What is the subconscious?

' The subconscious mind is like a preprogrammed, driverless car. It will automatically take the road it knows and has no ability to steer itself or to deviate from its well-run route, or even accelerate its progress. But by using hypnosis, you become the driver of that car. You can steer it in a new direction , you can show it how other routes might be more interesting or beneficial, you can show it all the other journeys it can make, now that you are the driver and now that you are in control.' It is often said that each of us only uses a small percentage of our mind--- Einstein estimated that we work with no more than ten per cent of it. No wonder then that the mind has been referred to as the 'mental iceberg' as so much of its activity is below the surface and so much of its capacity unused. One role of the subconscious mind is to act as our servant as far as habits are concerned. We learn at an early age to walk, talk, eat with a knife and fork, ride a bike and so on. These habit patterns are never forgotten. We just do them automatically. But what are the less obvious jobs of the subconscious and how can hypnosis help? The subconscious mind can be regarded a our own personal computer, our memory bank. It stores everything that we have ever seen, heard, done, and experienced. Nothing is ever erased unless the brain is injured in some way. Through analytical hypnotherapy memories can be retrieved and reviewed with new understandings seen from a different perspective.  The subconscious mind controls all the involuntary functions of the body such as digestion, breathing, heart rate, temperature etc. This is obviously all done without any conscious thought. It is widely accepted now that anxiety, stress, and tension can negatively affect these functions, and these ill effects are known as psychosomatic illnesses. It stands to reason therefore that, as hypnosis can directly contact the subconscious mind, then hypnosis can bring about recovery.  All our emotions are controlled within the subconscious mind, and one of the rules of the mind is that emotion is usually stronger than reason. It would seem therefore that we are at the mercy of our subconscious mind, that is until we learn to take control of it through hypnosis.  Our subconscious mind provides us with motivation. For instance, if you decide to give up smoking, your conscious mind selects that goal. Unless the subconscious mind releases the energy to make this happen, you will probably either start smoking again or use a replacement activity such as eating or drinking. With the help of hypnosis, the subconscious mind can direct energy in a positive way to help us fulfil our goals.

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