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Can I hypnotise myself?

No. At least not in the same way or as intensely as can a hypnotist.

Although repetition of self suggestion can and does work over time, and relaxing deliberately is nice this is not the same as hypnosis.

As hypnosis requires your conscious to be by passed then it should be obvious that this is not happening if you are directing your hypnosis using you conscious. And if you didn't use the conscious then the psyche is just left to it's own devices without any direction, so probably nothing would happen.

Listening to recordings is also not self hypnosis, the hypnotist is directing things, not your conscious.

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SoreThumb said…
I've had a lot of experience finding this is true.