Vishen LakhianiFounder of Mindvalley | NYT Bestselling Author | Transforming Lives Globally

Debunking The Biggest Misconceptions About Hypnotherapy

20 Sept 2023 · 0 min

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A conversation (YouTube video) in which Vishen Lakhiani and another speaker discuss misconceptions about hypnotherapy—specifically whether hypnotherapy can create overconfidence or reckless behavior (example: novice skiing). The speaker explains hypnotherapy won't produce reckless actions lacking prior reference experiences; instead it can gently expand comfort zones and encourage gradual achievement.

Hypnotherapy will ensure that you're not developing overconfidence. Right.
Overconfidence is when people actually doubt themselves and they pretend that they're not and they put a facade on the front of it and go, oh, right.
Could this, could this. Okay, let's say you've never skied before. Could this cause you to be reckless in your first attempt at skiing because you are overconfident?
Brilliant. Brilliant question. Now, you see, something like skiing requires what we would call reference experiences. Your muscle memory needs to learn how to do lots of things right, so it wouldn't hit. So this trance wouldn't cause you to suddenly think, I'll go down a black run even though I've never skied before, you know, or something like that. No, no, no, that's never going to happen. What it would do is with some people, it gets them to just a little bit more each day step outside their comfort zone and suddenly feel the elation of achieving something.
I see.
Whereas with other people, suddenly they go, all of my stage fright has gone. All of my fear of flying is gone. All of my fear of going on a date is gone. You know, even though I am a little nervous in this situation, I just know I'm going to be able to handle myself. So for everybody, it's a bit different. But no, you wouldn't suddenly take out this great question scheme. Good, we cleared that.