Has anyone been through hypnosis?

[terrya]

Does it work?

I've never been hypnotized.

Terry

[Champ]

1. How do you know your not going through hypnosis

right now and not know it? I must post on DU. I must post on DU. lol j/k :P

No I never have and don't know if it works, I think it does.

[JohnKleeb]

4. you have to be willing to be hyponized

lesson lol I learned in psychology. Ive been sorta, my teacher did something and she said somethin was goin on with my eyes.

[mr_hat]

2. I was never hypnotized. Never.

[ronnykmarshall]

3. No, but I've hypnotized people on DU.

[judge_smales]

5. Yes. I have.

Yes, it works. There is some variability among individuals and their receptiveness to it though.

[amazona]

6. yes, it works but I tend to advise against it

It hurts my ego a bit to admit it, but I have not been able to get into a deep trance myself. In theory, the more intelligent you are and the more you have the power to focus, the easier you are to hypnotize. I have had much better luck putting a good subject under hypnosis. That said, I'm not impressed by the quality of the information you get back. I think it's confabulations, frankly. A clumsy hypnotist can make you "remember" being abused by Satanists or kidnapped by the Space Brothers or even make you have memories of the future. I wouldn't play with the other two, because it causes harm to create such memories in the subject, but I had little trouble getting "memories" of the future from my best subject. Bottom line, I would no longer consider hypnosis as a means for getting information, I would only use it for relaxing and focusing on breaking a bad habit or addiction. Used for that purpose, hypnosis does wear off. A good subject will not likely give up smoking or chocolate bars forever after one session. But it might be helpful. As far as hypnosis being used for law enforcement and to gain information about crimes, it's a great way to plant information in a victim's mind but not a very good way to get at the truth. Since I don't know why you want to be hypnotized, I'm sort of throwing out all sorts of ideas here -- but basically if you think it will help you remember something, don't do it. Hypnosis creates new memories (confabulations) that will seem very real to you and could change your life and relationships very much for the worse.

[dweller]

7. an 'eye roll' test

is the best indicator of susceptability to hypnosis, with those capable of rolling their eyes upward entirely, rather than just gazing upwards, entering trance easier.

All hypnosis is self hypnosis btw, some are more prone to be led into trance by a trained individual. You can't be hypnotized against your will, but must willingly agree to participate.
It is basically attentive receptive focal concentration, with diminished peripheral awareness.
There are many good self-hypnosis guides available, which some describe as 'positive imagery', found in bookstores.
Shames and Sterin's Healing With Mind Power though dated, was a good intro for me.

have fun,
dp

[Shrek]

8. It didn't work for me

Cost me $95 for an hour of the guy's time, and it did no good at all. I had misplaced my wife's wedding ring and we thought maybe hypnosis would help me to remember where I put it.

For us, at least, it was a waste of money.

[dweller]

9. what a shame,

so you never found the ring?

dp