LearnHypnosisOnlineatHypnosisDownloads.comHypnoticLanguagePatternsNominalisationsSometimesknownas'politicianwords',thesearewordswithoutanyspecificmeaning.Tounderstandwordssuchas 'peace', 'relaxation'and 'calmness'youhaveto 'go inwards'toseewhattheymeantoyou.Thisisincontrasttoawordsuchas'brick'forexample.Usingthesewordsinhypnosiscausesthesubjecttonarrowtheirfocusofattention,andtofocusinwardly.Aswithotherhypnoticlanguagepatterns,itisextremelyusefultoknowaboutnominalisationsforeverydaylife.Youwillnoticepeopleusingthemwhentheywanttoconfuseothersorwhentheythemselvesareconfused.This often happens when people have emotional problems and they resort to words such as'depression'or'selfconfidence'todescribewhatisactuallyacomplexsetofspecifics.Thiscanbeusefuldescriptively,butnotifyouwanttoactuallytackletheproblem.NegativeSelfHypnosisWords such as 'depression', 'anxiety' and 'worry' are alsonominalisations.That'swhywe steerawayfromwordssuchasthis inhypnosis. Insteadof 'whenyoufeelanxious',youcansay 'whenyoufeltlesscomfortable'.Peppering your self hypnosis with positive nominalisations will make for a more hypnoticexperience.Note:It is importanttousepositivenominalisationsduringhypnosis,ratherthan'theabsenceofnegatives'.Forexample"Apleasantmemorycancometomind"ratherthan"Nonastymemoriescancometomind".Toknowwhattostayawayfrom,wehavetothinkofthatthingfirst.Ofallhypnoticlanguagepatterns,nominalisationsareoneofthemostimportanttolearnabout.EmbeddedCommandsRatherthanbetoodirectivewhendoinghypnosis,thishypnoticlanguagepatternallowsustobemoresubtle in imparting instructions. If Iwantsomeone to listencarefully, forexample, Icouldsay:"Listencarefully",orIcouldsay"Whenpeoplelistencarefully,theytendtoremembermuchmore."Bydoingthis,Ihavenotonlygiventheinstruction'listencarefully,butalsoputitwithinacontextthatgivesa compelling reason todo so.Theembedded command (listen carefully) isalso said

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slightlydifferentlytotherestofthesentenceto'markitout'sothattheunconsciousmindismorelikelytopickitup.Youwillhearsomepeopleargue thatdirectivecommandsare justaseffectiveasembeddedorindirectcommands,andtheyoftenbackthisupwithsomepoorlyperformedresearch.The fact is, ifdirect commandsweremoreeffective, advertiserswouldn'tbotherwith all theirexpensive,carefulemotionelicitingpieces.Theywouldsimplysay"BuyBrandX"!When lookingforhypnotic languagepatterns,advertising isagoodplacetostart,astheyhaveafinancialbottomlinetomeet.Thatmeanstheyhavetousestuffthatworks!IllusoryChoiceWhenweuseselfhypnosis,wewanttorestricttheattentiontooneparticularareaofexperience.Wedon'twantthesubject'sattentionwanderingoffallovertheplace.Aneatwayofdoingthisistogivetheillusionofchoiceinourhypnoticlanguage.(Remember:itisjustasimportanttodothiswithselfhypnosisaswhenhypnotisingothers.)Anexamplewouldbe "You can go just as relaxed, calmorpeaceful as youwish".You get thefeelingthatyouhaveachoice,butallthosechoicesarepleasant.Presuppositions'Peoplemostlydowhatyouexpectthemtodo'.Afamous,andcontroversialstatementperhaps,butnonethelessinstructive,particularlywhendoinghypnosis.Forexample,ifIwantsomeonetorelaxmore,Icouldsay"Trytorelaxalittlemore",orIcouldsay"Asyourelaxalittlemore,noticehowyourhandsfeel".Iampresupposingthattheyaregoingtorelaxitsimplyisn'tinquestion.Ofallhypnotic languagepatterns,presuppositionsareprobablythemost importantforensuringyougettheresponseyouneed.AdjunctiveSuggestionsTomakea suggestionmore likely tobeaccepted,you can tag itonto theendofa 'truism',orsomethingthatisundoubtedlytrue.Suggestionsareinbold.So,forexample:"Youcansitinthatchairandbegintorelax.""Youcanlistentomyvoiceandnoticehowmuchmorecomfortableyouarebeginningtofeel.""Youcanwakeuptomorrowandjustbeawareofagentlesenseofconfidence."ConfusionalLanguageWhenusinghypnosis,weprimarilywantpeopletostopthinkingsomuch(consciousmind)andgowiththeflowalittlemore.Somepeoplefindthisdifficultandsoitcanbeusefultouseslightlyconfusinglanguageto'tripup'theconscious.

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Forexample,youcanrelaxmorenow tomywordsor to thespacesbetween thewords ifyouprefertobemorecomfortableorjustrelaxedandatpeace..ofmindcancomeeasilyandquicklytakingtheweight(wait)offyourshoulders...Analogy,MetaphorandStoriesTheunconsciousmindseemstoworkmorewithpatternsthandetailsandsothissortoflanguagecanbeveryusefulincommunicatingideastotheunconsciousmind.Forexample, if Iwanttoconveyan ideaaboutrunningsmoothlyandpowerfullytoanathlete, Icouldsay"Imaginewhatitwouldbeliketoberunningsmoothlyandpowerfully".Alternatively,Icouldusemetaphorandsay,"Imaginewhat itwouldbe like tobeacheetahcomingoutof theblocks,yourmusclesworkinginperfectharmony."This isasimpleexample,butmetaphorcanbeused inmanyways, includingfullstoriesthatcanserveto'laydownpatterns'fortheunconscioustofollowlater.Learning about hypnotic language patterns can add grace, subtlety and effectiveness to yourcommunication. Whether you want to do self hypnosis, sales or presenting, knowing abouthypnoticlanguagepatternswillhelpyoucommunicatepowerfullyandpersuasively.

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