RADIO TALK

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Permalink Reply by Tranzkey on June 2, 2009 at 4:51pm

If you asked earlier, the group could have helped you more.

But since you didn't, here is a thought...

Just say something very brief, that hypnosis is very NORMAL, and that ALMOST EVERYONE has been NATURALLY hypnotized many times.

Say something about how hypnosis is imagination WANT power, instead of WILL power.

A teenager is hypnotized when they study and practice the difficulty of how to learn to drive a car, and get a driver's license.

A child at the age of five is hypnotized PROFOUNDLY, when he/she REALLY BELIEVES in such things as Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy.

And a person was also hypnotized when they anticipated, and got, their first bicycle, usually at as a Christmas or a birthday present. So that is why it is true, that NOBODY ever forgets their first bicycle, and NOBODY ever forgets how to ride one.

Assuming that it is a talk radio show, you can then just ask for the audience to call, and tell the stories and experiences of such events.

And after each call, you explain, "see what I mean? You were hypnotized already, MANY TIMES BEFORE., and IT IS NOTHING NEW TO YOU."

I think you could make a show, just by people calling and telling their stories. They will he in a light state of daydream-hypnosis, just because of the happy thoughts that you suggested.

Hope this helps - don't panic yourself!

PS - Others may have better thoughts, but I do not think that you want to talk like a professor giving a lecture, and even if you did, it would take more than overnight planning.

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Permalink Reply by bruce on June 2, 2009 at 9:16pm

Hi.

A few ideas/phrases

1) " A lot of people believe [about hypnois] what they see on television or watch in the movies, but really..."

This phrase tends to open people's minds a little, since they've been told their whole lives "don't believe everything you see on TV"


2) People want to know what if feels like to be hypnotized. Let them know it feels good in no uncertain terms. Tell them that it feels like daydeaming, or the way you feel just before you go to bed. Tell them that your clients love it, and tell you how great they feel after a session.

3) Let them know that most people are able to see, hear, and remember when they're in hypnosis.

5) Emphasize that hypnosis is well researched, and proven effective. It's used in for anesthetizing (sp?) patients durring surgery, but also for performance enhancement (athletes, students, etc.) Also, let them know that hypnosis tends to work quickly.

6) Let people know that stage hypnosis is effective because people are selected who a) want to be hypnotized, and b) are highly hypnotizable.

7) Tell your personal success stories. This is very important, as it adds authenticity to your talk. Talk about how you love your work.

8) Let people know that anyone can be hypnotized, provided they are not far below average intelligence, and not schizophrenic (I've been told schizophrenics can't be hypnotized; I haven't tried). Also, "strong-minded" people - that is, people who are intelligent and creative tend to be easier to hypnotize.

9) Emphasize that hypnosis is a method of change that doesn't use "willpower", and this makes it more effective because you aren't fighting yourself...


I'm sure I can think of more, but along with what Tranzkey said, it's a good start.

Also, I highly reccomend that you email the questions you want to be asked to the interviewer (I assume it's an interview), and also check any questions that he/she has decided to ask you. Sometimes questions can be very prejudical eg. "why is it dangerous to hypnotize children..."

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Permalink Reply by Michael Zappellini on June 2, 2009 at 9:23pm

Hi Asucena the first thing, you can tell them what hypnosis is so it will be demystified something like:

Hypnosis is: A naturally occurring altered state of consciousness in which the critical faculty is bypassed (mind in the conscious mode) and acceptable selective thinking is established.

This simply means that the reasoning, evaluating, judging part of your mind (conscious) is bypassed. While we wonder how this could possibly happen, we are subject to it all the time. The advertising industry is dedicated to bypassing our critical judgment all the time in order to influence our buying behavior.

We suspend our critical judgment other times when an authority figure makes some sort of comment; doctors, clergy, professors, and many more fall into this category.

Children suspend their critical judgment frequently in games of "let's pretend". Actors do it in playing a part; they have to suspend their critical faculty, and they ask the audience to suspend theirs to accept them as being someone else.

With the critical faculty bypassed, specific thoughts/suggestions can be lodged in the subconscious where they can propel the client toward a desired goal or change behavior in a positive, permanent way. Any such suggestions must be acceptable to the client, of course. They would have no effect otherwise.

This focus on a specific goal or behavior is done with laser-like precision and intensity in hypnosis. It's a little like looking through a telescope from the wrong end. You see just one tiny spec of the environment in focus though you may be aware of everything around it.

And to demystify more you can tell them that people often fear that being hypnotized will make them lose control, surrender their will, and result in their being dominated, but a hypnotic state is not the same thing as gullibility or weakness. Many people base their assumptions about hypnotism on stage acts but fail to take into account that stage hypnotists screen their volunteers to select those who are cooperative, with possible exhibitionist tendencies, as well as responsive to hypnosis. Stage acts help create a myth about hypnosis which discourages people from seeking legitimate hypnotherapy.

Another myth about hypnosis is that people lose consciousness and have amnesia. A small percentage of subjects, who go into very deep levels of trance will fit this stereotype and have spontaneous amnesia. The majority of people remember everything that occurs in hypnosis. This is beneficial, because the most of what we want to accomplish in hypnosis may be done in a medium depth trance, where people tend to remember everything.

In hypnosis, the patient is not under the control of the hypnotist. Hypnosis is not something imposed on people, but something they do for themselves. A hypnotist simply serves as a facilitator to guide them.
I hope it helps
my 2 cents

Michael Zappellini

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Permalink Reply by Tranzkey on June 3, 2009 at 4:23pm

How did your talk go?

Were we helpful in any way?

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Permalink Reply by Tranzkey on June 5, 2009 at 4:41pm

Please tell us what you did, and all about how you did it.

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