Hypnotism?

LundiMardi

Have you ever been Hypnotized ?

If so, why, where, how much, and more importantly, did it work?

LundiMardi

anyone?

cmcquaid

yeah i got hypnotised once by a fella called patrick fox when i was younger as i had a very poor diet and wouldnt try anthing new i went to a few sessions with him and i had to listen to his tapes and all but in the end it worked pretty well

Dont be at yourself

I have.

It was one of those student nights where a hypnotist gets a dozen people on stage, hypnotises them and gets them to make a fool of themselves. I'm not sure why I did it, I guess I was curious to see if it worked.

Did it work?

Yes, I suppose it did, but it was nothing like I expected. On some level you are aware of what's going on around you and what you're doing, but there is a very strong urge to just go with the flow and take in all the instructions. You're not some mindless zombie, it just feels good to do what's suggested. It's very hard to explain.

joejoem

Yeah I tried it twice, the music and noises were really soothing so I just fell asleep the first time (had a few pints on me), and the second time the hypnotist moved me from where I was sitting to right beside my recent x, it was a bitter break up and he made me put my head on her shoulder (not knowing our history obviously) and I couldnt "let go". I was thinking about trying a private session though to make me give up smoking.

LadyJ

Tried google or the yellow pages?
I saw a psychologist do it to a couple of students once. It was pretty cool

Blisterman

I wanna be hypnotised
It sounds cool.

JoeKelly

Yea i tried it but it didn't work! Guy called Larry mcmahon did it! Was really weird stuff he was saying and all that! Cost bout 100 per hour and was there for 5 hours a lotta money for something that didnt work!

Spacedog

I went up at one of those student shows, Zak Power I think, he asked everyone to lock their fingers and counted down from 10, then anyone who's hands were stuck was to go up, my hands weren't stuck but I pretended that they were to see if he could put me under. he figured that I was messing though and kicked me off the stage, but I was quite dazed, I would imagine that if I was up there for much longer, I'd have been under his influence.

Any see Darren Brown where he got some guy playing quake or something, hypnotised him, moved him to a room identical to the area in the game, put a gun full of blanks in his hand, woke him up, then sent actors dressed as zombies running at him. that'd freak me out.

Our man in Havana

It should be illeagal. Dangerous messing with the mind. Dodgy I tells ya!

ambro25

Not my experience, but my wife was once put under in a bar (long long time ago before we met, so this is all 2nd-hand).
She was chatting with a guy and when found out that he was a magician, well (just like some of you lot) she just had to check if she would be/could be hypnotized. Turned out she was, and suffice to say he left her under for about 1h and a half during which -amongst many other things- she had to chase a leprecorn around the bar and all that... Supposedly, she wrecked the place in the process but the manager gave her a bottle of Champ', said it was the best entertainment he'd had in the bar in ages LOL :rolleyes:

Dave

NekkidBibleMan wrote:

Yes, I suppose it did, but it was nothing like I expected. On some level you are aware of what's going on around you and what you're doing, but there is a very strong urge to just go with the flow and take in all the instructions. You're not some mindless zombie, it just feels good to do what's suggested. It's very hard to explain.

That is exactly how I felt the time I got it done. Couldn't have put it any better.

magpie

The 'magaician' style hypnosis is all down to the expectation of the person being hypnotised. All that cobblers about 'you are a leprechaun' is purely down to the person being hypnotised wanting to perform the 'I am hypnotised' routine.

Hypnosis is actually like a state of deep relaxation / meditation whereby your subconscious mind can be retrained to lose bad habits / fears / neuroses. Your subconscious mind has a mental age of 4 apparently.

Anyhoo, this is the way the guy who hypnotised me explained it. Also, importantly, you can snap yourself out of hypnosis any time you want, you are awake and in control of your faculties, so nobody can make you behave like a chicken unless you want to!

Kermitt

i got hypnotised once in college. Tony Baloney was his name. Came to Rag week gig.. i got landed on stage and dont really remember much, it was early so i wasnt drinkin. definitely worked, got all the stories and remember images from it. i was in fron of 400 people in a state of undress at one point.. damn hypnotist. Its a great college tale to have tho

corblimey

NekkidBibleMan wrote:

Yes, I suppose it did, but it was nothing like I expected. On some level you are aware of what's going on around you and what you're doing, but there is a very strong urge to just go with the flow and take in all the instructions. You're not some mindless zombie, it just feels good to do what's suggested. It's very hard to explain.

Like most people, it was a student rag week thing. I had my hands stuck both years, and being the brave little boy that I was I went up the second year. Going with the flow is a good way to put it. And to be fair, you can't be hypnotised to do anything that you wouldn't do within your own boundaries anyway.

Speaking of, did anybody watch that Peter Powers bloke on Bravo "Street Hypnosis". Very funny, but some of the stunts were in poor taste, I thought. Some guy thought he was taking his driving test and accidentally knocked over a mannequin thinking it was a real person.

Keyzer

magpie wrote:

The 'magaician' style hypnosis is all down to the expectation of the person being hypnotised. All that cobblers about 'you are a leprechaun' is purely down to the person being hypnotised wanting to perform the 'I am hypnotised' routine.

Hypnosis is actually like a state of deep relaxation / meditation whereby your subconscious mind can be retrained to lose bad habits / fears / neuroses. Your subconscious mind has a mental age of 4 apparently.

Anyhoo, this is the way the guy who hypnotised me explained it. Also, importantly, you can snap yourself out of hypnosis any time you want, you are awake and in control of your faculties, so nobody can make you behave like a chicken unless you want to!

Do you think hypnosis would work for someone how has serious problems getting up on time in the morning?

magpie

Do you think hypnosis would work for someone how has serious problems getting up on time in the morning?

If that person had a subconscious fear of getting up on time then maybe yes. If that person was just a lazy bastard then no!

Keyzer

magpie wrote:

If that person had a subconscious fear of getting up on time then maybe yes. If that person was just a lazy bastard then no!

I'm not lazy, I just can't get out of bed, hard to explain, its like I'm stuck in a tractor beam or something....

magpie

I'm not lazy, I just can't get out of bed, hard to explain, its like I'm stuck in a tractor beam or something....

I know the feeling well.