2006-09-15 23:29:40 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I was hypnotized for Psychology class in college. We were put in a dim lit room. We were told quite a few instructions starting with find a focal point and focus on while relaxing your eyes etc etc. We went through a series of tests. There are certain things these tests will do to your brain make you percieve certain things, ex. they tell you that you have a brick in it and a feather in the other(when you really don't) and the one supposedly with the brick i supposed to feel heavier. Once they told us this me, along with many others felt it, and our hands slipped slowly down as if we were really holding a brick. It worked on me, but I felt that I could have diverted my mind somewhere else to stop the mind hallucination, as did the others.
Much like the "Magic Eye" images. You can see the 3-D image if you relax your eyes and want to see the image, but if you don't focus in a certain way, you won't see it.
It's really hard to explain, but that's about the best i can do.
2006-09-15 23:33:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are several types of hypnosis, I have both been and have hypnotized others and the best way to explain it in my opinion is that you are aware of your surroundings and are in a relaxed almost dream-like state, but you may make conscious choice in most of the states, like when you first wake up and you remember your drreams vividly and yet you can still walk to the bathroom while in limbo. Just be cautios of who you let start playing around inside your mind, make sure they are ethical is you get hypnotized by them.
2006-09-16 07:43:02 · answer #2 · answered by TriDad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw a video of my co-worker who got hypnotized during a Magic Act. It was funny as Hell. They got it all on tape and were showing it to us one night during a sleep-over.
They had a fake glass of water and she went and took it away from the other person also hypnotized making the other hypnotized girl on stage start crying.
2006-09-16 06:37:52 · answer #3 · answered by Link of Hyrule 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was partially under, I don't like to not be in control.
I think preconceived ideas can resist the hypnosis.
There have been lots of studies done about this.
Check the net.
2006-09-16 06:39:12 · answer #4 · answered by Yellowstonedogs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and yes. But even though I knew, I still felt free to act silly, like do the hula or whatever.
2006-09-16 07:31:06 · answer #5 · answered by Ever Learn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and yes. It's relaxing until the real hypnotic suggestions start, then it's a little freaky.
2006-09-16 06:39:25 · answer #6 · answered by Amanda 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i knew it was being done cos i went to someone specifically for that purpose! it doesn't feel how you expect it to, you just soft of drift off and everything seems very far away. felt no different afterwards
2006-09-16 06:38:30 · answer #7 · answered by Kerri 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my GP taught me self hypnosis to control pain, i am fully aware of my surroundings all the time
2006-09-16 06:46:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was once. It felt a bit like being on acid.
2006-09-16 06:37:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had something better than hypnosis bull$hited by the FBI
2006-09-16 06:34:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋