Welcome back to the podcast. My name is Joseph Clough and his episode 10024. And then today is a Q&A ultimately.

These questions were being posted to me just a few moments ago because I had broadcast every one of my,

well not everyone, but I go live on Mondays and Fridays every single week on YouTube, which is

YouTube.com slash Joseph Clough. So always free to hang out with us and we have a little chat

beforehand and after the live recording of the episode. So what we're going to do is going to cover

those questions. I'm going to just go with a couple first in terms of general ones, which most people have,

but people may forget.

So one of the main questions people have about, say, for example, hypnosis, just in general,

is what is the experience of hypnosis?

Like how do I know if I'm actually in a hypnotic trance?

Because we don't know what we don't know. We've got the conditioning of what we see on TV or in the movies or

being like the stage hypnotist, which it was true by the way, I wouldn't say it's real by the way stage hypnosis.

I've done the courses on it myself.

But when hypnosis is really a focused awareness where you can drift and dream.

So don't worry over you've got to consciously listen to me in every single moment.

You can.

But for most people, it's going to be a slightly altered state of awareness where you will

drift and dream, where you'll feel relaxed, not a necessity, but commonly you will feel relaxed.

And it's about bypassing the conscious mind.

So if you find yourself listening to a sleep one, expect to

fall asleep. That's absolutely normal. If you're listening to a day hypnosis, you'll be in

just a dreamy state of relaxation as an ideal, drifting and dreaming, and if you experience something like that, perfect.

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