Question by xenolthcaspianxi: I’m curious about hypnosis… yet nothing seems to work?
I’m curious about hypnosis… I just want to know what it feels like to lose control and have my hands stuck together or have a post-hypnotic suggestion. I’ve read some things people said about what it feels like… but I guess I want to experience it. I’ve also read about self-hypnosis, but I don’t think it’s the same thing as hypnosis (I don’t see how you lose control from yourself to yourself…)
I’ve watched several (5 or so) “self-hypnosis” videos on YouTube, but none of them worked. I tried — I really did. I put my full concentration into what the vids were telling me to do… I even convinced myself that I was hypnotized once until toward the end of the video the thought popped into my mind, “Will this guy ever stop talking?” At which point, I concluded that I was not in a trance. When one video said, “you cannot open your eyes. Try to open them”, I even psyched myself into believed that my eyes would get glued shut. To my disappointment, they popped wide open.
With that said, I know that I’m not unsuggestable because I’ve passed a suggestibility test (where you imagine that you have a balloon in one hand, rock in the other).
So, now I finally get around to asking my question. How can I experience what it’s like to be hypnotized? I’m just curious and want to know. I’m not going to pay to go to a hypnotherapost just for curiosity’s sake, and I’ve never been to a stage hypnotist show.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Perhaps, has anyone discovered a hypnosis for the hard-to-hypnotize video?
Best answer:
Answer by delux_version
As far as the self help hypnosis videos go, it’s true they are worthless. The ones that cost a bit are the ones that work. The thing you are failing at in relation to the outcome not being positive is 2 fold. 1) you are not buying into the hypnosis. and 2) you are not relying on the one thing that makes them work best. Repetition! My wife had a hypnotist help her lose weight. It didn’t work. He came back from the bathroom with a few wet spots on his pants and that was all she could think of. $ 250 down the drain. 20 years later she picks up a DVD /CD hypnosis on losing weight and 6 months later she is over 66 pounds lighter. What was the key? She believed it could work and she watched the video, and listened to the C/D repetitively. The video she watched 3 times, but, the audio she listens to once or twice a day, every day. This repetition is what ingrains the thought into her mind. So, if you want to succeed in whatever area you are trying the hypnosis in, remember to buy into it and repetition of the suggestions. If you want the name of the hypnotist e-mail me. My wife is at work but I can call her and get you the information and maybe even send you the audio somehow (kids are computer genius’s freaks me out what they can do)
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