Hypnotherapy versus Hypnosis Entertainment

Hypnosis is as generic a term as skating.  This post will attempt to provide some clarity about the different genres (and sub-genres) of hypnosis.

This has been a major source of confusion for Sammie and I as we have attempted to grow our YouTube, Instagram, and Patreon followings.  This is important since different genres of hypnosis are as different from one another as hockey is from figure skating.

Both sports involve skating, but they are in no way similar.  

There are some overlaps, but the differences between the two are night and day.

To be clear, we are in no way hating on or criticizing fans of one genre over the other.  

As content producers, we want to clearly define our niche, so we can keep producing content that our audience enjoys that we can produce sustainably.

With that, let's define hypnosis two of the most commonly found genres of hypnosis content on the internet:

• Hypnotherapy
• Recreational hypnosis

Hypnotherapy is hypnosis practiced with therapeutic intention.  Primarily to help a hypnotic subject access their subconscious mind using hypnosis techniques to in some way assert positive influence and make positive change to their well being.

Recreational hypnosis' primary intention is to amuse an audience, either by inducing them into a hypnotic trance or demonstrating hypnosis techniques on a subject for the enjoyment of an audience.

The content Sammie and I produce is primarily hypnotherapy with an element of entertainment.

This is the reason why in our pre and post hypnosis session interviews, I always have Sammie do an anxiety assessment.

Going into a hypnotic trance is a skill that requires practice, which is why Sammie and I create so much hypnosis content.  You become better at being hypnotized (or hypnotizing a subject) the more you practice.

Sammie and I have been practicing for almost 2 years and are at the point where Sammie can be induced into hypnotic trance in a few minutes.  When we started, it took very long, drawn out inductions for her to enter into that state.

Watch our old videos on our private site for an illustration of this.

The better you get at either hypnotizing a subject (or being hypnotized), the more effective hypnosis can be from a therapeutic perspective.  

It is also extremely entertaining to watch a highly skilled hypnotist induce someone or an experienced subject going into trance as a performance.

Hypnotherapy itself is an extremely broad subject, with sub-genres related to healing past life traumas, treating addictions, overcoming mental pathologies, increasing awareness of negative subconscious mental processes, or training to develop positive ones.

Personally, my interest with hypnosis started when, at a young age, I watched TV shows or movies featuring hypnosis scenarios and thought it was an amazing concept.  

Over time, that interest morphed into an obsession (and addiction) with erotic hypnosis content (a sub-genre of recreational hypnosis).  Ironically, learning hypnosis helped me break that addiction.

After Sammie developed very severe depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and other negative health problems, I began exploring how hypnotherapy could be used to treat her.  After training online in hypnotherapy and with regular practice and lifestyle changes, I was able to cure Sammie of all of her disorders (along with many of my own).

This was the reason we started our YouTube channel.  To document our use of hypnotherapy to cure mental and physical health disorders.

Over time, we've integrated more recreational hypnosis elements to our content.

Hypnotherapy has been incredibly useful as a beauty practice for Sammie.  

On a daily basis in our off-camera hypnosis sessions, I apply hypnotherapy techniques to positively affirm Sammie at a subconscious level to believe she is beautiful, healthy, and loved.

As the subconscious mind controls the majority of our actions, that hypnotic programming then subconsciously steers Sammie's actions to manifest into reality the programming I implant into her mind.  In particular that she "is the most beautiful woman in the world."

It's been amazing watching her transformation through age-regression and positive affirmations to become more and more beautiful as time progresses.

This is why we began integrating into our content more of a popular genre of hypnosis entertainment we call "Hypnosis modelling."  Taking an attractive (usually female) subject, and inducing them into a hypnotic trance to entertain others.

Typically these genres of hypnosis have been mutually exclusive, but the goal of our content is to demonstrate how the two can actually compliment one another.

We look forward to producing more content for you to show you how.