The Science of Hypnosis
Hypnosis: that’s just a fun gimmick for stage shows and plot twists, right? Well, turns out there might be more to it.
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I think extroverts fall under hypnosis easier than introverts just a theory that i will most likely not be credited for.
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This video needs updating.
I’m a certified master hypnotist, and I found quite a few poor generalizations and outright errors:
The effects of hypnosis depend on the depth of trance. The deeper the trance, the more profound the effect. The state is most like what we call hypnogogic and hypnopompic states. Subjects find their ability to judge and analyze has been severely reduced, often to a point similar to their age at their first conscious memories. That makes them more suggestible, as you would experience with a 3- or 4-year-old. They won’t do anything that will indirectly harm themselves, change their self-identification, nor change any of their primary relationships. There are several induction techniques beyond eye fixation — some involve confusing the subject or surprising them. The hypnotized subject seems to like to play games and will follow the suggestions of someone they trust. Their logical skills are also diminished, so it is often possible to tie two action causally that actually have little or no causal link. Hypnotic suggestions require refreshing in all but the deepest subjects, which can be more trance work, more opportunities to experience the new thought or behavior, or some combination. Deeper subjects tend to be those with more experience responding positively to authority (for example, soldiers, dancers), those who spend a lot of time thinking creatively (artists, teachers), and people who have deeper or more frequent REM cycles when they sleep. This latter factor is how stage hypnotists check instantly for susceptibility to suggestion: by having the subject look up and noting how much of the white of the eye is exposed below the iris (their eye muscles are theoretically more developed from spending more time in REM or similar meditative states). In deeper trance, memories can be easily repressed or planted (even of one’s own name), sensory experiences can be evoked on command, and profound physiological changes to the skin, nervous system, gastrointestinal system, and immune system are also possible. Yes, hypnosis sometimes incorporates psychological techniques, but it doesn’t depend on them to create behavioral change, and hypnotherapists often help people quit smoking, lose weight, manage pain, overcome fears/phobias, ease skin disorders like eczema and psoriasis and warts, reduce burn trauma, increase medication adherence, and many other amazing effects among the new crop of medical hypnotherapists.
It worked I watched the whole video
Universal.org
This was really great. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been drawn to the subject of hypnosis, I find it really fascinating. Thinking of writing a story with it
Excellent.
The jibberish test just gave them more practice at ignoring what the word said. Nothing to do with hypnosis. Bs studies.
This was very informative but the speaking pace was much too fast to consume it all, slow down the speaking!!!
I just want to hypnosis myself to forget covid
I’m highly hypnotizable. It’s honestly pretty great – I can use hypnosis videos to change my behavior somewhat and I’m fairly good at meditation, which feels similar. I’ve always considered writing a story with hypnosis, since so many stories get it kind of wrong.
If you not hypnotized me I’m watching this video till the end anyway
Lets use this to forget racism 🙂 🙂 🙂
some contest the soul effectiveness of hypnosis stating is sociologically rooted – thus supersticious or religious ppl shall be subjected and sceptics not
i do not know
what i know for a fact – that rhythm (a regular repetitive pattern) does have effect of eferybody
be that ticking of a clock
cradle
a certain kind of walk, dance
drums
or upbeat energising music
and thats a fact
So… it won’t work on people with ADHD?
Hypnosis is both mental physical ,and spiritual. You’d do well to avoid this activity. If you let yourself be hypnotized ,you are submitting your will to another, and you will be be receiving whatever demons your hypnotist has in him. It’s witchcraft defined as science. SEEK GOD’S HELP INSTEAD !!!
this is kind of not true, your concept aren’t real im a hypnotist
Good video and information. Well worth the watch.
4:00 I literally have adhd lol
Never works on me, I have the attention span of Donald trump.
YO, I COULD FORGET GOOD FILMS/GAMES TO REEXPERIENCE THEM??
Anyone who stops watching just because you were told to watch till the end is the personality type who hypnosis wouldn’t work on
To me, hypnosis is just cheat codes to rewriting someones brain
Jeez, that pocket watch trope is freaking awesome
Would it be possible to use hypnosis to fix a lisp?
I was so tempted not to watch the video after he said you’re gonna watch the whole video
Franz Mesmer was onto something
That stuff can never work on me. Tried it for gags and stuff… I do not trust anyone and cannot make myself vulnerable, so this stuff has no effect on me. Now if you want me to PRETEND that I am hypnotized, I can do that… But one eye will always be half open and looking for potential threats.
I thought hypnosis was a sham! I was suffering from a chronic headache so I was trying everything! I had my doubts about the therapeutic effect of hypnosis! I had a life changing out of body experience. While it was not helpful in resolving my headaches, I will never forget how effective it was in visualization.
does hypnosis has a long term effect?
"when I snap my finger, you will watch this whole video" ***SNAPS FINGERS THEN PROCEED TO COMMENT ABOUT CLOSING VIDEO***
You can try the Stroop Test (5:46) on Johanna Dinsdale’s channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XpUo67Vlgk&t=38s
I want to watch this video but I don’t at the same time my science teacher showed to many of these
I tried it for the first time 3 days ago and it totally worked. For me, it was more powerful than is even described in this video. there’s no way there was a placebo affect, I’m the most skeptical person ever.
I took a class some years back with a Calvin D. Banyon, at his facilities in Texas. During the training he diagrammed the mind showing the conscious, subconscious, and unconscious areas. The subconscious is where we "store" all the "data" we see, hear, or experience in our lives. From this data we derive our habits, beliefs, and emotions. The unconscious mind "believes" these emotions, and turns them into "feelings." While reading many of these comments, one can count the number of times people "wish" change their feelings, habits, and emotional reactions "changed" through hypnosis..!! Hoping to help with "happier" lives for all..!!
I wanted to watch the whole video but you challenged me in the started so I had to prove you wrong
Can someone tell me what happens ?
Okay. I consider myself a pretty open guy.
But this sounds SOOO much like woodoo.
Is there ANY evidence that it is more than just suggestive talking mixed with some pschological way to relax you?
Because I do not believe in this and would probably be one of those "uneffected" but that is the point I have trouble with.
Usually this is exactly the way out for pseudo science.
"Oh gods miracles just don’t work on you, because you do not believe (hard enough)!"
There shouldn’t be people that are uneffected.
And honestly I’d feel like a moron trying it… simply for even allowing such a ridicoulus thought like hypnosis.
It’s like… yeah if there is a scientific explanation… sure. But… as far as I can tell, it’s not science, it is just observations. And those can be made with every shady pseudo crap, if you just want it to be.
The military calls it MK-Ultra. It’s used for psyops. Very effective.
Thank you for the inspiration, your team, and to look at life from a better perspective of monitoring the brain
Thanks
Clinical Hypnosis begins by getting people into the BETA State and then moving then from there to THETA. the combination creates a hypnotic reaction in many people..not all.. Stage Hypnosis has more to do with theories in Group Dynamics (expectations and playing along).
I was brainwashed with hidden audio equipment. I focused on the aggression toward me as if on a stage and relaxed when they spoke more reasonably. This was done while trying to sleep and it wouldn’t stop talking, to me, about me, referring me, my family, etc. So I had to live with stalkers. It was so intense that night that I can’t remember everything said but I anticipated something. They slandered me as I asked for help or told people what’s happening. Except, these people were pretending to have overheard incriminating things and thus became public. How they do this with my personality and string everyone along to believe their portrait. I’m a killer now, in sense that my soul has been taken. I’m not sure what’s in store for me.
People are spreading the same bs on what hypnosis is. There is a state where a person can be made to do things outside of their own will. This is the passive state. This is reached not through alert rest (like meditation) but through exhaustion and sleepiness. This exhausted state can be reached either through overwork or stress. That is what too much focus can do. It stresses the body to exhaustion and to a passive state of suggestibility.
whos here after watching "the mentalist"? really got curious about hypnosis, maybe im gonna take a session at some point.
A very nice video which explains the objective in a creative way.
Dude, slow down…I’m exhausted listening to you. Your message will be more effective with a few pauses.
Found this really late, lol. This is a fantastic video and you do a really great job of describing some of the key points of hypnosis and its practical applications. Personally, I just like to entertain but I think of entertainment with hypnosis as a way of getting peoples attention and letting them know that the practical applications exists and are available. I should just show this video to anyone I’m going to hypnotize in the future.
i found hypnosis traumatic to my ptsd, personally. my therapist sucked. all she did was not treat my ptsd and make me worse, lol.