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How does self-hypnosis work/help?

• carapace 6y ago
  All by itself it won't really do anything. You combine it with a story to achieve some specific result. One metaphor for trance is that it puts you into a "debug mode" where you can patch your software easily. One concrete technique that I've heard of (but not tried personally) is to go into a trance and practice some skill for many (imaginary) hours. This works to advance in skill without spending the hours in realtime. Once you have general aptitude your ability to learn e.g. martial arts or playing a musical instrument is greatly accelerated. A person I know had learned the Ukulele and someone asked them about playing left-handed (this person is right-handed). He turned the ukulele over, closed his eyes for a few moments, opened them and played left-handed. He remapped the motions during those few seconds and didn't have to practice at all. "Pretty neat." Eh?
  • Konohamaru 6y ago
    Indubitably neat. What are some resources?