Can YOU Be Hypnotized?

Take this quiz to find out!

TEST YOURSELF FOR HYPNOSIS SUSCEPTIBILITY

Answer YES or NO to the following questions to see whether you are a good candidate for hypnotherapy.

Be sure to keep track of your answers, and don't peek at the answers until you answer every question.

1. Do you practice relaxation exercises such as Yoga, meditation, or other autogenic training?

2. Do you usually have a routine to go to sleep?

3. Do you daydream or live in an imaginary world that takes you far from reality?

4. Do you have a good imagination?

5. Do you have the ability to create mental pictures?

6. Are you strongly impressed by pleasant events or images?

7. When you see a movie do you become involved in the story?

8. Are your emotions spontaneous? Do your feelings come and go quickly?

9. If you have to wait, do you become impatient or irritated?

10. Do you let your impulses rule you?

11. Do you let yourself be easily intimidated?

12. Do you believe you are easily influenced?

13. Do you allow yourself to be easily distracted from your work?

14. Do you adopt a passive attitude when an important decision must be taken or responsibility assumed?

15. Are you impressed by someone’s appearance?

16. Do you like human contact?

17. Do you have absolute confidence in certain people or feel some people are OK to trust?

18. Do you strongly believe you deserve to get the changes you want or the things you want to have?

19. Do you believe new things are fun to try?

20. Are you generally clear-headed (i.e., not using pain medication, recreational drugs, or psycho-pharmaceuticals)?

Get your results

Add up all your Yes answers, and check the results below.

Yes to Twelve or more … you are easily hypnotized, unless you do take pain medication, recreational drugs or psycho-pharmaceuticals.*

Yes to fewer than four … you are difficult to hypnotize.

Please note: Hypnosis is not deep sleep. The depth of hypnosis has no influence on the effectiveness of your session. Some people are pleasantly relaxed and attentive, while others are more deeply affected. Either way is right for you, as you choose.

* If you are taking medication, recreational drugs, or psycho-pharmaceuticals, you are probably not a good candidate for hypnosis.