Clients have been calling to ask if hypnosis can help them recall certain situations. Maybe. The success rate is 60 percent.
A hypnotist cannot hypnotize you if you do not want to be hypnotized. You are 100 percent aware through the process. But anyone can lie, even under hypnosis.
My brother-in-law called. He had lost important papers he needed. Hypnosis was effective. He remembered what had happened. He had given them to the archive department for safe keeping.
A lady had lost her keys. A replacement was in excess of $500. She was not successful. The problem: She had fixated on a certain time and place where she thought she had lost them. The keys were found by her husband, nowhere near where she thought she had lost them.
A gentleman had gone to Las Vegas for a wedding and met a beautiful lady. Unfortunately, he lost her number. He could not even remember her name. He wanted to find her again. He was so drunk that hypnosis could not help him regain memory.
A lady lost her wedding and engagement ring. She wanted to find them before she was forced to tell her husband. Thankfully, hypnosis was effective. When she arrived home, she went straight to the suspected location and recovered the jewelry.
Our subconscious is amazing, storing everything we have seen, smelled, touched. It holds those experiences in our memory to be found anytime you wish. Smells, sounds and things we see and feel can also trigger a memory.
When I was only 15, I worked a summer vacation on a building site in England, teaming up with a 55-year-old Irishman by the name of Paddy. He was 6-foot-6, 300 pounds, so strong he would lift cast iron bathtubs onto his shoulders and carry them up several flights of stairs without breathing heavily.
We worked together, several times on rooftops, spreading tar to prevent roof leakage. Paddy told me no matter where I go in the world, I would always remember him. True. Whenever I smell tar, his face looms in front of me.
Another time I was in Tel Aviv, taking a little shade in a demolished shop front. They were laying fresh concrete inside the building. Now when I smell fresh concrete, I see that shop front, the traffic, hear the noise, smell the diesel fumes.
Several songs and pieces of classical music take me back to places and scenarios, too many to mention.
What triggers your memories. Sights, sounds, smell, touch? How do you remember?
A hint for anyone wanting to recall information: As you try to remember, notice in which direction your eyes go. If they briefly look up to the left or right, you recollect information visually. If you look to the left or right you recall by sound. If you look down and to the left, you recall kinetically, sensing and feeling.
These are useful techniques, especially if you are selling or are a therapist.
If you know how a person recalls information, you would phrase things in such a way that will help the person to remember what you are trying to put across to them.
If you ask a question and the other person looks up and to the right, include phrases such as, “So you see,” “look at this.” The same for hearing and feeling.
Do not hesitate to contact me by telephone, 310.204.3321, or by email at nickpollak@hypnotherapy4you.net. See my website at www.hypnotherapy4you.net