Of course not!!
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Yep, that’s pretty much it. You can’t get someone to jump out the window against their will, but if you make it plausible that it’s the right thing to do (because there is a fire in the room and a safety net below), it could happen.
A stage hypnotist would only get those people on stage that are easily suggestible and have a good imagination (hand float test or hand clasp test or similar), so s/he has only those potential participants on stage that are suggestible, have a good imagination and are willing to be on stage. It doesn’t really matter then if they are hypnotised or not, because they are the kind of people willing to put on a good show.
Still, most people on those shows are hypnotised, even if not in a deep trance (why would they need to be?) and due to the hypnosis, their inhibitions are lowered, which makes them even better subjects. And it is totally fine if participants later on rationalise that they were not hypnotised.
Pretty shitty thing to do by the lawyer, though. A shame that there is not more information available about the case. If he used 12 pages of transcripts, he probably used an Ericksonian induction, but my suspicion is that he learned it on an NLP or speed seduction course.
“Afghanistan banana stand.”
I actually own a few of those. I never thought they would render people my hypnotized slaves or anything. They just look seriously cool.
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I recently read a novel (Little Demon In The City Of Light) that hinged on the question of whether a hypnotist could essentially make a subject a tool for committing crimes, the subject being no more guilty or knowledgeable than a knife or gun. The book was based (and well researched and cited) on an actual case in Paris. At the time, all the big names in psychology weighed in.
He wasn’t a lawyer, but reminds me of Marvel’s Starfox.
If you guys want to test your susceptibility to hypnosis, make sure to watch this video from start to finish. After it’s over, you’ll be able to tell. Keep your eyes open and at several points you’ll see nudity.
You miss my point. They want to go on stage, yes. They are highly suggestible. But my point is that they aren’t people who get off of exposing themselves. Still they have no problem being told to orgasm or whatever.
They want to orgasm, even if the idea of doing it in front of people is really embarrassing to them. But the hypnotist has taken away their embarrassment. You can tell, because they are very often very embarrassed afterwards.
And the idea that you are just playing along doesn’t make a lot of sense. Becuase, if you were, why don’t you not do those things that would embarrass you? The whole point of hypnosis is that you are suggestible. You’re being suggested into playing along.
With my stage hypnosis experience, I indeed didn’t do everything the hypnotist told us to do. For example, she told the men to take off their shirts. I ignored that instruction, because I felt it would be too embarrassing.
On the other hand, some of the other participants did outrageous things — like simulating sex — that she didn’t even tell them to do. But remember, these were college students.