MissBonnie wrote:
Science shows the hypnosis only works on some. Science also shows that it only works on you, if you secretly want it too and are susceptible to it. So if you take science into account there is no harm in playing with it...as your not going to do what you really don't want to.
This is inaccurate information actually. You neither have to secretly want it, nor do you have to be susceptible to it.
There is really no such thing as being susceptible to it. The hypnotic state is a natural state of mind that we all go in and out of many times throughout our day. Unless you are familiar with what the hypnotic state is though, you don't recognize it as such.
You don't have to believe that hypnosis works, nor do you have to believe that you personally can be hypnotized for you to actually be hypnotized. Once one has an understanding of what hypnosis is though, it is rather silly for one to say that it doesn't exist, or say that they cannot be hypnotized. In fact, your focus on and your attention to reading this post has you in a mild state of hypnosis at this very moment.
Just about anyone can be formally hypnotized (with exceptions for those with brain damage, and other physical and mental conditions that would obviously get in the way, such as schizophrenia).
There are really only 3 factors that are required for one to be able to be formally hypnotized.
The subject should not be drunk, stoned, or otherwise heavily medicated to a point where the ability to focus and concentrate are hindered.
The subject should have an average IQ or above.
The subject needs to be willing to be hypnotized.
That's it.
@Irishslave, please be very careful as to what you explore in regards to online videos and such. There are many good ones out there, but there are many harmful and nefarious ones out there too. At a minimum read the comments made by others first before participating in what the video are offering. If anything you read seems to be off in regards to a specific video move on to one that has more consistently positive comments. Do not believe for one moment that you won't or can't find yourself involved with things that you really have no desire to be involved with when it comes to hypnosis. The subconscious mind is very complex, and there are ways to manipulate it without your conscious agreement. Take for example the hypothetical example of a hypnosis stage show volunteer participating on stage, and being directed to cluck like a chicken in front of hundreds of people. It would be rare indeed for someone to say that they would willingly get up on stage and cluck like a chicken for hundreds of people prior to being hypnotized. Yet similar things are done in hundreds of hypnosis shows around the world on a daily basis.