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I was wondering if there was a good way to put someone to sleep using hypnosis. My friends were wondering if i could do that, and im not sure how. is it dangerous because if they fall asleep i cant take them out of hypnosis?

[Terry (existing)]

A long and boring induction does it every time.

[TaffyE]

A long and boring induction does it every time.
Very true, and you can tell they are asleep because of the inordinately loud snoring. :D

I was wondering if there was a good way to put someone to sleep using hypnosis. My friends were wondering if i could do that, and im not sure how. is it dangerous because if they fall asleep i cant take them out of hypnosis?

If you don't know what you are doing, don't fool around with someone else's mind. :o

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I was wondering if there was a good way to put someone to sleep using hypnosis. My friends were wondering if i could do that, and im not sure how. is it dangerous because if they fall asleep i cant take them out of hypnosis?
I'm intrigued. Why did your freinds single you out in particular?

[Unregistered]

because i am the only one that read some hypnosis books, and i can do fairly simple hypnsosis on them, and

If you don't know what you are doing, don't fool around with someone else's mind.

i heard hypnosis wasnt dangerous? what are the dangers of doing something? and also, i dont know how to do it, so thats why i am asking here instead of just trying whatever

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because i am the only one that read some hypnosis books, and i can do fairly simple hypnsosis on them, and

If you don't know what you are doing, don't fool around with someone else's mind.

i heard hypnosis wasnt dangerous? what are the dangers of doing something? and also, i dont know how to do it, so thats why i am asking here instead of just trying whatever
Well, if you have a subject in a moderate trance you may simply command them to sleep. In lighter states you can introduce the suggestion that they are falling asleep and gradually sleep will begin overcome them. Work on making them aware of the physical manifestation of sleep beginning and you'll start an avalanche of effect. It may not be real sleep, just the acting out of the suggestion, but to an external observer it will look quite impressive. If you're really good, you could go from unhypnotised to acting out the suggestion very quickly - this site and others has rapid induction scripts. Posthypnotic suggestions to sleep are very impressive, too.

Hypnosis isn't dangerous. Put somone under and leave them and they'll gradually come out again of their own accord. Give them a suggestion they find objectionable and expect a smack in the mouth from a suddenly wide awake subject! Give them one they don't find objectionable and you can discover and satisfy their deepest desires (lesson: don't get up on stage in the first place!)

We slip in and out of trance all day- driving, watching TV, reading a story, etc. It's a natural state of mind in which our conscious is either not as required as normal for what we're doing or is actively kept busy or suppressed while the subconscious is communicated with directly. whatever the casue of a suppressed consciousness, with information still pouring in, the subconscious is the only one free to "answer the door" as it were, and it, as opposed to logical consciousness is illogical, imaginitive and open to suggestion.

As you correctly point out, though, "If you don't know what you are doing, don't fool around with someone else's mind."

[Merlin]

>i heard hypnosis wasnt dangerous?

Hypnosis is *thought* to not be dangerous.
That's because most people don't know how it could be dangerous.
As you know, a butterknife is safe. There are no sharp points and the blade is dull. I have no problem with you using a butterknife and you should be safe.
Can I imagine a situation where a butterknife is not safe? yes

Is it possible for hypnosis to not be safe? Yes.

>what are the dangers of doing something?

Injury or even death. Just like with a butterknife.
injury is less likely than with a butterknife but it is *possible*.
I'm not suggesting you should not try hypnosis. It's mostly safe.
But you asked about possibilities.

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what are the possibilities of someone dying from hypnosis? what kinds of things could make someone die from hypnosis? would it just be stuff like giving them suggestings that cars arent dangerous so they drive crazy, or could it be by things like saying a relaxation script wrong?

i like to do hypnosis, but i am young and dont have the money yet to get certified as a hypnotist. I want to do it, but i definitely dont want to hurt anybody

[Terry (existing)]

Because you know nothing about hypnosis, I am going to give you an explanation, which is not completely true, but true enough for its purpose, and easy to understand.......
You begin to practise on your friends, and eventually, one of them comes across the idea of regression to past lives or some such. You decide to try it, and suddenly, the friend you are hypnotising is exposed to a past life in which they died a horrible and violent death. Since you have no idea what to do, you panic, while they enter a state of shock at the horror of it, and can in truth die in front of your eyes.....This scenario is not too likely, but is possible, and we who know what we are doing have no intention of helping anyone to put their own life, or the life of a friend in danger. We will no more help you do this than we would teach you how to perform an operation over the internet, using a safety razor for the scalpel, and whiskey to kill the pain.......Hypnosis is a powerfull and important tool which should be used with knowledge and care, not something to play with....