Using Conversational Hypnosis

At its simplest, conversational hypnosis is the art of dropping hypnotic commands into everyday conversation.

If you've ever watched a Derren Brown show, you'll have seen it at work.

The main technique for conversational hypnosis is to use what are known as embedded commands. Telling or asking someone to do something now is one way of using an embedded command.

Because the mind has problems processing negatives, you can even use these in statements to subversively get people to do what you're asking:

You wouldn't want to do that now, would you?

Which actually is commanding someone to do whatever "that" is. Now.

Because of this, we can use conversational hypnosis even if we don't know it.

When your teacher said you were never going to be any good at a subject, they were actually planting a post hypnotic suggestion to that effect. You may have rebelled and thought "I'm going to prove them wrong" or you may have just rolled over and thought "OK, they're right". The command was there either way.

Of course, conversational hypnosis gets a lot more complicated than this. And it can do much, much more than just tell you that you're rubbish at something.

By just slightly changing the way you express yourself, you can get your way much more often. Whether it's with children, colleagues or customers.

Find out how to use conversational hypnosis here.