If you were hypnotized, would/could you know it, at the time? How?

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Also, what should one do, if you suspect that someone else (or many people) are hypnotized to their detriment?

Answer 1

If you were hypnotized, would you know it while it was happening? That is questionable. How aware are you of your own state of consciousness right now? If it was changed or altered, would you recognize it? The main thing is where is your attention focused at the moment....is it focused inside (your own inner-thoughts, imagination, dreams, ideals, etc.) or is it focused outside (your environment, the people around you, the sounds, the sights, the feelings, etc.)? Everyone is constantly shifting from inside awareness to outside awareness, and both at the same time, too. A hypnotic induction usually involves getting a person focused inwardly with the use of questions, stories, and other techniques. So, if a person seems to be trying to get you to answer questions about the way you experience the world, or your memories, etc., then perhaps they are trying to hypnotize you. However, you should be aware that hypnosis is always present in every conversation to some degree of another, and everyone is always in trance, it's just a matter of whose trance you're in, where and when. Because hypnosis is about altering states of consciousness, so I hope that makes sense to you. Not everyone who asks you a question, or tells you a story, of uses a certain kind of tone is a hypnotist....these things are in life....they are a natural part of the communication process and cannot be avoided. So, just observe people and you'll be able to distinguish what people's intentions are.


Anyone can be hypnotized, with or without their consent. In fact, you can hypnotize a person during the course of a "normal" conversation with their eyes wide open. I don't know if you are familiar with the techniques of hypnosis, or what your experiences with the subject may be. But it is VERY EASY to hypnotize a person. Here are the warning signs that someone may be trying to play with your states of consciousness:
1. They use a lot of ambiguities. (e.g., Scope, Syntactic, Phonological, and/or Punctuation) A good hypnotist will weave these levels together.
2. They drop their voice tone and/or pause slightly to highlight embedded directives. Although, a really good hypnotist has masterful control over his voice, and his drops in tone will be barely audible to all but the trained ear. Your unconscious will hear it, but you won't. Also, embedded structures can be delivered with the use of other Analogical markings, such as Gestures, Facial Expressions, etc.
3. They touch you to anchor the states they've created. There are better ways to anchor. I anchor spatially and phonologically most of the time, but kinesthetic anchors work just as well.
4. The theme of the conversation will tend to be directed towards open-ended questions, and broad topics. Questions are a great way to begin an induction, because afterall, the more information you provide the easier it is to induce you. Some of these question will start out with "Have you ever....," Can you....," and will usually be designed to elicit information about how you experience the world around you, memories of past experiences, and so on.
5. They will pace your breathing, posture, gestures, tonality, rate of speech, beliefs, and the ongoing situation. Pace, pace, lead, lead, lead. They build rapport, then test rapport. For example, let's say I have been pacing you....when I want to test it....I just smile....if you smile when I smile I'm leading now. It can be a gesture, or just about anything to test rapport. They must get rapport, and KEEP RAPPORT. The unconscious likes what is the same, but learns by noticing what is different. Remember this.
6. They will tell lots of stories. Stories about their childhood, their memories, what they watched on TV last night, and just about anything they can to get you distracted from what they're really doing. Listen to the voice tones, the pauses, the ambiguities they place within this overall FORM. Ignore the content. The FORM of their communication is what carries the unconscious meaning. The conscious mind focuses on content (e.g., facts, figures, names, etc.) and the unconscious focuses on form (e.g., tonality, gestures, rate of speech, pauses, ambiguities, etc.) and a hypnotist must use both to hypnotize you. Simply put, it is distraction of one hemisphere of the mind so that we can utilize the other hemisphere.

There are alot of things you can do to make their job harder, but I promise you that unless you shut your mouth and your ears YOU WILL BE HYPNOTIZED, because it is simply a matter of utilizing information as it is presented to you. I have hypnotized people who said they would never be hypnotized, even said they were not hypnotizable. I have induced involuntary responses of all kinds, from amnesia to goose bumps to the deminishing of pain...such as headache, etc. I want to become so good at it that I can get spontaneous remission of cancer!

If suspect someone is hypnotized, and it is to their own detriment, then maybe you should seek out a professional hypnotist to undo the damage. If that's possible, since a good hypnotist will anticipate and future pace his work against future interferences from friends, and other strong kinesthetic, auditory, visual, and emotional anchors.

If you want to know more about the subject, and even become a Master of it yourself....email me for a list of books that I have found very useful. Most of them are under $50.00, but there are a few that price around $600- $1,500. Also, I've had some professional training, which is available to anyone who can afford it....I can list these resources for you as well. What I have listed above is just a few of the basic skills, not an exhaustive list of possible induction techniques by any means. Read up. Do some research.

Answer 2

Sure, people are hypnotized every day while they watch the TV. It's not too hard to figure out how to cause someone to go into a suggestive mode...Sometimes you don't know it (if the hypnotist has poor ethics) or, you may have a therapist who will tell you that you will remember everything that is happening during the hypnosis session. Personally, I don't allow anyone to hypnotize me. Someone tried to hypnotize me without my permission once, and I opted out of the session. There are fine lines between mind control and someone who is really wanting to help. Who is to say what the "client" really "needs or wants" in the post hypnotic suggestion. It can uncover some deep -seated trauma...Sure, people are hypnotized every day while they watch the TV. It's not too hard to figure out how to cause someone to go into a suggestive mode...

Answer 3

Forgetting approximately your husband's affair could the be the worst factor so that you can do. Yes, you would often get hypnotized to put out of your mind (if one of these factor fairly does paintings) however that could rationale extra harm than something. Forgiveness is vital, however forgetting is dangerous. It could supply him a hazard to cheat on you in every single place once more, which isn't whatever you desire. What you each want is marriage counseling and pronto.

Answer 4

if u were hypnotized you would not know. and people who are hypnotized to their detriment should be ignored 'cos you need to know the magic word or action ( snap of finger or a clap ) to get them out of hypnosis

Answer 5

IT IS NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE SEE ON TV. I AM A HYPNOTHERAPIST MYSELF. NO ONE CAN BE HYPNOTIZED AGAINST THEIR WILL. THEY MUST BE IN AGREEMENT WITH WHATEVER THEY ARE BEING HYPNOTIZED FOR. ALSO, DURING THE WHOLE PROCESS YOU ARE FULLY AWARE OF EVERYTHING GOING ON.
AS FAR AS ANYONE BEING HYPNOTIZED TO THEIR DETRIMENT, I WOULD NOT CALL THAT HYPNOTISM, THAT WOULD BE MORE DOWN THE LINES OF "BRAIN-WASHING".

Answer 6

I would never submit voluntarily to hypnosis. I also suspect everyone of having a hidden agenda and would never trust anyone. It is a mind set of Independence that works for me and I see no reason to change that or have anyone change it for me.

My antennae is fine tuned to pick up on that kind of B/S and the would be exponent of it, where I am concerned, would incur my displeasure.

Answer 7

I am un-hypnotizable.