Can You Be Hypnotized?

Can You Be Hypnotized?

Answer the following questions to determine how easy it is for you
to enter into a relaxed receptive state. Hypnosis enables one to focus
on positive helpful suggestions that can result in personal change. You
will never be forced to do anything against your will. The hypnotist is
your guide and your desire to allow positive suggestions to enter your
subconscious mind is within your control. Some people are more easily
hypnotized than others. To find out how easy it would be for you to be
hypnotized, take this quiz. (Choose A, B, or C.)

1. Close your eyes and imagine your favorite movie. How
clearly can you picture your favorite scene or actor?
A. Extremely well
B. Vaguely
C. Cannot get it

2. Suppose you had to travel a very far distance. What would you
choose to travel by?
A. Plane
B. Train
C. Your own car

3. You are on a diet and your favorite desert is in the kitchen. Do you
A. Leave it there
B. Take one bite
C. Finish it

4. Close your eyes and imagine a place or event that made you very happy.
How well can you re experience it?
A. Well
B. So-so
C. Barely

5. Your boss yells at you in front of co-workers. How well can you control
your emotions?
A. I’m in control and will not lose my temper.
B. I can tolerate it for a while
C. Blow up

6. How long in time?
A. Ten minutes
B. Closer to half an hour
C. At least an hour

Can You Be Hypnotized?

7. Imagine you are in love. How strong is your image or feeling?
A. Very strong or clear.
B. Somewhat strong or clear.
C. Not strong or clear at all

8. You are last off a bus and you find that someone has left his or her purse
containing a large amount of money. Assuming your intentions
are honest, you
A. Take it to the driver
B. Take it to the police
C. Take it and contact the owner

9. Finish this sentence: I daydream…
A. Frequently
B. Occasionally
C. Almost never

10. Think about a time or event when friends cheered or supported you.
Close your eyes and re-experience it. Was it
A. Easy to re-experience
B. You finally got it
C. Difficult or impossible

Scoring yourself
10 points for each answer A
5 points for each answer B
0 points for each answer C

50-100: You have a great imagination; you trust and have the ability
to let go. You are a natural for hypnosis and for reaping its benefits.
25-50: Allowing yourself to can get past your analytical approach and focusing
longer on the imaginary, will result in hypnosis becoming easier for you.
0-24: You are very analytical and are concerned about giving up control. It may
take longer than average to hypnotize you.

Anyone with an IQ over 70 and who has no misconceptions
or concerns about hypnosis, can truly be hypnotized.

Patricia Reeves, BCHt.MNLP

She can be reached through Healthy Life Centers
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Poll: Fewer Americans Smoking

Poll: Fewer Americans Smoking
21% of U.S. Adults Are Current Smokers, Yearly Gallup Poll Shows
By Miranda Hitti

A new Gallup poll on smoking shows that 21% of U.S. adults currently smoke cigarettes.

That smoking statistic has never been lower since Gallup began polling people in the U.S. about smoking -- though it's roughly the same figure as in 1999, 2004, and 2006.

Gallup first started asking people in the U.S. about their smoking habits in 1944. Back then, 41% of poll participants reported smoking. Since then, smoking's health risks -- including cancer, heart disease, and many other conditions -- have been widely reported.

This year's Gallup smoking statistic is very low, but it's not quite an all-time low. "From a statistical perspective, a 22% reading in 2004 and a pair of 23% measurements in 1999 and 2006 would be considered equivalent to the current reading," states Gallup.

Curious about how Gallup's smoking poll results stack up against official government statistics on smoking?

In October 2006, the CDC reported that nearly 21% of U.S. adults had smoked cigarettes in the past year -- but that America's eight-year drop in smoking had stalled.

This year's Gallup poll on smoking also shows that most current smokers -- 55% -- report smoking less than a pack of cigarettes daily.

That's another sign of changing times. From 1944 until 1990, fewer than half of current smokers told Gallup that they smoked less than one pack of cigarettes per day.

Gallup's new smoking poll also shows that 81% of current smokers say they would like to give up smoking and 79% say they're addicted to smoking.

In addition, Gallup reports that one in four current smokers report starting to smoke before age 16. That percentage hasn't been lower since 1991, according to Gallup.

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