Eventhough a person under hypnosis takes on the features of someone actually sleeping, they are pretty aware.  Hypnosis cannot be described in simple terms, as nobody knows what goes on inside the mind of a subject put under hypnosis.  What we do know is that while in hypnosis (or self hypnosis, for that matter), the hypnotic subject becomes suggestible.  His attention is narrowed down.  Firstly, the sense of sight is lost as he is asked to close his eyes.  Although one by one the senses are little by little slipping away, one sense is greatly enhanced by the process of hypnotic induction.  This is the sense of hearing.  A subject under hypnosis can often hear isolated sounds that they would not be able to hear in the natural waking state.When you hypnotize and induce trance state in people, you will often find that after awakening the hypnotic subject, they will believe they could not have been put under hypnosis as they could still hear your voice.  The delusion that they won’t be able to hear your voice repeatedly comes from those people who think hypnosis to be similar to sleep.

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