Who here is nervous about getting hypnotised?

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

My dad is.
The important thing to remember is that you are always in control - you can't be harmed. But some people are nervous. And that's fine.

 

[DLgal]

Then why is he doing it?

 

[Meriweather]

not nervous about it because I am not doing it.....no reason to

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Then why is he doing it?

He's not

Just a little background - I am training up to be a practicing hypnotherapist. Been hypnotised myself in the process - from what I experienced (and everyone is different) it felt like a warm blanket

 

[PollyannaMom]

Not something I have any desire to do. I wouldn't feel "in control" at all.

 

[YeOswaldianSociety]

But you are definitely in control the whole time, it’s kinda how it works but I understand peoples fears.

 

[MillauFr]

Not something I have any desire to do. I wouldn't feel "in control" at all.

Isn't that a myth that you are in control of things?

 

[NannyBeBe]

I would never allow myself to be hypnotized.

 

[FQLover]

You are not unconscious. It is not like you are sound asleep for the night. You are aware. If someone yelled "Fire," you would get up and run out of the room, the same as anyone.

The experience is more like when you are meditating, if you have done that before.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

 

[disneyseniors]

I have been hypnotized and I was fearful to do it. It took a while for me to try it. A friend of mine is a trained experienced hypnotist, so I trusted her, but was still apprehensive.
I had an unrational fear of flying which got worse all the time, and that's why I tried it. I would get physically sick about 3 weeks before the trip and off food. I had a bloody mary the first thing on the flight and tried not to move while in the air, afraid all the time. I am not a drinker at all so having a drink was strange to me. It got so bad that I couldn't enjoy my trips because I worried about flying back home. THAT was when I agreed to try it.

Here is what happened: It was very difficult for her to put me under for some reason, but she did manage to do it and that session helped me alot. I won't go into details of the session, but I was aware and congnizant the whole time. It was weird to feel under and to feel able to realize where I was and what we were doing. I could have pulled myself out at any time. I talked with her during the session and heard her easily. After the hypnotism session, I did not ever have any problems flying again. I don't worry about it and can enjoy flying like anyone else. I do know that it worked for ME, but I certainly didn't want to have to do it. I would not hesitate to do it again if I had problems.
But I would only do it knowing that the hyponotist was certified, and pre checked by me before doing so.
I hope this helps.

 

[LSUmiss]

not nervous about it because I am not doing it.....no reason to

Lol! That’s exactly what I was thinking!

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

What I found interesting when "under" was that I was suggestible. I was in control, but malleable. My hands even moved on their own accord, yet I knew on some odd level I wanted them to. Most peculiar. I can understand why people don't like the idea.

 

[Jennasis]

I have been hypnotized twice by the same guy at a show at our local fair. And a third time I just wanted to watch the show but found myself going "under" just sitting in the audience.

I w a s aware of everything going on during the show. Even when he put me to "sleep" I was awake but slumped over and relaxed but heard everything going on around me. Anytime he jad us do something silly, it sounded like a perfectly reasonable thing to do. Like he told us all to imagine we were in the desert and it was roasting hot...so we are all panting and fanning ourselves and what not but we were not actually HOT...we were just doing as he told us...to act like it was super hot.