric/projectile vomitous), then I am the elected person to visit the SM. This happened to me recently, and I must say that although I wasn’t initially ecstatic at the prospect, it did turn out to be a basically enjoyable and cerebral experience.
What made my trip memorable was my observation of fellow-shoppers.
To the eye of a trained hypnotist, such as myself, it was readily apparent that many of the shoppers were actually going about their shopping in a light-to-moderate trance state! Glazed, red eyes and bent heads were the order of the day, accompanied by monosyllabic grunts to partners and children alike as they stuffed their trolleys with all manner of goods.
“What’s causing this”? I asked myself, “Am I unconsciously hypnotizing these good folk?”
After that little brain implosion, I considered again… “What is happening here?”
Well, after a bit of further consideration, I came up with the following four-fold explanation…

Music. The music would probably be classed as nondescript by the uninitiated, but to my trained ear I found it was at a distinct beat, causing 7-14 brain wave cycle per seconds – the Alpha state, right? Very relaxing, very hypnotic.

Subliminal messages. I closed my eyes and listened intently to the music again. Very faintly but still understandable, I heard, “Buy Buy Sugar, but I’ll always love you,” and, further, “If you want it, here it is, come and get it right now.”

Shopping trolleys. Hypnosis requires a narrow focus of attention. Shopping trolleys are designed to be exceptionally hard to steer – total focus of attention on the path of your trolley is needed.

Suggestive messages. Every aisle, every display stand, these were blatant. “Last ones on offer! Be Quick! $4.99 each, or 50 for $249.99” is one I seem to recall.
The first few aisles all had cheap items on offer, with the more expensive items being reserved for the last few aisles, by which time the maximum state of hypnotic trance would have kicked in.

Now I thought, that by being so abundantly observant, I would have been totally immune to all these effects of the hypnosis taking place around me. So, imagine my surprise when I arrived home to discover that although I had purchased everything Loveliness had told me to get, I had also bought 5 tins of Plumcots (cross between plum and apricot), 4 cartons of avocado icecream, 3 packets of deep fried caviar, 2 boxes of frozen Ostrich offal and a partridge-in-a-pear tree!
Not surprisingly, but regrettably, Loveliness has banned me from all SM’s; to take effect immediately.