If a hypnotic suggestion produces no noticeable response, does that mean you cannot be hypnotised?
Not necessarily.
Sometimes the difficulty is not your ability to respond—it is the mental strategy you are using.
In this brief self-hypnosis experiment, you will try the same suggestion in two different ways. One relies mainly upon words. The other gives your attention, imagination and expectancy more specific work to do.
You may notice a clear difference. You may notice something subtle. You may notice no difference at all. None of those outcomes is a test of whether you are “hypnotisable”.
The purpose is to become curious about how you respond best.
Try it and tell me in the comments: was the first attempt stronger, the second attempt stronger, or was there no noticeable difference?
For structured practical teaching, you can explore my Science of Self-Hypnosis educational programme and my hypnosis audio programmes. Use the programmes actively: engage with the ideas, experiment with the suggestions and develop the attentional, imaginative and cognitive skills involved.
… and by the way… if you want to learn my official, structured approach to self-hypnosis, visit this page of my college website and download the self-hypnosis roadmap that gives instructions on how to do that: Learn Self-Hypnosis Here.
