Hypnotists....What do you think about them ???

Happyflowerlady

Happyflowerlady

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I have seen hypnotists perform at a magician-type show, and watched some on tv, as well as I have also read some of the books on past life regression done by hypnosis. Years ago, I was enthralled while reading "The Search for Bridey Murphy", and amazed that they could bring out these memories, regardless of where they actually came from. They did find some documentation that seemed to show that Bridey Murphy did actually exist, but there was no real way to prove whether it was truly a past life regression, or something else.

One of the most amazing things that I have seen a hypnotist do was on a youtube video (it was part of a long David Icke presentation, so I am not adding the link here), and if it wasn't some kind of a hoax, it was truly incredible.
It was at first the usual things of people thinking they were finding money all over the floor, and such as that; but then he hypnotized a man to not be able to see his daughter, who was right there in the room, and then he brought them all out of the trance.
When the daughter stood right in front of her father, he could not see her, so his mind had actually convinced him that she wasn't there. The hypnotist then stood behind the daughter, and held out his wristwatch, and the father was able to see the wristwatch, and describe it, even though he could not possibly see it since the daughter was standing in between.
Assuming that this was not outright playacting, how would you explain this phenomenon ?
Has anyone here ever been hypnotized, and if so, what was your experience like ??
 
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I was never hypnotized, don't think I could trust anyone fully to do it. But I do think they may be able to help people through addictions, phobias, etc. First hypnotist I remember was on the Dick van Dyke show, lol.
 
I tried to get hypnotised at a night club some mates and our girl friends were at(many years ago).
the hypnotist got a group of us up to see if we were suitable subjects. Well we all had a few beers
& was a bit merry, & when the hypnotist looked at us & said NO we moved down the line & tried again.
After a few times the hypnotist leaned over & whispered in my ear(angry by this time) PI** OFF>.:what:
 
They probably can't hypnotize anyone who's heavily influenced by alcohol, so I can understand where he was coming from...but, he was in a night club. :confused:
 
I think they certainly have benefit for theraputic uses such as helping stop smoking, deal with phobias, etc. For me, I can't be hypnotized. I have too strong a will to relinguish the control panel.:eek:hwell:
 
In the early 80s my husband and I visited a mind, body and spirit show. There was a hypnotist claiming he could regress people back to past lives. My husband, a sceptic, challenged the hypnotist to visit our home and try the technique out on him. He agreed to do so and charged the fee of £25, which was quite a reasonable sum of money in those days. The hypnotist arrived and they went into the lounge, our daughters and I were the other side of the door listening to the proceedings, which got more and more hilarious. The hypnotist waved a pendant in front of my husband's face saying 'You are feeling sleepy'. My husband replied, 'No I'm not'. This went on for about 15 minutes or so, with the hypnotist getting more and more agitated as my husband said he wasn't feeling sleepy! In the end he accused my husband of not trying hard enough, and left pocketing his fee. We thought the £25 was worth the fun the experience had given us.:D

About 20 years later I had a session with a hypnotherapist for a problem I was experiencing. Although I never felt our of control, the session did help me a bit.
 
SeaBreeze said:
They probably can't hypnotize anyone who's heavily influenced by alcohol, so I can understand where he was coming from...but, he was in a night club. :confused:
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My brother inlaw was picked & everytime the Hypnotist told him he was thirsty he came straight to me drank my beer & went back to the stage.
After about 40 minutes he had drunk 3 of my beers The hypnotist bought them back & my brother inlaw said " It's your turn to buy the drinks"
For Two or three months the Bro/inlaw said he felt absolutely great.
 
I think that whenever you discuss hypnotism ("mesmerism" as it used to be called) you have to differentiate between stage and therapeutic hypnosis. They are vastly different in many ways.

I've seen many stage hypnotists but never volunteered and never chosen - just one of those things. But some of the shows were amusing.

As for therapeutic hypnosis I believe it is a legitimate tool in the right hands. A good friend of mine back in NYC was a hypnotist and he truly helped a lot of people with it. In that sense I see it as being a form of induced meditation.

The past-life regression stuff? I never got into that, not sure I believe in it so can't really comment on hypnosis' effect on it.
 
Ol' Mesmer was quite a guy . . .

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"When you awake, you will dance The Funky Chicken."
 
SifuPhil said:
I think that whenever you discuss hypnotism ("mesmerism" as it used to be called) you have to differentiate between stage and therapeutic hypnosis. They are vastly different in many ways.

I've seen many stage hypnotists but never volunteered and never chosen - just one of those things. But some of the shows were amusing.

As for therapeutic hypnosis I believe it is a legitimate tool in the right hands. A good friend of mine back in NYC was a hypnotist and he truly helped a lot of people with it. In that sense I see it as being a form of induced meditation.

The past-life regression stuff? I never got into that, not sure I believe in it so can't really comment on hypnosis' effect on it.
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The verdict is certainly still out on the past life regression issue, as far as I am concerned as well. But it is truly interesting how someone can recall so many things that were true about a persons life that she had no way of knowing about, although it does seem more likely that they would be forgotten childhood memories from listening to others talk, and simply thought it was her own past life.
Even the mimicing of the accent could have come from somone she heard talking that had that kind of an accent; but who is to say, truly ??

So, Sifu, (in your infinite wisdom and experience), what do you think about the person who couldn't see his daughter, but WAS able to see the person standing behind the daughter, and holding the watch, which was directly behind the daughter, so he could not actually see it. (re:OP)
Do you think that some of these "extra senses" (see, you started this after all) that you were talking about in the other thread, would include one that enables us to see through other people or objects when hypnotized and told that we can do it ???
 
Happyflowerlady said:
So, Sifu, (in your infinite wisdom and experience)
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what do you think about the person who couldn't see his daughter, but WAS able to see the person standing behind the daughter, and holding the watch, which was directly behind the daughter, so he could not actually see it. (re:OP)

Do you think that some of these "extra senses" (see, you started this after all) that you were talking about in the other thread, would include one that enables us to see through other people or objects when hypnotized and told that we can do it ???
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I think he was a shill.

No matter how wonderful a modality may be, it cannot ignore the laws of physics.

The "extra senses" to me are more the ones that we have always had from the beginning of time but have covered-up with social conditioning. Like when animals can sense an earthquake before it happens or sense a "bad" person when they walk into a room. Animals haven't learned to use technology to do their feeling for them - they're still in a raw state, so they display all those old-time reflexes.
 
Gael said:
I think they certainly have benefit for theraputic uses such as helping stop smoking, deal with phobias, etc. For me, I can't be hypnotized. I have too strong a will to relinguish the control panel.:eek:hwell:
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Me too. Years ago I took part in a hypnotism show and although I was supposed to be under, I kept thinking "I don't feel hypnotised". That probably doesn't mean anything because I'm sure everyone else felt the same and they certainly were because of what they later did. However, when he approached me and said that he was going to stick me with a pin and it would not hurt, my mind said "Oh Yeah?", and sure enough it hurt and I protested.

Hubby did have hypnotherapy with a psychologist when he was suffering from anxiety attacks and he learnt some self hypnosis (autosuggestion) techniques that were very beneficial. I think I could surrender for such a purpose.
 
Warrigal said:
Me too. Years ago I took part in a hypnotism show and although I was supposed to be under, I kept thinking "I don't feel hypnotised". That probably doesn't mean anything because I'm sure everyone else felt the same and they certainly were because of what they later did. However, when he approached me and said that he was going to stick me with a pin and it would not hurt, my mind said "Oh Yeah?", and sure enough it hurt and I protested.

Hubby did have hypnotherapy with a psychologist when he was suffering from anxiety attacks and he learnt some self hypnosis (autosuggestion) techniques that were very beneficial. I think I could surrender for such a purpose.
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I couldn't even let go of my will when I was in a therapy session. Now, the stage hypnotism scenario is certainly not one in which you can expect the best results. But when you are with a therapist in a quiet, office setting and you still can't relinguish the reins then forget it.:awman:
 
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