When people zone out, can you make suggestions?

[curtdbz]

Like when you're talking to someone, and you pay attention to what you're doing you'll notice they often 'zone' out. like they're in their own zone, for 2-3 seconds, and you can say anything and they won't hear you. I dont know the owrd for it but you know what i'm talking about.

Now my question is, is this 'zone' a gap for you to enter (simple) suggestions straight to their subconcoius? Like while they're blanked out, can i say to them "choose 5 of hearts, choose 5 of hearts" and they dont conciously hear me, and then like 2 minutes later I ask them to think of the first card that comes to their mind, would they choose 5 of hearts?

If so, how far can u take these suggestions? Can u make it as powerful as "You don't know your name, you have forgotten your name" and then they cant recall their name? tahnks1!

[Poodle]

seem to take them quite far. Actually, a lot of it is a combination of hypnosis and NLP. Merlin, a long time ago, wrote: Catch it as it passes by.

Pood :cool:

[curtdbz]

seem to take them quite far. Actually, a lot of it is a combination of hypnosis and NLP. Merlin, a long time ago, wrote: Catch it as it passes by.

Pood :cool:

So this is actually confirmed to work? if so, this is powerful lol

[Terry]

There is just one small problem with your question, and that is in the use of the word "you". "Can you do this"? yes I can. However, I believe what you really wanted to know is can "I" do this? in which case the answer is probably "NO" since you are not trained to take advantage of the bordom you produced.
If you MUST be boring, learn to use the "eye closure", or the "elivator" method, but always remember, you do leave yourself open to becoming known as a boring person who thinks he is a hypnotist...

[Merlin]

It can easily be done by a skilled hypnotist.
As you said: "...you can say anything and they won't hear you. "
They still need to hear you.
Sometimes, while 'zoned out' people just shut off the outside access.

[firegold]

This is a good example of the utilization concept. People go in and out of trance all day long, and if you catch them during one of those natural trances, it can definitely make it easier to do hypnosis. As to whether you can do stuff like "You won't remember your name," that depends on your skill and on the rapport or lack thereof and other factors.

And I'm not sure that trying to do something like that purely at random is really a good idea. ;)

Joshua