the study or practice of hypnosis.
Questions tagged [hypnotism]
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Can John Morgan use hypnosis to cause people to quit smoking or lose weight?
John Morgan Seminars claim to be able to do two things via hypnosis:
Cause someone to quit smoking forever (the radio commercial indicates usefulness for those smoking 3+ packs a day)
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Cause someone to lose weight and keep it off permanently…
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Has hypnotism been used to enhance memory?
Has hypnotism been used to enhance memory?
For example if I go to my friend's house, I may forget it's details like how many steps does there have or what color was it's door!
This is my conscious mind.
But as I hear, these details stored in the…
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Can hypnosis increase breast size?
Dr Mark Griffiths Blog
Also in 1977, Dr. Richard Willard published a study in the American
Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. Using a slightly different technique to
the previously published studies with a sample of 22 women (aged 19 to
54 years),…
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Is listening to hypnosis tracks dangerous while driving?
I've been listening to hypnosis tracks on spotify recently. Example (warning: Spotify).
Almost all of these tracks start with a disclaimer telling you not to listen to the track while driving or operating heavy machinery.
Is there any evidence…
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Is it possible to recall pre-birth memories via hypnosis?
In a TV show a hypnotist told stories that how he hypnotised some people and took them back in past (usual method in psychology), and he kept doing it till they reach their time of birth. After going more backward, the person jumped back in time…
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Can water buffalo be hypnotized as depicted in Crocodile Dundee (1986)?
In the fictional movie Crocodile Dundee (1986), the character Mick Dundee is seen "hypnotizing" a water buffalo with hand movements.
Is this possible in real life?
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Can Chris Jones cause positive hallucinations and put people to sleep through the power of hypnosis?
Chris Jones styles himself as a comedy hypnotist. In this video on his official website, he puts a man to sleep within seconds by waving the person's finger in front of his face.
Recently, this official video claims to show Howie Mandel being…
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Can hypnosis make things subjectively disappear?
In his book, The Holographic Universe, Michael Talbot describes how Tom was standing next to his daughter when receiving the hypnotic suggestion that she is no longer visible to him. Then, according to Talbot:
Tom could no longer see his daughter,…
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Can hypnotherapy help focus/productivity
I've always been a bit intrigued by hypnotherapy. I'd like to be more productive and more focused. I find in short bursts I can be extremely focused and get a lot done and other times I can find it hard to stop my mind from wandering and waste…
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Can this drug make "zombies" out of people in the sense they will do whatever they are told?
From here the drug referred to as Devil's breath "renders a person incapable of exercising free will". In the video at 3:27 one person claims people under the influence are completely susceptible to suggestion and would do things like write a person…
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Is "instant" hypnotism possible?
Possible Duplicate:
Does an Erikson handshake induction induce a cataleptic trance?
Is "instant" hypnotism possible? Derren Brown apparently hypnotises with just a single touch to the neck and eyes. The subject then appears to be able to walk in…
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Can hypnosis drastically modify someone's behavior?
A French TV program (Stars sous hypnose) shows celebrities who are hypnotized by an (apparently) famous hypnotizer (Mesmer).
They then proceed to do incredible things (believing to be vampires, forgetting the number 7, ...).
This looks very much…
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Does Steve G. Jones have the title "Dr"?
My friend posted a screenshot of this cooky ad on his Facebook feed:
(larger version)
When someone uses phrases like "astral projection", "astral planes", "transcendence", etc., it makes me highly skeptical they have a legitimate claim to the…
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Was the Mayo clinic one of the safest due to hypnotic anaesthesia in its early days?
The prestigious Mayo Clinic resulted from the results of hypnotic anesthesia trance. A nurse named “Alice Magaw” was the nurse-anesthetist who assisted at all of the Mayo Brothers surgical procedures. At the time, the death rate from incorrect…
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