Uses of Hypnotic Speech
ByLanguage is powerful. Although you may not be aware of it, your choice of words shows people how you view the world.
Experts believe that in addition using language to speak about the world they see, the words people use help to actually create the world they experience.
How so?
Our subconscious mind loves consistency and so will try to interpret what it experiences in a way consistent with the words we use.
So with such a powerful tool on the tips of our tongues you can both shape the way others view the world by carefully choosing how and what you say.
Here’s how you do this.
Using language and words the right way, actually allows you to hypnotize someone you speak to. I don’t mean a complete hypnotic induction like you see in the movies, where someone lies on a couch. But rather, you can speak directly to their subconscious mind when you use the right words and tone of voice. This gives you the ability to influence people to view things the way you want them to.
So you can subliminally influence how people act and think by planting certain hypnotic seeds in their mind during an otherwise normal conversation.
What to say to do this?
Speaking to the subconscious mind is easier than you’d think. The world renowned hypnotist, Milton Erickson, pioneered a model for conversational hypnosis involving three stages:
Stage 1.
Look for signs that reveal how the person views something. Notice the language used. What words does she use to describe her feelings. After you spot the pattern, use her experiences to lead her attention to her own inner experiences.
This can be done with questions like, “How do you feel about this?”, or “What was that for you?”
Its about focusing them inward so they can really understand how the way they see the world makes them feel.
Stage 2.
The second part of the Milton Model is to distract the conscious mind. Milton did this by using very complex and ambiguous language.
He would use words that sounded the same, but had different meanings, like wander/wonder, sale/sail, hear/here, right/write, You get the picture.
Milton deployed double binds to present only the set of options he desired. He’d say things like: We don’t know if you’ll begin a trance not or in 10 minutes.
The words he uses allow the subconscious only two alternatives: fall into a trance now or in a few minutes. This is also an example of an embedded command, fall asleep now or very soon.
When words are used in the wrong way on purpose in a sentence, they confuse and distract the conscious mind. When this happens the conscious mind turns inward, basically asking the subconscious mind for help which is exactly what we want!
These are only a couple of the many Milton Model methods for distracting the mind. I don’t know if you will want to learn more about the Milton Model now, or later 
STAGE 3.
After the conscious mind has been distracted, the last stage of the Milton Model is to access the resources of the subconscious mind.
You can do this in a couple of ways. The most basic is by embedding commands in questions or sentences, so that they are not too obvious to the conscious mind, but are very obvious to the subconscious mind.
Some examples are things like:
–I don’t know if you will do the dishes now –You can do this, can’t you? –You will do that, haven’t you? (Yes, this is intentional it makes no sense to your conscious mind, but it does make sense to your subconscious)
You may be wondering, if I just say some confusing sentences to other people and use embedded commands, can i get them to do what I want them to?
Maybe.
The important point of conversational hypnosis is that you can only make someone do something that does not violate their beliefs and values.
You can definitely speak to someones subconscious mind using the Milton Model techniques, but it takes a lot more than a quick conversation to change someones values.
But, as you practice the Milton Model you will find that you will get better at influencing the people around you as long as you aren’t trying to manipulate them.