Anybody ever been hypnotized?

[y4m]

We saw a hypnotist at a comedy club last night and it was freaking hysterical. But then it got me thinking about people using hypnosis in everyday life. Anybody do/done that? Anybody been hypnotized for comedy reasons?

[mrs.spunky]

My dad went through hypnosis to stop smoking about 35 years ago. He never smoked another cigarette.

[y4m]

Jul 12, 2012 8:19:55 GMT -5 mrs.spunky said:

My dad went through hypnosis to stop smoking about 35 years ago. He never smoked another cigarette.

Mine too!

[ijack]

I was as part of a comedy routine. It's really crazy. I knew what was happening and I knew my trigger word and I would think to myself "I'm not going to do it" and then he'd say it and I'd do my thing and I had no power to stop it. Crazy!

[Mrs.Beagle]

A friend of mine is a PhD student whose interest is in hypnosis and suggestibility. Not the "you think you're a chicken" hypnosis, but how people are suggestible and in what mental states.

[mrshandy]

I've never been. We tried it once in my psych 101 class, and I felt nothing.

But they used to do this hilarious show every year at my college of a hypnotist making kids do crazy things on stage. People were desperate to get up there. They would make insane signs and dress up to try to get him to pick them.

I always wondered if it was real or not.

[everam01]

Not personally, no, but one of my close friends was hypnotized for a stutter when she was a child and it worked.

[womet]

DH gets hypnosis as part of his therapy to help him with his PTSD. It also help him give up nicotine. He loves it and find it really helpful.

[hopenotlost]

I have been hypnotized to numb the pain of an earache before, also a tooth ache. I can be hypnotized easily, so that is a big benefit for me.

[leeluu]

My mom claims she hypnotized my brother when he was little to make his warts go away and it worked.

[StJess80]

I've always wanted to do it to help with weight loss, but I never have.

[MarmeeNoir]

I would really like to, but I'm have a feeling it wouldn't work on me.

[SusanBAnthony]

I have quite a few friends who used it for childbirth. I used to be skeptical but I plan to try it if we have a third.

[melmo1122]

was it Flip Orley? i love his shows, i've seen him about 10 times.

[y4m]

Jul 13, 2012 21:18:47 GMT -5 melmo1122 said:

was it Flip Orley? i love his shows, i've seen him about 10 times.

Yes!! He was awesome--or at least the volunteers were!

[7costanza]

I've been hypnotized as part of therapy, and it was great! I would feel so amazing when I left. During the sessions I would sometimes feel like I had no body from the waist down which was really weird.

[beaver12]

I was hypnotized in college as part of a comedy show. It was crazy. I felt like I knew exactly what I was doing, but wasn't really in control. At one point he had us "get pulled over for going 120 in our Dad's sports car". I literally started bawling on stage saying my Dad was going to be so mad at me.

I'd love to do it was weight loss reasons. I don't have much to lose, but I struggle with compulsive eating. I wonder how expensive it is.

[mayflowers22]

I've tried it, never works.

[fakejew]

I am routinely hypnotized by my psychologist. (She's also a hypnotherapist but it's not her main tool so to speak.)
I was very skeptical but hopeful at the same time when she first started doing it.

Now that it's happened a few times I believe it is working. I can't find any other explaination as to why I would abruptly stop unhealthy behaviors that I have exhibited for years without any other work on my part.

[thegooser]

I was trained to do it. Not like stage hypnosis, but as a therapy tool. I was also hypnotized by my classmates repeatedly as we learned to do it. It. was. awesome! Soooo relaxing. Meditation meets relaxation ---> opens the gates to consider behavior change. Loved it.

[insominac]

I used to hypnotize fellow campers at summer camp when I was a kid. lol