Master Flow
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Your opinion about them.
Have you been hypnotized professionally?
Does it work/ your experience?
Have you been hypnotized professionally?
Does it work/ your experience?
Hypnotists
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LuckyR
Legend
My understanding is that anyone who has ever cried at a movie has been hypnotized.
ollinger
G.O.A.T.
I've been doing hypnosis for about 25 years, trained by Dr. Martin Orne's group at U. of Penn. Does it work? Yes, if one is hypnotizable; about half of adults are hypnotizable, maybe 25 percent very hypnotizable (children tend to be far more hypnotizable). I use it mostly for anxiety and habit cessation. I once dealt with a guy who was extremely hypnotizable (there are a couple of standard ways to determine how hypnotizable a person is) and who was having violent nausea when he had chemotherapy. I taught him self-hypnosis and he was able to completely eliminate all the nausea. (And no, crying at a movie would not be an example of hypnosis.)
ollinger
G.O.A.T.
You can make someone cluck like a chicken if they're willing to. One can't hypnotize someone to do something they are utterly unwilling to do; that only happens in movies. Stage hypnotists are very good at picking demonstrative extroverted people out of the audience, people you could simply ask to cluck like a chicken and they'd do it anyway.
A clinical hypnotist once hypnotized someone I knew to forget that the number "6" exists. He had the guy count the fingers on each hand....1-2-3-4-5 each time....and add them up.....10. He then had him count all the fingers together.....1-2-3-4-5-7-8-9-10-11. The subject was completely baffled.
A clinical hypnotist once hypnotized someone I knew to forget that the number "6" exists. He had the guy count the fingers on each hand....1-2-3-4-5 each time....and add them up.....10. He then had him count all the fingers together.....1-2-3-4-5-7-8-9-10-11. The subject was completely baffled.
malakas
Banned
thanx for explaining this ollinger,yes it's common misconception.Yeah,that above describes me a little.I have heard of hypnotism as a medical way to "cure" pain,insomnia,stress even bowel movements and weightloss.Do they hold true?I really don't know a lot about hypnotism,but may want to look into that in the future.
ollinger
G.O.A.T.
For problems that include pain or anxiety, it can be helpful if the subject is a good one. The most widely described clinical use is for anaesthesia in (very hypnotizable) children needing dental or surgical procedures. Data for smoking cessation show that the one-shot deals don't work very well....useful only if the subject does a brief daily self-hypnosis. I don't know that it "cures" anything but can certainly alter the perception of symptoms.
Master Flow
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Okay a few last questions...
Mainly i will be dealing w/ anxiety problems (more like attacks) that wont let me play at my full potential...tennis of course.
1)will this help
2)what is the defference between a sport psycholost and a hypnotist
3)which would you say i should go to
I thank you all for your feedback you have been very helpful
Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
A few years ago, a friend told me about a strange night where he thinks he was hypnotized. He met a really beautiful young woman at a club in Stockholm one night and she asked to meet him at a bar the next evening.
That evening, they had a few drinks and then she insisted that she buys the next round. A little later, she asked him to play a game where he holds her hands, looks into her eyes and counts backwards by three from one-hundred.
The next thing he remembers is a friend coming up to talk. When they left the bar, he felt light on his feet, the lights looked strange and he didn't feel right. He said he had only had a few beers and the sensation was very different from being drunk. He thinks his drink was spiked.
In the morning, he thought he remembered giving her credit card numbers and personal information before his friend came by. It's a very strange story, but he is convinced that he was hypnotized.
Hypnotic induction involves trust and distracting or "putting to sleep" the alert part of the mind, and then engaging the part of the mind involved in daydreams. This is my understanding based on my very limited knowledge from a college class.
Ollinger, you said someone will not do anything they do not want to under hypnosis. I have heard hypnosis is like alcohol in that it removes inhibitions and judgement. If someone has a strong desire to please the person that induced hypnosis, might that person show bad judgement like my friend believes he did in giving financial information? Incidentally, he was so concerned that he notified his banks.
That evening, they had a few drinks and then she insisted that she buys the next round. A little later, she asked him to play a game where he holds her hands, looks into her eyes and counts backwards by three from one-hundred.
The next thing he remembers is a friend coming up to talk. When they left the bar, he felt light on his feet, the lights looked strange and he didn't feel right. He said he had only had a few beers and the sensation was very different from being drunk. He thinks his drink was spiked.
In the morning, he thought he remembered giving her credit card numbers and personal information before his friend came by. It's a very strange story, but he is convinced that he was hypnotized.
Hypnotic induction involves trust and distracting or "putting to sleep" the alert part of the mind, and then engaging the part of the mind involved in daydreams. This is my understanding based on my very limited knowledge from a college class.
Ollinger, you said someone will not do anything they do not want to under hypnosis. I have heard hypnosis is like alcohol in that it removes inhibitions and judgement. If someone has a strong desire to please the person that induced hypnosis, might that person show bad judgement like my friend believes he did in giving financial information? Incidentally, he was so concerned that he notified his banks.
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ollinger
G.O.A.T.
Your friend might very well have been hypnotized. Again, the whole situation would have had to be one he was not especially opposed to (and it sure sounds like he was willing to go along). The credit card number thing sounds odd; maybe it was implied that it would "move the evening along" and he was good to go.
In most states, one has to have very specific credentials in order to call oneself a psychologist. There are no criteria for calling oneself a hypnotist, and no recognized minimum level of training or standards. There are several organizations that will issue certificates to someone who calls himself a hypnotist but a psychologist friend told me you basically send the check and they send the certificate. I'm a psychiatrist and only use hypnosis infrequently; I don't call myself a hypnotist.
In most states, one has to have very specific credentials in order to call oneself a psychologist. There are no criteria for calling oneself a hypnotist, and no recognized minimum level of training or standards. There are several organizations that will issue certificates to someone who calls himself a hypnotist but a psychologist friend told me you basically send the check and they send the certificate. I'm a psychiatrist and only use hypnosis infrequently; I don't call myself a hypnotist.
I have had 2 experiences with this. I quit smoking after 18 years with hypnosis. I walked out, after and hour and half, feeling like I hadn't smoked in a decade. I haven't picked one up since, which has been 3 years. I have to say, I'm not sure if the hypnosis made me quit smoking or if it gave me sense of empowerment in my will-power, but whatever, it totally worked.
I also used a technique called "hypno-birthing" for labor. That was an amazing experience. Four days of labor, with no drugs, and a feeling of complete control. I had a 9 lbs., 2 foot-long baby without even screaming once.
I do really believe in hypnosis. It's not at all like on TV, I was awake and alert, but relaxed for both experiences. I would've never done anything I didn't want to do. The trick, I believe, is going into it with an open mind and really wanting it to work.
Hypnosis does really work for pain-management, breaking bad habits, overeating, insomnia, anxiety, and maybe one day, making men more romantic...
I also used a technique called "hypno-birthing" for labor. That was an amazing experience. Four days of labor, with no drugs, and a feeling of complete control. I had a 9 lbs., 2 foot-long baby without even screaming once.
I do really believe in hypnosis. It's not at all like on TV, I was awake and alert, but relaxed for both experiences. I would've never done anything I didn't want to do. The trick, I believe, is going into it with an open mind and really wanting it to work.
Hypnosis does really work for pain-management, breaking bad habits, overeating, insomnia, anxiety, and maybe one day, making men more romantic...
