'What is Hypnosis?'

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Hypnosis is a psychological condition in which some people may be induced to show various differences in behaviour and thinking. ~ Although some individuals experience an increase in suggestibility and subjective feelings of an 'altered state of consciousness', this is not true for everyone. ~ In fact, some supposed hypnotic indicators and subjective changes can be achieved without relaxation or a lengthy induction, a fact that increases the controversy around hypnosis. Contents [hide] * 1 History * 2 Definitions o 2.1 More Popular Definitions + 2.1.1 American Psychological Association + 2.1.2 Gil Boyne + 2.1.3 Michael Yapko + 2.1.4 Dave Elman o 2.2 Lesser Known Definitions + 2.2.1 Alpha and Theta state theories + 2.2.2 T.X. ~ Barber + 2.2.3 Harry Cannon + 2.2.4 Joe Griffin * 3 Theories o 3.1 Dissociation and neodissociation theories o 3.2 Social constructionism / Role-playing theory o 3.3 Nicholas Spanos Hypnothesis o 3.4 Neuropsychological theory of hypnosis o 3.5 Hypnosis as a conditioned process leading to sleep o 3.6 Hyper–suggestibility theory o 3.7 Informational theory o 3.8 A state of hysteria * 4 Research on Hypnosis * 5 Hypnosis Methodologies and Effects o 5.1 General methods o 5.2 General effects + 5.2.1 Focused attention + 5.2.2 Suggestibility + 5.2.3 Judgment + 5.2.4 Abreaction * 6 Hypnosis applications o 6.1 Hypnotherapy o 6.2 Clinical hypnosis o 6.3 Self-hypnosis o 6.4 Dental application o 6.5 Obstetric application (painless childbirth) o 6.6 Forensic application o 6.7 Mass application o 6.8 Stage application o 6.9 Indirect application o 6.10 Objective Signs of the Hypnotic State: Breuer's Absent Pupillary Reflex Sign * 7 Professional associations and governmental authorities * 8 Applications o 8.1 Medical * 9 Popular culture o 9.1 Hypnosis and the judiciary system * 10 See also * 11 References o 11.1 Footnotes o 11.2 Books * 12 External links o 12.1 Professional associations o 12.2 Governmental authorities o 12.3 Historical sites Hypnosis

Comment #1 snowbird from The Frozen Tundra (Contact Member) -

My mother-inlaw got hypnotized when she was younger to cut down on her food intake. ~ She would only use small plates to put her food on instead of large dinner size plates. ~ It worked for awhile.

Comment #2 Milly from The Midwest (Contact Member) -

My sister was hypnotized to quit smoking and it worked! Then she decided to see if she smoked if it would break the so called "spell", and it did. ~ I have always wondered how that worked.

Comment #3 Steve T from Dorset, England, United Kingdom (Contact Member) -

Hypnosis is not a Spell! It is retraining your subconscious mind to alter emotions and actions you wish to change. (And so much more.)

It is the subconscious mind that controls our everyday actions and feelings that we do with out even thinking about them. Many of these are embedded into our subconscious by others and are not necessarily our own true actions. You were not born with these bad/negative emotions you pick them up as you travel through life.

I recommend hypnosis to anyone and everyone even though I was a skeptic myself not so long ago. Since using self hypnosis I have managed to change my life around for the better.

Comment #4 dustin (63.176.159.207) -

I was to Las Vegas last summer on vacation. While I was there i went to a hypnosis show at the Paris Hotel and Casino.. I volunteered to be in the show and get hypnotized. It worked! During the show he made us (7 other volunteers) do off the wall things.. It was a good show and at the end i bought the DVD of the show. It was hilarious! I cant believe i did those things!

Comment #5 Di-an (63.176.159.65) -

I've heard that hypnotism are also used by criminals to plunder large amounts of money to their fellowmen. I don't know if it's true but often hear some incidents where someone will ask you for a stupid deal and you will follow everything the culprit will say to you. And you will do these thing consciously and afterward you will realize that things you did and too late because you are already scammed by these cons.

Comment #6 Jeffrey (63.176.159.133) -

Yes. Di-an here is right. It is a popular and scheme in some parts of Asia (particularly the Philippines - not that I am insulting the international image of that country). According to my sister whose based on the oriental country, there is this secret organization who specialize in hypnotism as a mode to pull their deceiving scheme to rob out an establishment or a person. It is really disturbing, if you ask me that is why our parents always reminded us to never to talk to strangers.

Comment #7 Sean (63.176.159.110) -

I dn't know much about this subject but i have tried being hypnotised once at a festival they held in my town and it didn't work for me.

Comment #8 mandy (63.176.159.213) -

i would like to get hypnotized to quit smoking..

Comment #9 Dustin (63.176.159.89) -

Look up Anthony Cools online. He has DVDs to help quit smoking.

Comment #10 Zebedee (63.176.159.49) -

Woah! from hypnosis to smoking huh. Well, to get back to the topic, swaying away from these off topics and PR marketing. There are few "professionals" or hypnotists who can perfectly pull a hypnotism to their patients or their audience and what happened to Sean, is a failed case of hypnotism... maybe he was a fake. It is really hard to grasp especially when all in your mind those who come to the stage to get hypnotized are paid actors.

Comment #11 Jasper (63.176.159.1) -

Wow Jeffery that sounds crazy. Do you have more information about this hypnotism scheme to rob people?

Comment #12 Candy (63.176.159.224) -

I do not believe in this at all, I do not think that it is possible to take over someone else's mind.

Comment #13 Carlsmitson (63.176.159.226) -

I think I believe this to some degree because there are actual claims and reported cases where people do get renewed or has withdrawn from their vices thanks to it. Though usually hypnotism shows are just scripted let me tell you this, hypnotism is completely real.

Comment #14 Bill (63.176.159.95) -

I used to be hesitant about whether hypnotism worked or not. The only time you would see it done was in the cartoons and stuff. But I saw a hypnotism show just like Dustin, and now I seem pretty convinced. But luckily I wasn't a victim, I just laughed until my sides burst.

Comment #15 Sudah Wudah (63.176.159.43) -

I heard from a friend that not all people are susceptible to hypnotism. He said that in order to be successfully hypnotized, a person should be willing to undergo the hypnotism process. The "hypnotism" robbery scheme that you probably say might be a more complex type of deception and power of suggestion. Or he could be wrong that everyone can be subjected to hypnotism even if the person is not that willing.

Comment #16 pale-o from around the world (63.176.159.215) -

Unfortunately the information on hypnosis above is not exhaustive. IS hypnosis some kind of induced pattern of behavior? You somehow leave your habits and never go back to them?

Comment #17 Raymond (63.176.159.173) -

Anybody can be hypnotized. It is an entry ticket into our consciousness, and into the control room, where the buttons are. Once inside the hypnotist can do many things, good and bad. I am convinced that no one can be induced through hypnosis to violate his/her moral code. But, I´m not sure.

Comment #18 moy (63.176.159.24) -

I also have heard that people get hypnotized but I never believed that this could ever happen to anybody. It is some sort of induced alteration of your conscious self and you end up doing things, not necessarily in a bad manner but in a way that tends to push it to the extremes.

I agree that indeed not everyone can be hypnotized. Otherwise it would lead to catastrophic outcomes.

Comment #19 Johnas (63.176.159.135) -

I've stumbled upon those self-improvement audio books on the net which promise (well what else) to improve one's psyche and personality through a series of self-improving hypnosis through the audiobooks they have provided. Well, I've tried to download one and after some minute after listening to a hypnotic voice, nothing happened. Well, I wanted to be hypnotized and for me to improve myself but it can't seem to work, and that is what I am wondering.

Comment #20 Eve (63.176.159.146) -

Hypnosis is a serious thing that I respect very much, but I do not believe is all that it is cracked up to be. I think that many are simply caught in the mind frame of it all knowing that someone is actually doing such a thing to them, causing their minds, as well as their emotions, to be lost in the fray.

Comment #21 Eve (63.176.159.227) -

Some people, however, claim to have no memory whatsoever of what has happened while they had been under the hypnosis. Maybe it is a sincere craft after all.

Comment #22 Eve (63.176.159.193) -

I can safely say that I for one, have never been hypnotized, not in all of my life on the face of the earth. Unless I still am, and probably just do not even realize it. The power of such a thing is unknown to the average being.

Comment #23 Lisa from Oklahoma City (Contact Member) -

"You watch TV?"

Do you watch TV? Have you watched TV? Then you have been and still are hypnotized! Suckers!

Comment #24 Lynne (63.176.159.143) -

Well, do not tell me that you haven't watch television all your life Lisa. If you think that people in this forum are suckers then how do you want us to address you?

You know what, you are lucky, to think that the people joining this forum are well educated and nice persons, i think they will not address you with such names.

Good luck and have a very nice day.

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