What is the difference between the conscious mind and unconscious mind?
A good example of the difference is illustrated by the experience of driving a car. When you first learned how to drive a car you had to consciously focus on how to do everything. You had to look at where the key went in, you had to think about which pedal was the gas and which was the brake, you even had to figure out where the turn signal was and which way you had to move it when you wanted to go right and which way when you wanted to turn left. Now, after years of driving it is completely automatic, you don’t need to think about any of those things because the behaviors have been learned and passed into the unconscious where they are now automatic. Many things in life are like that, some examples are writing and reading, tying our shoes, and walking. So often when we are doing things that are unfamiliar to us we are conscious and when we are doing things that are routine we are using the unconscious mind. Habits are controlled by the unconscious mind and because hypnosis focuses on
