Has anyone here ever been hypnotized?

I was just watching the Mythbusters "Mind Control" episode, and for some reason it reminded me of the time I was almost hypnotized.

I don't believe it can happen.

if i could hypnotize i wouldn't be performing shows. i'd pull a yuris revenge

I was hypnotized once ... and woke up with a sore arse :(

We had a hypnotist at a annual company conference this year and some of the things people did were just embarrassingly ludicrous.  ABout 50% of the volunteers were "hypnotised".  I couldn't be hypnotised because I refuse to believe it is real, so I wouldn't take it seriously.  I seriously doubt that those who were hypnotised were really hypnotised anyway.  I think people want it to happen and just simply go along with it in some way.

" I don't believe it can happen. "

Stage hypnosis is a myth, everyone. It does not happen, ever. Stage hypnosis relies on the mighty power of peer pressure and self-deception.

" Stage hypnosis is a myth, everyone. It does not happen, ever. Stage hypnosis relies on the mighty power of peer pressure and self-deception. "

It's bullshit. But it's funny when disfunctional people tell stories about having been hynoptized, I just laugh along, but inside I'm laughing at them.

The hole point of Hypnotism is getting peoples their guard down and so relaxed that they switch off the rational part of the brain. Now he is talking to your unconscious or more the creative part of your brain. Then he gives commands so your creative part of the brain can do something with and you will fallow. The problem with hypnotism is that it depends on how creative you are, you lack imagination or your rational mind is just to strong then it wont work.

@oldschool said:

 I think people want it to happen and just simply go along with it in some way. "

I remember that episode, it was properly phenomenal.

My mind has been blown.

your all idiots, people can actually be hypnotized.  In my high school AP Psychology class they would bring in a hypnotist to hypnotise people in the class.  To get hypnotized you have to be willing to let it happen.  It's not like the movies, you can't hypnotize anyone who doesn't want to be hypnotized.  But if you're willing to let it happen then it will.

wow, I never thought I would say the word hypnotist so much in 5 sentences.

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Hypnotism is definitely real, but it requires a willing mind. If you're not going to give in, it's not going to happen.

Focus plays a key role in hypnosis. Have you ever been so fixated on a task that you don't notice what's happening around you? For instance, playing a video game and not noticing someone walk in the room.

Inhibition is the other key to hypnosis. We analyze, hesitate and rationalize our actions. "Should I really do this? Probably not. I could get hurt." If this thought process was bypassed, you could accept something without thinking it over.

Suggestion is the final key, which only works when the hypnotist has your absolute focus to bypass any inhibition you might have against the suggestion. That's all it is and it does in fact work. It's really simple and actually quite logical.

A simple example of a hypnotic suggestion that could work: A person with a fear of swimming could be hypnotized to no longer have that fear. The fear happens when they think about all the ways they could die in the water. If they were to be hypnotized, being absolutely focused and willing to accept the suggestion that it's impossible for them to die in water, when they are awakened from the trance they would have no fear swimming. The suggestion has bypassed all of their mental barriers and is now deeply ingrained in their mind as the truth.

To the first person that says, "that sounds like brainwashing", well duh. :P

no, but if i ever do get hypnotized, i hope something like this happens to me. 

Its real,but i have not.

If it requires a "willing mind," then it's not real.   It's people deluding themselves.   Here's a hint: you know for sure something's bullshit when part of the requirements for it working is "believing really hard."   That's fairytale shit and it's appalling how many adults buy into it.

Just once. Megan Fox over the hood in Transformers.

" Just once. Megan Fox over the hood in Transformers. "