Hypnosis

[anatess2]

11 minutes ago, NightSG said:

Bad hypnosis; one of the first suggestions in a recorded script should be along the lines of "if there is any sort of significant discomfort or indication of a situation that needs your attention, you will awaken fully and immediately."  Hypnotists who do stage work primarily seem to forget that bit, (since the hypnotist isn't present when you're using the recordings, and can't wake you up if the smoke detector goes off or the baby cries, for example) but legitimate hypnotherapists (a rare few of whom also have a stage routine for publicity) have it in every script.

Yep, that CD also has that suggestion.  Doesn't work on sleep paralysis... maybe because in sleep paralysis, your brain is fully awake.

Edited April 20, 2017 by anatess2

[Mike]

12 hours ago, mrmarklin said:

There is no such thing. 

? Well, you've said too little. Please continue. 

[NightSG]

5 hours ago, anatess2 said:

Yep, that CD also has that suggestion.  Doesn't work on sleep paralysis... maybe because in sleep paralysis, your brain is fully awake.

Hmm...the subconscious is very literal, so I guess maybe you'd need a specific mention of sleep paralysis, or maybe a more active induction where you're moving a bit right up until the point of full trance state.

[SilentOne]

On 4/20/2017 at 6:46 AM, Carborendum said:

Most of my dreams are in third person.  So, I'm constantly observing and questioning, even in my dreams.  When I am an active participant it's like I'm a fly on the wall and someone finally notices that I'm actually a person and "calls me into the activity".  When I do, I find myself doing what I'd normally do in real life.  When some weird things happen (that only happen in dreams or a whacked out movie) then I'm constantly thinking "how on earth?"

Once in a while I understand these "impossible" situations as the tell-tale signs of a dream, and I begin lucid dreaming.  Those are really fun.

So, I'm wondering if those who dream in the third person a lot will not be easily hypnotized.  I further wonder if those who can lucid dream are also resistant to hypnosis.

I dream in both first and third person fairly often, sometimes switching off partway through the dream; sometimes that happens more than once. Occasionally I recognize that I am in a dream, but I tend to wake myself up at about that time. I've often wondered how susceptible I am to hypnosis but will likely never find out because I have been aware for what feels like but probably wasn't my entire life that the Church discourages it. And I don't know if I'd ever trust anybody enough to tell them to instruct me in a hyper-suggestible state. Not because I doubt everybody's motives, but everybody misspeaks occasionally.

[pam]

This is what "gramps" says about hypnosis:

https://askgramps.org/what-is-the-churchs-stand-on-hypnosis/