View Full Version : Is stage hypnosis real?
Unregistered
11-10-2004, 09:50 AM
I"ve seen a few acts and it really interest me. I actually saw a coworker get hypnotized and I believe it was real. She was doing some crazy stuff. I would enjoy learning more about the stage aspect of hypnotism. The crazy stuff you see these folks do, is that real? Because most of the stuff I read on here says that you know what's going on and you're fully in control, but when you see these guys, you see people acting like dogs and animals and stuff. These female I work with is a really shy girl and would never do anything like that in front of that many people. But she did that day.
raftingdon2
11-10-2004, 09:59 AM
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Hello,
Depends what you mean by real. It's real in that shy people can perform all sorts of bizzarre, out of character acts, but only because they want to.
Being 'hypnotised' gives every shy, repressed Joe and Jane the chance to behave inappropriately without responsibility. 'Not my fault, I was hypnotised'.
Nothing wrong with that of course but they are fully aware of what they are doing, it's just that their inhibition level is lowered.
No-one ever truly knows another person and whilst I'm sure you think you know your co-worker you cannot truly be privy to her secret, innermost fantasies and believe me as an hypnotherapist of over 30 years I've seen some bizzarre ones in the most unlikely people! Sorry if that takes the mystery away but hypnosis is not magic and stage hypnosis particularly is just not very useful or (to me) interesting. If you are interested read Ormond McGill.
Jack
Keith Livingston
11-17-2004, 04:11 PM
Hello,
I wrote an article about this very subject. It's called "The Truth about Stage Hypnosis: An Insider's Secrets." You can find it here...
http://www.hypnosis101.com/stage_hypnosis.htm
I had the chance to follow a top stage hypnotist to one of his shows and the article was the result.
I'm not sure what you mean by asking if it's real. If you mean are the participants "faking" it, the answer is sometimes they are, sometimes they are and sometimes they think they are but they aren't.
Sincerely,
Keith Livingston