# Anyone ever been hypnotised? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-hypnotised/337006 "2005-12-23T20:05:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Swashbuckler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Swashbuckler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swashbuckler)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-hypnotised/337006/21 "2005-12-26T17:45:01Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > Howard Stern had Paul McKenna on his show. He hypnotized these girls and told them that whenever Howard “honked” this bicycle horn, they would feel as if they were about to have an orgasm. It seemed to work really well. > > Paul then removed this idea from the girls’ mind and they were fine. The horn no longer had any effect on them. If he hadn’t removed this idea, how long would it have lasted? Do ideas introduced through hypnosis gradually fade away? Anybody know? > > Here’s a link to Paul McKenna. [http://www.paulmckenna.com/](http://www.paulmckenna.com/) Anecdote time - went to see a local hypnotist show with some friends. One went up on stage. We all had a good time laughing at her (she told the audience she was wonderwoman at one point, the hypnotist told her she was a stripper and she got mad that she couldn’t do an act, then she almost got into a fight with another couple girls over a truly dopey looking guy who thought he was austin powers, etc). At the end of the act, the hypnotist told all his volunteers to sit down on stage and not get up until he told them to. Then he went down the line, releasing each one with a snap of his fingers… he missed my friend. She sat there for another 5 minutes while folks were leaving the theatre. We eventually went up to her, she told us she really wanted to to leave but couldn’t. Hypnotist-guy noticed this, came over and snapped his fingers in front of her face, and she practically ran from the theatre. She remembered everything, and was quite embarrassed about it all. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-hypnotised/337006/22 "2005-12-26T18:37:31Z")
No. I. Have. Not. _cluck_ _cluck_ _cluck_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-hypnotised/337006.md?page=1)