Hypnosis

Some people may use hypnosis to help achieve success and wealth by helping them overcome limiting beliefs and behavior patterns. However, its effectiveness varies from person to person. It is important to work with a qualified practitioner to ensure its proper use and to set realistic expectations.

Hypnosis may help improve symptoms of ADHD, such as impulsivity or inattention, by providing relaxation and increasing focus. However, it is not a stand-alone treatment and should be used in conjunction with other ADHD management strategies, such as therapy, medication, and lifestyle changes. It's essential to consult with a healthcare provider before incorporating hypnosis into an ADHD treatment plan.

Herbal hypnotics refers to using herbs to help induce a relaxed state to help you sleep. Herbs are a natural, safe remedy for many ailments and used to be sold at every pharmacy until the drug companies took over.

Sigmund Freud disagreed with Josef Breuer and Jean Martin Charcot on the underlying causes of psychological symptoms. While Breuer and Charcot focused on physical causes, Freud believed that many symptoms stemmed from unconscious psychological processes and repressed emotions. Freud's emphasis on the role of the unconscious mind and childhood experiences in shaping behavior and mental health challenged the prevailing medical views of his time.

1.) Hypnosis is an elaborate form of socially conditioned role play - people become hypnotized because that is their expectation when certain circumstances pertain.

2.) Hypnosis is the deliberate activation of the REM state in an otherwise conscious person.

3.) Hypnosis is a dissociative mental state induced by intense concentration and physical relaxation.

It is not ethical or appropriate to hypnotize someone to make them like you. Developing a healthy relationship should be based on mutual respect, consent, and genuine connection. It is important to build a relationship based on trust and understanding rather than using manipulation techniques like hypnosis.

Essentially, they are pretty much the same - "mesmerism" is an old fashioned word for what is now generally called "hypnotism".

In modern usage, however, many argue that hypnotism is a deliberate, intensely focused, form of interpersonal communication during which one person methodically induces a trance state in another, usually via a spoken "screed" plus maybe the use of some form of visual focus on a dot, spiral pattern, a swinging pendulum etc.. Typically, the process also involves gentle guided progressive relaxation in some form, or possibly subtle, indirect, suggestions, story telling etc..

"Mesmerism", on the other hand, tends to be essentially non verbal, and usually employs intense "fascination" (eg direct eye gaze) plus a "physical driver" such as deliberate touch in a rhythmical manner, and sudden/ direct "command" rather than the gentler, more collaborative/ permissive, sustained suggestion of hypnosis.

Hypnotised people are deeply relaxed, and are in a "right brain predominant state" which allows their intuitive, imaginative, and unconscious thought processes full play, whereas those who are "mesmerised" are often rendered physically rigid - eg standing up straight, "at attention", or become cataleptic, as if "frozen". Many psychologists describe this as an ideomotor response - senses overwhelmed, shocked even, causing the body to "shut down" as a sort of defence mechanism. Unsurprisingly, therefore, it is very rare indeed for someone who has been hypnotised to have anything other than a pleasant experience, but those subjected to "mesmerism" (eg volunteers for "hypnosis" stage shows, which, in truth, are generally more "mesmeric" than hypnotic in style) often find it upsetting, disturbing, or even worse! Not all deliberately induced trance states are the same, and personally I'd steer well clear of anyone practising "mesmerism", including "hypnosis entertainers".

It's important to recognise that most people readily enter spontaneous trance states on a regular basis: eg when absorbed in watching a play or film, or when performing tedious everyday tasks "on autopilot" whilst thinking of other things. "Daydreaming" is a commonly experienced everyday hypnotic state, and the period immediately before falling asleep may also reasonably be described as such. When someone is overwhelmed by something or someone; totally fascinated, they're often described as "mesmerised".

More generally, "mesmeric" states of total fascination are very common: eg listening to a very interesting speaker, or staring into the embers of a fire. Dancing rhythmically, especially when accompanied by flashing lights, drumming/ loud beats, often produces mesmeric states in participants, as can sexual excitement. Indeed, women experiencing orgasm may be described as mesmerised, and it's notable that for a period (often as long as an hour) after orgasm many women are in a deep trance: eyes are glazed (sometimes inverted - rolled up in the head); there is complete lassitude/ physical immobility; they are extremely suggestible, and in some cases they're cataleptic - ie arms, hands etc will remain in whatever position they're placed. This is probably biologically determined; an evolutionary trait which serves to maximise the chances of conception occurring.

To conclude, there is nothing "magical" about hypnotism - it's normal and natural, as is being "mesmerised" by something/ someone fascinating. "Mesmerism", however, is mired in arcane mumbo jumbo, and generally practitioners of it are exploiting the natural capacity of humans to enter trance states for dubious purposes. In my professional work as a counsellor I have encountered more than a few clients who have been traumatised by participation in hypnosis shows; the damage is never evident at the time, but typically emerges during the weeks/ months after the "entertainment" experience. Most are people for whom hypnosis would be inadvisable as a therapeutic modality, as any ethical and competent hypnotherapist or counsellor would ascertain, but these modern mesmerists don't give a hoot so long as their show goes down a storm with their (paying) audiences.

Hypnosis is considered an altered state of consciousness where a person is in a highly focused and relaxed state. It involves heightened suggestibility and focused attention on specific thoughts or tasks directed by a hypnotist.

i dont thinkk you can hypnotise animals and i dont think there is any reason to.

There have been cases where post-hypnotic suggestion can last days or sometimes even years. It is currently unknown if the effects can be permanent.

There are a lot of hypnosis videos on youtube that are very effective. Some are for fun, some attempt or claim some sort of therapy.

I'd stick to the fun videos and be *very*skeptical of any who claim to improve.

Here's what I look for:

* Effective hypnosis involves some sort of induction - a process that numbs the conscious mind and makes the subject comfortable with accepting suggestion.

* You will not be hypnotized by funky visual patterns or weird audio. You will only be hypnotized by suggestions, either voice or written. Some of the best are very plain.

* Anything shorter than five minutes or so probably won't do the trick.

Good luck

Yes! According to the Roman Catholic church. It is a myth that hypnosis is some kind of new-age witchcraft, it is just a form of therapy that is based on placing you in a relaxed state.

It depends on many variables - eg who is hypnotizing you, and for what purpose? Also, what is your motivation in being hypnotized, and the exact context in which it occurs: is it for fun/ entertainment (just for the experience!), or for other, more serious, purposes? Is it public or private?

It's also important to remember that individual responses vary considerably - not just in absolute terms (some people are far more responsive than others), but also in individuals from time to time depending on their current mood/ state of mind etc.. What happens on one occasion may not necessarily be replicated the next time.

Finally, but not least, confidence in the hypnotist is paramount, and irrespective of context, if trust in him/ her has been in some way undermined, then nothing much will happen. To summarise, it is hard to generalise - individual responses and experiencies will vary considerably, and you can't really be hypnotized unless you want to be.

So, what happens when you're hypnotized depends very much on you, and the context you're in: it's a process of communication between you and the hypnotist, and everything is really determined by that relationship, and what you think you're trying to achieve.

Bout 30 mins / 15 mins

Make him/her do chores for you and stuff. Put him/her to use and be smart at the same time

When someone is under hypnosis, they usually try to follow commands to the letter (if they intended to before beginning the procedure). When someone is prompted to try and remember something after they have denied knowledge on the subject, they are likely to 'try' so hard that they make up details that don't exist, especially details that reinforce the subjects personal bias/viewpoints.

Yes. Hypnosis was broadly used by the first psychoanalysts and even today they still use, as well as psychologists from other schools (namely the cognitivists). It's a scientific way to access the mind without the repression of the superego, and it's very effective particularly treating addictions (namely cigarette addiction).

Experiences of hypnosis vary considerably, but most feel very relaxed, detached, and have little desire to move major muscle groups unless told to do so. The hypnotic state is often described along the lines of "dreamlike"; "floating", or like being slightly drunk, but without the negatives. Some experience a general "heaviness" of the body and limbs, but others feel the opposite - a real sense of "lightness".

Frequently sense of time is distorted (it may seem accelerated or delayed), and it's not uncommon for the hypnotist's voice to sound either very distant, or as if it's "right inside the head". Although most people remain fully aware in hypnosis, focus is usually very narrow, and although background sounds etc will still be heard, generally peripheral awareness is much reduced.

Twitching of small muscles is common, asis watering of the eyes, and vision may be distorted - eg a "tunnel" effect, or sometimes a general "blurring". It is not uncommon for deeply hypnotized people to experience spontaneous erection of the genitalia, which will probably be embarrassing, but is a normal physiological response to being in a REM state.

A few people become somnambulistic - they can open their eyes, stand, walk around, perform tasks etc whilst remaining in deep trance, and it is not unusual for such individuals to experience partial or total amnesia about what what exactly took place whilst hypnotized. These are, however, the minority (10% or less), and most people simply experience a hypnotic trance as an episode of profound relaxation during which they were fully aware of everything.

Generally, hypnotized people are very "literal minded", accepting ideas and suggestions at face value, and they are often quite "playful", and happy to do things without inhibition - unless, of course, what's suggested is offensive to them!

To summarize, most hypnotized people feel calm, happy, and relaxed, and for most it's a positive experience during which they're less inhibited than they might usually be.

Hypnosis can make people do things subconsciously, including kissing someone that they are in love with.

You can but it is complicated.

step 1 - download an app on the ipad / iphone / or ipod touch called "pet recallation".

step 2 - turn on the song "my dog and me" wile your dog is around.

step 3 - Watch your dog peacefuly fall asleep.

Someone who wants to experience hypnosis is most likely to be hypnotized! You can not be hypnotized against your will - you have to be motivated to try it.

The most responsive people are usually of above average intelligence; have good powers of concentration, and are generally able to become deeply absorbed in tasks such as reading. Highly hypnotizable people tend to have strong imaginative and creative capabilities, and are always able and willing to follow instructions. It is also important to be able to suspend critical judgement, and do as asked without questioning or analyzing everything.

People who regularly "dissociate" (eg frequent "daydreamers"), and/ or those who regularly experience "lucid dreams" (ie dreams during which you're aware of the fact you're dreaming, and where sometimes you can even "shape" your dreams), or hypnapompic and hypnogogic episodes when falling asleep and waking are usually extremely responsive to hypnosis, as are those who had imaginary friends in chilhood.

Generally, if someone wants to be hypnotized, and is prepared uncritically to follow instructions, then they can enter hypnosis. The degree of hypnosis attained will, however, vary considerably from person to person - some are a lot better at it than others. Highly critical, "controlling" types, are not good candidates, and those low on willingness to trust are similarly inhibited.

The "Eye Roll Test" is reckoned to be a fairly reliable indicator of "hypnotizability", although some contest this. IMHO, however, anyone willing to "take the test" is already signalling a degree of interest in experiencing hypnosis liable to make them responsive, and those able to roll their eyes right up into their heads so only the whites are showing, and maintain this easily, do tend to be readily hypnotizable.

Hypnosis is not a TM or a HM. the only way for pokemon to learn it is if it learns it through breeding, move tutor or by leveling up. To know if it dose check with a pokemon site.

Unfortunately, Hypnosis is not a TM in Pokemon Black or White. You would have to get it by leveling up.