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The Truth and the Hype of Hypnosis
- mrtron 19y agoWay back during frosh week in university, I went on stage during a hypnosis guy just for fun. I tried to get into it as hard as I could and go with the flow, it wasn't happening. My friends on stage who did get 'hypnotized' said they were just doing whatever he said to act foolish and have fun. Either way, it turns into an entertaining stage act having some people running around doing whatever you say. Convincing frosh to do stupid things is as easy as depressing teenagers.
- eru 19y agoPerhaps the state of 'hypnotized' really feels like 'doing stupid things on command' because your brain tricks you?
- mrtron 19y agoPerhaps the state of 'hypnotized' really is 'following along' because you want to believe? I hear what you are saying...I just don't believe it.
- hhm 19y agoHowever, that's not it. Hyptosis is a well-known mind state, and there is nothing strange or mysterious about it. It's even used in medicine, and if you do some google searches you'll see the term mentioned on all the most important medicine journals worldwide. For people who works on psychiatry, neurology, etc. that's no secret at all. There is plenty of info on its wikipedia's page too if you are curious about it.
- eru 19y agoThanks for enlightening us.