To what extent can a person be hypnotized?
July 28th, 2011
I have seen stage performers hypnotize people (friends) and I have seen people who have been hypnotized to stop smoking, alcoholics to become sick after drinking even a drop of liquor/beer, and people who have hypnotic regression done to remember something that they have psychological block on, I have even experience road hypnosis while driving. But I consider that one extreme boredom mixed with exhaustion.
But really just how far can a person be hypnotized?
Is this something that is truly a “power” that some people have over others, or is it meanly people falling to the power of suggestion?
If it is a skill/technique that people have how do they learn to do it?
How far can a person be placed under hypnotic suggestion? Can you get someone to do something that is completely out of their nature; for instance, have an introverted person stand infront of a crowed room and moon everyone while whistling ode to joy. Or having a person who is afraid of birds to let a giant golden eagle to sit on the shoulder?
Does anyone have experience with hypnotism, either clinically (meaning a psychiatrist or other mental health professional hypnotized you) or through some other means. What was your experience did you feel like you wear really hypnotized, did you remember it, what was your experience?
Thank you for your answers, I am seriously curious about this so please give serious answers. Again thank you.
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I think that a person can go as far as they choose if they are willing in their minds to be lead by a hypnotist.
I saw a hypnotherapist recently to get over my phobia of flying. She told me right from the beginning that these stage hypnotists you see are fake…. You are completely aware of what is going on aroud you while you’re in hypnosis.
I had 6 sessions and could remember each one of them. It’s basically just you’re in a state of massive relaxation and while the mind is that relaxed, it takes in suggestions easier than if you were stressed or fully awake.
It is definately power of suggestion.
I had this awful phobia of flying….. couldn’t even look at a plane in the sky, had nightmares 3-4 times a week about plane crashes, panic attacks just thinking about flying, then I had the sessions and I went on holiday on June 9th this year, and had not even a flutter of fear!
I was once a subject in a stage performance in Las Vegas some 15 years ago. I can tell you that the performing hypnotist, Marshall Sylver, was NOT a fake. In fact, any clinical hypnotist who says so probably hasn’t tried to hypnotize a dozen subjects at a time before an audience, and thus doesn’t understand the artistry involved.
A quick web search reveals that Marshall has been performing “hypnosis-based self-help seminars”. The results are mixed, and I think he was far better as a stage performer than as a con artist. Alas, power corrupts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUm1Eks10Rg
The depth to which one can be hypnotized depends a great deal on ones trust of the hypnotist. Some persons make excellent subjects (I had such a good time “following suggestions” that I was asked after the show if I could come back the following night), others have “issues” about trusting other people and therefore do not make good subjects.
Yes. If an introverted person can trust the hypnotist enough, then he/she could surely moon an audience while whistling “Ode to Joy,” provided he/she already knows how to whistle and has a desire to overcome his/her shyness .
You cannot be hypnotized if you do not want to be hypnotized. However, studies have shown that approximately 15% of the population can be hypnotized very easily, 15% are unhypnotizable, while the remaining 70% fall in between.
Now what makes this research interesting is that it overthrows a popular misconception, because it shows that the more creative and intelligent a person is, the easier it is to hypnotize them. And here the key word is “easier” because those who fall in between these two extremes can still be hypnotized. It just takes more work on the part of the hypnotist.
The other interesting thing is that the ability to enter into a state of hypnosis is like a muscle. The more you train and work on accessing this state, the deeper you will go.
Now the only real way to know for certain how deep you can go into trance is to book an appointment with a hypnotist who has the right background and training to deal with your specific concerns.
If you can answer yes to some of the following questions, you will most likely be able to benefit from hypnosis, as long as any fears and concerns you have are adequately addressed before the session:
- Are you intelligent and creative?
- Do you have a good imagination? Can you close your eyes and conjure up the fragrance of a rose, or recall what it feels like to have the sun shinning on your skin, or see an image of a loved one’s face.
- Have you ever gotten so absorbed in what you were doing that you lost track of time or felt as if you were somewhere else?
- Have you ever gotten so absorbed in a movie, television show, or novel, that it was as if you were part of what was going on? Perhaps tensing up and clenching your jaw when the plot grows more suspenseful, or feeling sad when a good character dies.
- Do you play any musical instruments, like to write, or have any artistic training?
- Have you ever achieved good results from relaxation exercises such as yoga, t’ai chi or meditation?
- Have you ever felt as if you were ‘stung’ by someone’s words? Do you daydream or catastrophize? Perhaps imaging what you would do and how you feel if you won the lottery; or imagining the worst when a loved one is late.
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