Yesterday at college, we had a hypnotizer come in. I was naturally curious, so I volunteered. It was quite an experience. Nothing like I thought it would be. I didn't actually believe what I was doing; I wasn't actually out of it. Instead, I was just insanely relaxed, was aware of what I was doing, but I was so relaxed that I was just following commands and not caring. I talked to the hypnotist about seeing funny-looking naked people (I sort of saw something there), I played a make believe instrument(guitar and drum), I went out into the audience and brought "George Carlin" on stage, and told him a joke (which my girlfriend made up), to which everyone laughed. Also, what I thought was the most hilarious, I got down into the audience and danced as if I were a Chippendale auditioning for an Irish dance film. I ended up grabbing the mic stand, swinging aruond it and rubbing up against it, all while kicking my feet to something River Dance-esque. The crowd of about 200-300 absolutely loved it. Overall it was a very fun experience. I felt like I was acting, but that I could use the excuse of being hypnotized, so I didn't care. Normally I'm not so out going. From it, I learned that I'd love to be a comedian, but I just don't know if I'd have the talent. Plus, I wouldn't know how to get started. Has anyone else ever done this? If so, share your experiences.
never been, but never have believed it. I think I would just have to have it happen to me. How did he get you to get in that relaxed state? I dont see how someone goes sleep....sleep...sleep or whatever and someone does a bunch of **** they say.
Well, he did this pre-test among those of us who wanted to try it, and then selected the best results from that. From that group. he told us to relax, and talked through a relaxation technique, etc. When he told us to "Sleep" we were just supposed to go back to relaxing.
Right..but how does he make you "relax"? Does he touch your forehead? or anything, I dont see how their is a technique to make you feel just get in such a relaxed mode, where you will do anything on demand. If your in the relaxed stage, do you do whatever anyone says? I mean how could he be able to be the only one to tell you to do stuff?
I don't know how it all works. I guess you just have to partly buy into it, and be open to the new experience. Or you can just play along. That was fun, too!
My father paid a lot of money to be hypnotized into quitting smoking. It didn't work. He said the guy simply had no effect on him. And the hypnotist was a professional, not someone playing a nightclub. (not that there's anything wrong with that!) Dad was told that some people just can't be hypnotized. They tend to have very strong intellects, don't like to lose control of their actions, are skeptical to begin with... all things that fit Dad to a T. Of course, it would also make for a flattering excuse for failure on the hypnotist's part. I believe in hypnotism, but I think one has to be "susceptible" to the procedure and, based on my father's experience, that's most likely the case. He really wanted to quit smoking. I'm sure he really tried to be open to it. It just wasn't in his makeup.
I saw this done to a group of hs kids from my class in atlanta, man, that guy had them doing the wierdest crap ever... just amazing,,, even ppl in the crowd listening to him carefully got hypnotized, and were following his commands.
Hypnotism works for alot of people. My g.f stopped smoking after 2 sessions with a hypnotist. I stopped eating sleeping more than 4 hours a night after 3 sessions. I get more work done, and my g.f lives a healthier life. She had been smoking for 6 years prior to that. I wouldnt callously dismiss something just because you have never experienced it.
In the early 80's, when I was a teenage, Showtime used to have this heavy blonde chick hynotize college kids. She would have the women rub their chests and get all hot and excited and make the guys hop like frogs or just act like idiots in general. It was very entertaining and occasionally hot. We all know that deep down inside most guys just want to see women get excited and most women want to watch macho guys act like frogs.
Oh, I do believe in hypnotism. But I never really believed the hypnotism acts where a guy gets on stage and hypnotizes somebody to do a bunch of outrageous stuff. EddieWasSnubbed has presented the first account of anybody I've ever heard of that actually was hypnotized into doing that. But even his account sounds... well... it just sounds like he wasn't hypnotized. It sounds like he was just going along with the what he was told to do just for the fun of it.
MUMBO JUMBO. There's no such thing. "You think it's not true because it hasn't happened to you..." response in 3...2...1...
trance is a very natural state. just like when you fell asleep in the car when you went with your parents on vacation, just watching the poles go by in the window, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... or when your on an elevator and your just watching the numbers and then you realize you got off on the wrong floor. theres inductions, thats what a hypnotist tries to attempt is to put you in a natural state of trance, and then suggests stuff. Ultimately, No one can hypnotize you. You can only hypnotize yourself. Now go into a trance.
if your interested in hypnotism I recommend the words of Tad James and the guy who invented neurolinguistic programming, referred commonly I guess as NLP Richard Bandler <-- pretty funny guy too
I don't know what to believe myself, been to a show, had a good time, but is it real, I have no idea. But if I can dream, or watch a movie and feel sad, I think maybe it is. Seems like the same thing to me. ....In some studies, EEGs from subjects under hypnosis showed a boost in the lower frequency waves associated with dreaming and sleep, and a drop in the higher frequency waves associated with full wakefulness. Brain-wave information is not a definitive indicator of how the mind is operating, but this pattern does fit the hypothesis that the conscious mind backs off during hypnosis and the subconscious mind takes a more active role. Researchers have also studied patterns in the brain's cerebral cortex that occur during hypnosis. In these studies, hypnotic subjects showed reduced activity in the left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex, while activity in the right hemisphere often increased. Neurologists believe that the left hemisphere of the cortex is the logical control center of the brain; it operates on deduction, reasoning and convention. The right hemisphere, in contrast, controls imagination and creativity. A decrease in left-hemisphere activity fits with the hypothesis that hypnosis subdues the conscious mind's inhibitory influence. Conversely, an increase in right-brain activity supports the idea that the creative, impulsive subconscious mind takes the reigns. This is by no means conclusive evidence, but it does lend credence to the idea that hypnotism opens up the subconscious mind. Whether or not hypnosis is actually a physiological phenomenon, millions of people do practice hypnotism regularly, and millions of subjects report that it has worked on them. Modern skeptics have a sound and convincing explanation of this unusual state. Hypnotic subjects aren't actually in a trance state, they argue, they only think they are. Social pressure and the influence of the hypnotist are often enough to convince people that they should act a certain way. When they find themselves heeding the suggestions, they think they must be in a hypnotic trance. Proponents of this theory contend that this belief alone may be powerful enough to bring about remarkable changes in a person. If you think someone is compelling you to act a certain way, you will act that way. If you think hypnotic suggestion will ease your pain, your mind will bring about this feeling. In this view, an effective hypnotist isn't one that can probe the hidden reaches of your mind, but one with strong enough authority and charisma to convince you to go along. In the general sense, this phenomenon is known as the placebo effect. In numerous studies, people who were given ordinary sugar pills behaved and felt differently only because they thought they should. It's clear that the mind can influence all aspects of the physical body, so it makes sense that a firmly held belief can reduce pain or even help treat a disease.....
