Have you ever been hypnotised?

robman60 · 21-07-2011 01:12AM

SheFiend wrote: »

In Derren Brown's book he says that a lot of what you see on stage when people are being hypnotised is people playing along, but that people are succeptible to suggestion and hypnosis. If you don't want to be hypnotised you cannot be hypnotised. You have to be open to suggestions, and the mind will indeed lapse into a succeptible state.

I was in the audience at a Keith Barry show where he hypnotised volunteers. When he was putting people in a trance my head got suddenly heavy, so hard to hold up. I had to throw my head back altogether to stay awake. I know I must have looked mental, but it was better than getting up on stage and being given orgasms by handshake!

Actually, maybe it wasn't; some of the volunteers really enjoyed themselves! ;D

One young chap returned to his seat in front of us and couldn't remember a thing! His mother was in stictches; I guess she's never seen him orgasm before :pac:

Is that true that he actually orgasmed? Or did they just sound as if they did?

Kojak · 21-07-2011 01:15AM

I don't see what all the fuss is about hypnsosis for.

I was supposidly hypnotised a few years ago, but I knew exactly what was going on, even when I signed the form to buy shares in Anglo Irish Bank.

21-07-2011 01:18AM

Plazaman wrote: »

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jill_valentine · 21-07-2011 01:39AM

I was hypnotised - along with the rest of the audience - to think my hands were fastened together. And for a while, it totally worked yes - I physically could not take those two hands apart, my shoulders started to hurt I was putting that much effort into it. But then, for a split second, I kind of forced myself to remember that actually there's no way the guy could really have that power over me and the "spell", if you like, was broken.

He then picked his volunteers from the folks who still had their hands stuck together, the more "suggestible" folks.

So yeah, it is real, sort of. I mean it all felt absolutely real until I came to my senses. That's what people mean by the power of suggestion. So long as you believe the guy can make you do or think whatever he wants, he can. Get a bit of doubt in at all and start resisting, and it all unravels.

Interesting experience too, it's worth giving Derren Brown's dead leg trick a go if you want to try it out. You do have to watch the whole show for best results though.

sumsar · 21-07-2011 01:49PM

I watched a Derren Brown show the other night and that had me thinking about it, so I searched youtube to see if there were any videos that could see if you could be hypnotized..

I came across this video below and I found it kinda worked for me... I felt my head drooping and what not and it was strange I think I was getting hypnotized but then I started to get excited thinking wow I'm being hypnotized... and as soon as that happened... it stopped...

So I think yeah hypnosis does work just like jill_valentine said there

"So yeah, it is real, sort of. I mean it all felt absolutely real until I came to my senses. That's what people mean by the power of suggestion. So long as you believe the guy can make you do or think whatever he wants, he can. Get a bit of doubt in at all and start resisting, and it all unravels."

heres the video i used anyways.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIfgVgWmJlE

smash · 21-07-2011 01:54PM

jill_valentine wrote: »

Interesting experience too, it's worth giving Derren Brown's dead leg trick a go if you want to try it out. You do have to watch the whole show for best results though.

I tried it and it didn't work at all.

Mr Benevolent · 21-07-2011 01:54PM

I trained as a hypnotherapist among other things. Generally people who are in a trance won't notice it and so they think they weren't hypnotised.

It doesn't matter whether they think they're in trance or not, it works anyway. As for the hypnotist show, that's all bull, they pretend to do stuff for a laugh. Nobody gets hypnotised without wanting to.

The_B_Man · 21-07-2011 02:05PM

My missus is goin to get hypnotised tonight so she can stop smoking. No idea how it works, i suppose its just power of suggestion. We'll see if it works though.

Emiko · 21-07-2011 02:09PM

I've been hypnotised manys a time. (the therapeutic and not the stage variety)

It's just to relax you to allow suggestions to be more easily made to the subconscious.

You are aware all the time, and can wake up at any point.

bog master · 21-07-2011 02:15PM

The_B_Man wrote: »

My missus is goin to get hypnotised tonight so she can stop smoking. No idea how it works, i suppose its just power of suggestion. We'll see if it works though.

It will not work unless she is ready and willing to quit. My partner just finished her hypnotherapy course, and I was one of her case studies for to
"quit smoking". No fags now for over 3 months. But I was ready to quit and so it worked for me. She had to do 10 case studies, 7 of which were smoking. 6 have been successful, the odd one out, she told me immediately afterwards, he/she was not ready to quit, and so it proved true, but yet, he/she went totally under and very much enjoyed the experience. But alas, was not ready to give up the fags at that time.

jme2010 · 21-07-2011 02:16PM

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emmabee · 21-07-2011 02:24PM

jme2010 wrote: »

Look into myeyesmyeyes not around the eyes, into the eyes......

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Little britain - Gold!

Blazer · 21-07-2011 02:54PM

been hypnotized loads of times

for going off the cigs..
I last about a year or so at a time so I trot back to him and basically get a top up after a few weeks of smoking....
In fact it's so handy I'd smoke my brains out for a week, trot back for my topup session and then back off them again

now I'm off pwarrkkkkk to lay an egg

Cat Melodeon · 21-07-2011 03:37PM

dark crystal wrote: »

Real orgasms don't sound like that Meg Ryan scene in When Harry Met Sally!

Yeah, I think maybe you're not doing it right.

I did a home hypnosis course for pregnancy & birth. It didn't take away the labour pain but it did keep me calm and in control when normal me would have been shrieking like a banshee. It was a great set of CDs, I still use them anytime I'm stressed - they made a recent potential 4-hr flight from hell (travelling with 60 teenagers) seem more like a 20 min trip. Great stuff.

Have you ever been hypnotised?

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