Have You Ever Been Hypnotized?
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Bullie76
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Only by a good looking woman.
RadishRose
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Not me, not yet.
Pappy
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Twice, in a group, to quit smoking. A waste of time and money. Once to a individual fellow and I have no idea if I was loopy or not. When I was aware of the real world, my hand was asleep. I told him this and he touched it and my hand was okay then. I lit up on my way to the car.
Warrigal
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A hypnotist attempted to hypnotise me as part of the entertainment at a social function. I held back and did not go under.
When he said that he was going to stick a pin in me and I would not feel it, I knew that I was not under, and sure enough, I felt it.
Others were hypnotised and performed according to his suggestions.
When he said that he was going to stick a pin in me and I would not feel it, I knew that I was not under, and sure enough, I felt it.
Others were hypnotised and performed according to his suggestions.
AprilT
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Only when Brad Pitt, Idris Elba, or the Character from Grimm, Capt Renard, make an appearance on screen. So, yes I have.
DoItMyself
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I don't think I can be.
A few years ago (actually quite a few) my wife and I took our nephews to a local amusement park. At the theater they had a hypnotist and I was one of the people who was selected to go up on stage and be hypnotized. Needless to say it didn't work, I just sort of sat there and watched him deal with the other folks who apparently were hypnotized.
Now when I sit on the deck with my wife on a summers evening, and the stars begin to break through the sunset and Sinatra is crooning in the background, if I look into her eyes I most certainly become hypnotized. But I suspect that's a different sort of hypnosis.
A few years ago (actually quite a few) my wife and I took our nephews to a local amusement park. At the theater they had a hypnotist and I was one of the people who was selected to go up on stage and be hypnotized. Needless to say it didn't work, I just sort of sat there and watched him deal with the other folks who apparently were hypnotized.
Now when I sit on the deck with my wife on a summers evening, and the stars begin to break through the sunset and Sinatra is crooning in the background, if I look into her eyes I most certainly become hypnotized. But I suspect that's a different sort of hypnosis.
Butterfly
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It didn't work on me, either.
Davey Jones
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I saw a x rated show in Vegas where a hypnotized women thought the leg of a chair was a .....oh you get the picture it was hilarious.
Some practices involving chanting or music can put people into a trance-like hypnotic state, which can also make them very suggestible, used in psychotherapy (hypnotherapy) to delve into the subconscious mind. Religious chanting (e.g. Gregorian chanting) can also put someone into a hypnotic state.
When I used to go to church as a child the chanting of the priest during the service was very relaxing and almost mesmerizing. In mass religious gatherings (e.g. Kumbha Mela in India) and other huge festivals thousands of people can be worked into a complete religious frenzy by the chanting, dancing, hand clapping and drumming. Heady stuff.
When I used to go to church as a child the chanting of the priest during the service was very relaxing and almost mesmerizing. In mass religious gatherings (e.g. Kumbha Mela in India) and other huge festivals thousands of people can be worked into a complete religious frenzy by the chanting, dancing, hand clapping and drumming. Heady stuff.