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I am new to hypnosis and am just fascinated by it but I don't know all too much about it so I was hoping to get something explained by some with a bigger knowledge base on this. I appreciate any input.
I have started reading books on this topic and I'm currently reading a book by Dr. Hans Holzer and in it he talks about how lights and color can produce a form of hypnosis. He says, "Rapid color changes, for instance can cause dissociation of personality, while properly cued light effects can cause a person's attention to focus on the light source, resulting in hypnosis." Now what type of hypnosis is he talking about here? Are we truly hypnitized by it or is the light simply holding our attention?
Television is exactly that (lights and color, often changing rapidly) right? When a hypnotist hypnotizes you, you have to allow him to do so, in this case are we allowing television to hypnotize us? Does it cause dissociation of personality? And if so, how much has human kind changed since television got invented? Also is that why kids often can’t pull their eyes off the screen with mouth often hanging open or do they just find it entertaining and it has nothing more to do with hypnosis?
-K
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Permalink Reply by James Hazlerig - HypnosisAustin on -
Welcome to Hypnothoughts, K.
No one has answered you yet, so I thought I'd step forward and speculate as to why.
I suspect no one has answered because most experienced hypnotists looked at the post and said, "Well, duh." :-)
Television, movies, and video games all hypnotize us, as much by engaging the imagination as by causing eye fixation. (Stories and books do it, too.)
People often say that you have to allow a hypnotist to hypnotize you, but that's not entirely accurate. You have to know what hypnosis is and decide not to be hypnotized if you truly want to avoid it.
Does television cause dissociation? Well, yes. Have you every winced because the character in the show appeared to be in pain? Have you ever cried because of their problems? Have you ever been so caught up in a book, TV show, or movie that you didn't hear someone call your name or notice when they entered the room? Those are forms of dissociation.
James
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Permalink Reply by Roy Hunter on
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It is my professional opinion that TV induces hypnosis; so I tell my clients that the most common hypnotist in the world is television.
When the actors become the characters they portray to your mind, you are in at least a light state of hypnosis.
Roy Hunter
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Permalink Reply by K U on -
Wow! Yeah good point! Pretty stupid question on my part when you think about it! I guess I've just never thought of TV that way.
Oh ok so you can only stop from being hypnotized when you actually know what it is, interesting! Does that mean you can watch TV and Movies without being hynotized??
Thanks for the great response James Hazlerig!
James Hazlerig said:Welcome to Hypnothoughts, K.
No one has answered you yet, so I thought I'd step forward and speculate as to why.
I suspect no one has answered because most experienced hypnotists looked at the post and said, "Well, duh." :-)
Television, movies, and video games all hypnotize us, as much by engaging the imagination as by causing eye fixation. (Stories and books do it, too.)
People often say that you have to allow a hypnotist to hypnotize you, but that's not entirely accurate. You have to know what hypnosis is and decide not to be hypnotized if you truly want to avoid it.
Does television cause dissociation? Well, yes. Have you every winced because the character in the show appeared to be in pain? Have you ever cried because of their problems? Have you ever been so caught up in a book, TV show, or movie that you didn't hear someone call your name or notice when they entered the room? Those are forms of dissociation.
James
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Permalink Reply by James Hazlerig - HypnosisAustin on
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Nah, not a stupid question at all--just one that we all asked early on. :-) (I apologize if my answer sounded like I thought you were stupid; I didn't mean to sound that way at all. Chalk it up to me being tired or something, okay?)
I would argue that you can't enjoy movies and television without entering some form of trance. If you sit there the whole time saying, "I will not enjoy this. Oh, that acting is terrible. I can clearly see the wires in that special effect," then you are a lot less likely to respond on a visceral, unconscious level. But if you suspend disbelief, you will probably feel what the writers are hoping you will feel.
Now, does that mean you'll experience hypnotic phenomena, such as arm catalepsy, in a movie? It depends a lot on the context--as do most phenomena. There is a widespread and well-documented case of thousands of people having a phobia installed by a movie--Jaws. Many people who watched it were afraid to go in the water afterwards, despite knowing it was just a movie.
Of course, no two trances are perfectly identical. You might watch one show and be barely engaged, or even spend your whole time gleefully critiquing it--in other words, allowing the conscious mind to analyze it. You might watch another show and be completely caught up in it to the point that you lose all other awareness for a time.
K U said:Wow! Yeah good point! Pretty stupid question on my part when you think about it! I guess I've just never thought of TV that way.
Oh ok so you can only stop from being hypnotized when you actually know what it is, interesting! Does that mean you can watch TV and Movies without being hynotized??
Thanks for the great response James Hazlerig!
James Hazlerig said:Welcome to Hypnothoughts, K.
No one has answered you yet, so I thought I'd step forward and speculate as to why.
I suspect no one has answered because most experienced hypnotists looked at the post and said, "Well, duh." :-)
Television, movies, and video games all hypnotize us, as much by engaging the imagination as by causing eye fixation. (Stories and books do it, too.)
People often say that you have to allow a hypnotist to hypnotize you, but that's not entirely accurate. You have to know what hypnosis is and decide not to be hypnotized if you truly want to avoid it.
Does television cause dissociation? Well, yes. Have you every winced because the character in the show appeared to be in pain? Have you ever cried because of their problems? Have you ever been so caught up in a book, TV show, or movie that you didn't hear someone call your name or notice when they entered the room? Those are forms of dissociation.
James
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Permalink Reply by Mohammed Magsi on -
Hi K,
Anything can be used for hypnosis including rapid colour changes or your voice. Hypnosis is merely a tool to help relax. Once the client is relaxed s/he is able to concentrate on their issue and able to resolve it without manipulate themselves or their thoughts. You know when you are watching your favourite television programme and you don't realise how quick the time has passed. That time while you were watching your programme was your hypnotic state.
Clients only change what they wish to change or accept the suggestions which makes sense to them is very true.
Can hypnotise someone without their wish if you know how? Totally unethical and unprofessional but is possible.
Your question about how much has human kind changed since television broadcast is a very interesting. Television has changed the way of being. We are influenced by what we see on television and how we are made to behave in certain manner because of the media.
I hope this answers your question.
Mohammed
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Permalink Reply by K U on
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Yes Mohammed, it does answer my question, thank you! I appreciate all the feedback!
You say that television has changed our way of being and behaving. Do you believe that that change has been all negative?? Have it slowed our minds development with all the hypnotic states that we keep getting put in??
-K
Mohammed Magsi said:Hi K,
Anything can be used for hypnosis including rapid colour changes or your voice. Hypnosis is merely a tool to help relax. Once the client is relaxed s/he is able to concentrate on their issue and able to resolve it without manipulate themselves or their thoughts. You know when you are watching your favourite television programme and you don't realise how quick the time has passed. That time while you were watching your programme was your hypnotic state.
Clients only change what they wish to change or accept the suggestions which makes sense to them is very true.
Can hypnotise someone without their wish if you know how? Totally unethical and unprofessional but is possible.
Your question about how much has human kind changed since television broadcast is a very interesting. Television has changed the way of being. We are influenced by what we see on television and how we are made to behave in certain manner because of the media.
I hope this answers your question.
Mohammed
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Permalink Reply by Mohammed Magsi on
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Hi K,
There is always a positive and negative effect on us with technology. Because of television, education is now available to more people then ever before and propaganda is easy to spread. The bottom line is that it is up to us how we use this technology or how much we allow this technology to influence our lives.
Mohammed
K U said:Yes Mohammed, it does answer my question, thank you! I appreciate all the feedback!
You say that television has changed our way of being and behaving. Do you believe that that change has been all negative?? Have it slowed our minds development with all the hypnotic states that we keep getting put in??
-K
Mohammed Magsi said:Hi K,
Anything can be used for hypnosis including rapid colour changes or your voice. Hypnosis is merely a tool to help relax. Once the client is relaxed s/he is able to concentrate on their issue and able to resolve it without manipulate themselves or their thoughts. You know when you are watching your favourite television programme and you don't realise how quick the time has passed. That time while you were watching your programme was your hypnotic state.
Clients only change what they wish to change or accept the suggestions which makes sense to them is very true.
Can hypnotise someone without their wish if you know how? Totally unethical and unprofessional but is possible.
Your question about how much has human kind changed since television broadcast is a very interesting. Television has changed the way of being. We are influenced by what we see on television and how we are made to behave in certain manner because of the media.
I hope this answers your question.
Mohammed
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Permalink Reply by K U on
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James, not at all offended by your comment, don't worry, I have no problem writing that off! :)
Phobias I see! I never thought you had to be in a trance to develop one of those from a movie! Very interesting!
I guess whether you expericence a hypnotic phenomena depends on your mood, and your interest in the subject? Is that correct?
-K
James Hazlerig said:Nah, not a stupid question at all--just one that we all asked early on. :-) (I apologize if my answer sounded like I thought you were stupid; I didn't mean to sound that way at all. Chalk it up to me being tired or something, okay?)
I would argue that you can't enjoy movies and television without entering some form of trance. If you sit there the whole time saying, "I will not enjoy this. Oh, that acting is terrible. I can clearly see the wires in that special effect," then you are a lot less likely to respond on a visceral, unconscious level. But if you suspend disbelief, you will probably feel what the writers are hoping you will feel.
Now, does that mean you'll experience hypnotic phenomena, such as arm catalepsy, in a movie? It depends a lot on the context--as do most phenomena. There is a widespread and well-documented case of thousands of people having a phobia installed by a movie--Jaws. Many people who watched it were afraid to go in the water afterwards, despite knowing it was just a movie.
Of course, no two trances are perfectly identical. You might watch one show and be barely engaged, or even spend your whole time gleefully critiquing it--in other words, allowing the conscious mind to analyze it. You might watch another show and be completely caught up in it to the point that you lose all other awareness for a time.
K U said:Wow! Yeah good point! Pretty stupid question on my part when you think about it! I guess I've just never thought of TV that way.
Oh ok so you can only stop from being hypnotized when you actually know what it is, interesting! Does that mean you can watch TV and Movies without being hynotized??
Thanks for the great response James Hazlerig!
James Hazlerig said:Welcome to Hypnothoughts, K.
No one has answered you yet, so I thought I'd step forward and speculate as to why.
I suspect no one has answered because most experienced hypnotists looked at the post and said, "Well, duh." :-)
Television, movies, and video games all hypnotize us, as much by engaging the imagination as by causing eye fixation. (Stories and books do it, too.)
People often say that you have to allow a hypnotist to hypnotize you, but that's not entirely accurate. You have to know what hypnosis is and decide not to be hypnotized if you truly want to avoid it.
Does television cause dissociation? Well, yes. Have you every winced because the character in the show appeared to be in pain? Have you ever cried because of their problems? Have you ever been so caught up in a book, TV show, or movie that you didn't hear someone call your name or notice when they entered the room? Those are forms of dissociation.
James
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Permalink Reply by Shen Client on -
I am no expert... I'm new like you. I do want to say this, however:
Before television, there was radio. Before radio, there were books. Before books there were stories. Go all the way back to the hypnotic flames of a tribal fire and I believe you will find people who are hypnotised and swayed by the words of the storyteller. Shamanism is (I believe) very much about hypnotic states, and is older than history.
I don't believe television itself has changed man... but the kinds of messages that are delivered have changed and so it may be the messages that have changed us rather than the concept of television itself.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Ellner on -
Great point - Shen.
Yes, there was hypnosis long before there was TV - Every human interaction has the potential to be a hypnotic experience... And there was a time that we travelled on/by foot. In the same way that we can cover a lot more ground in a lot less time putting our feet into a jet ... Movies, TV and Computer games are high tech hypnotic devices... When you are absorbed in a great book you are utilizing your imagination to experience the author's imagination - When you are absorbed in a movie you are reacting to the director's imagination...
Best,
Michael
Shen Client said:I am no expert... I'm new like you. I do want to say this, however:
Before television, there was radio. Before radio, there were books. Before books there were stories. Go all the way back to the hypnotic flames of a tribal fire and I believe you will find people who are hypnotised and swayed by the words of the storyteller. Shamanism is (I believe) very much about hypnotic states, and is older than history.
I don't believe television itself has changed man... but the kinds of messages that are delivered have changed and so it may be the messages that have changed us rather than the concept of television itself.
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Permalink Reply by Shen Client on
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I hear what you're saying... I just don't see the difference between, "utilizing your imagination to experience the author's imagination" and "reacting to the director's imagination". It seems that in both cases someone else's story is being told and one reacts to it. It seems as if in both instances one would both use one's own mind, opinions, thought processes and those of the author/director. Is it that visual images have more impact on the psyche than written or spoken words?
Michael Ellner said:Great point - Shen.
Yes, there was hypnosis long before there was TV - Every human interaction has the potential to be a hypnotic experience... And there was a time that we travelled on/by foot. In the same way that we can cover a lot more ground in a lot less time putting our feet into a jet ... Movies, TV and Computer games are high tech hypnotic devices... When you are absorbed in a great book you are utilizing your imagination to experience the author's imagination - When you are absorbed in a movie you are reacting to the director's imagination...
Best,
Michael
Shen Client said:I am no expert... I'm new like you. I do want to say this, however:
Before television, there was radio. Before radio, there were books. Before books there were stories. Go all the way back to the hypnotic flames of a tribal fire and I believe you will find people who are hypnotised and swayed by the words of the storyteller. Shamanism is (I believe) very much about hypnotic states, and is older than history.
I don't believe television itself has changed man... but the kinds of messages that are delivered have changed and so it may be the messages that have changed us rather than the concept of television itself.
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