Real Hypnosis

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Permalink Reply by Bill Kennedy on April 15, 2011 at 4:10am

You are SO right.  Who wants to be criticized in such an unfeeling way?

Michael Ellner said:

Excellent post - Bill-

 

 

FYI-

Listening to people express how they felt about being told they were resisting or getting secondary gains in my support groups for people with AIDS, cancer and medically unexplained symptoms led me to question my trainings and beliefs about "resistance" and "secondary gains..."

 

Michael E. @ http://www.nycanxietyhypnosis.com

 

 

 

 

 

Bill Kennedy said:

Hi Jonathan,

 

I just went to your web site to try to understand your point of view.  I think the model you are using is that the human mind is malleable to the extent that given enough manipulation you can get anyone to do anything.  In that model, the hypnotist does indeed control the subject, but as you point out, that model doesn't need the hypnosis.  People have been manipulated to kill other people (to use an extreme example) without hypnosis.  A charismatic leader is all you need.

 

That is not to say that every hypnotized person is under the control of every hypnotist, each and every time they are hypnotized.  Hypnosis does not always produce the desired outcome, even when the person hypnotized understands the suggestions.  People do resist hypnotic suggestions.  Even competent hypnotists do not have a 100% success rate.

 

Bill

 

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