Hypnosis.... does it really work?

[AAP]

I mean they run ads on the tv here for LOSE WEIGHT and IMPROVE YOUR GRADES and STOP SMOKING, etc.... all by the means of hypnosis.

Has anyone every been "under" hypnosis? How did it work?

I mean, I am a bit skeptical about the whole thing and don't see how someone talking to you while you are asleep can do anything. Else these therapists would be telling people to sign their insurance policies over to them or have them go out and beat up people they (the therapist) didn't like.

 

[AAP]

is there any reputable links about this?

 

[Seashell]

My uncle did it to quit smoking, it worked for him. He hasn't smoked for 10 years since, and he'd tried a bunch of different ways to quit before.

But I don't know much about exactly how it works..

(Oh, he and my aunt went together, but it didn't work for her, she's still smoking, so I guess, not for everyone)

 

[i2ancid2]

I was once hypnotized at a county fair. This is how it worked on me:

The guy on stage said he'd give $500 to the person whom he chooses at the end of the show to perform his last hypnosis trick on.

I was at the FAIR, BROKE so I naturally threw my hand up as fast as I could as I was always interested in hypnosis. Well he had me and 6 other people sit down in a chair and count backwards from 100 to 1 while imagining taking a step down a swirling staircase while he played VERY relaxing music. After about 2 minutes we were done and he told us to open our eyes.

I became very confident at this point because of ONE thing, he told the audience we were hypnotized... This means I can act like a dumbass and not take responsibility for my actions plus get $500! It was great, I did some pretty crazy stuff but not because I was unwillingly being controlled, but because I had that $500 in mind and I wanted to be the "best" so he'd choose me for his final hypnosis trick.

Well, I was the best, I'm a damn good actor, FUCKING damn good actor, I threw dramatism into my commands and the crowd loved me. Well everyone else was sent off stage and just me and one other guy remained. I was so happy at this point, my adrenalin was coursing (that means confidence). He finally told us to take off our shirts and pose like we were body builders, I did this, infront of 200-300 people WITH 0 HESITATION. He then put on some cheezy pop music and told us to find a random woman in the audience and dance to her in a sexually suggestive manner.

So we both did so, then he told us to run and hide because cops were coming so I do so and then he tells us to pass out, so I do so. I so happened to have passed out on red ants (it was in south florida) I was bitten over 50 times yet didnt move because I had to "be the best" or wouldent get the money.

He then tells us to wake up and I do and IMMEDIATLY try to get the ants off, I was also allergic to the bites and my body sent even more adrenalin through me to combat the sedating effects of the ant venom. I go up to the guy and say wheres my money, he takes out 5 $100 bills... these werent regular $100 bills though, these had his picture on them where ben franklin was supposed to be.

To make a long story short I blew up in intense anger and was hauled off to the hospital in a stretcher after collapsing.

 

[Gambino]

I was once hypnotized at a county fair. This is how it worked on me:

The guy on stage said he'd give $500 to the person whom he chooses at the end of the show to perform his last hypnosis trick on.

I was at the FAIR, BROKE so I naturally threw my hand up as fast as I could as I was always interested in hypnosis. Well he had me and 6 other people sit down in a chair and count backwards from 100 to 1 while imagining taking a step down a swirling staircase while he played VERY relaxing music. After about 2 minutes we were done and he told us to open our eyes.

I became very confident at this point because of ONE thing, he told the audience we were hypnotized... This means I can act like a dumbass and not take responsibility for my actions plus get $500! It was great, I did some pretty crazy stuff but not because I was unwillingly being controlled, but because I had that $500 in mind and I wanted to be the "best" so he'd choose me for his final hypnosis trick.

Well, I was the best, I'm a damn good actor, FUCKING damn good actor, I threw dramatism into my commands and the crowd loved me. Well everyone else was sent off stage and just me and one other guy remained. I was so happy at this point, my adrenalin was coursing (that means confidence). He finally told us to take off our shirts and pose like we were body builders, I did this, infront of 200-300 people WITH 0 HESITATION. He then put on some cheezy pop music and told us to find a random woman in the audience and dance to her in a sexually suggestive manner.

So we both did so, then he told us to run and hide because cops were coming so I do so and then he tells us to pass out, so I do so. I so happened to have passed out on red ants (it was in south florida) I was bitten over 50 times yet didnt move because I had to "be the best" or wouldent get the money.

He then tells us to wake up and I do and IMMEDIATLY try to get the ants off, I was also allergic to the bites and my body sent even more adrenalin through me to combat the sedating effects of the ant venom. I go up to the guy and say wheres my money, he takes out 5 $100 bills... these werent regular $100 bills though, these had his picture on them where ben franklin was supposed to be.

To make a long story short I blew up in intense anger and was hauled off to the hospital in a stretcher after collapsing.

LMAO That is some funny shite

 

[Gambino]

I was hypnotized about 3 yrs ago, trying to quit tobacco...the guy supposedly put me to sleep but I was wide awake...I felt sorry for the guy so I acted like i was in a hynotic state lol it was hard not to laugh...regardless, it did me no fuckin' good, a racket as far as I'm concerned.

 

[i2ancid2]

I was hypnotized about 3 yrs ago, trying to quit tobacco...the guy supposedly put me to sleep but I was wide awake...I felt sorry for the guy so I acted like i was in a hynotic state lol it was hard not to laugh...regardless, it did me no fuckin' good, a racket as far as I'm concerned.

Yea, I was fulyl awake when he told us to "sleep" too, but for some reason, I didnt feel like laughing so I didnt give myself away, it's odd. He gives you some kind of super confidence...

 

[bran987]

ancid, that is stage hypnotism

as far as clinical hypnotism

you will not to anything under hypnosis that you don't willfully deep down want to do, which is why things like making someone sign over their insurance isn't possible, but quitting smoking is.

it is simply an altered state, a temporary suspension of disbelief, much like when you go to the movies.

you aren't asleep during hypnosis, you are awake, but your concious mind is not in the way chattering at you. your subconcious mind, which is the part of you that actually controls everything you do even though you think you are conciously making decisions, can then take new commands and make them part of your concious everyday life.

if you don't want to be hypnotized, and you resist the induction, it will not work.

it's real though

you go in and out of hypnosis all day every day, watching TV.. driving down the highway.. you constantly slip in and out of mild alpha and beta states

 

[Gambino]

^bran I was hyp'ed by a proffessional in a clinical setting...I was willing but it just didn't work, I felt no different, other than mildly relaxed (proly cause I was rocked back on a leather chair). I'm more hy'ed staring at this geigh screen than I was in Dr.Scamracket's office

 

[Y_lifter]

I've been hypnotized by a few super hot women before to the dismay
of my wife when she's asking me a question.