AlienInDaHizous said:
I have a masters in clinical psych, and in no way, shape or form has anyone, EVER, produced ANY scientific evidence that supports the use and/or positive results from ANY form of hypnotism. It falls into the same catagory as psychics, telekinesis and all that other crap. It is utter bunk, snake-oil salesman, unproven shat....and I feel sorry for the people who even remotely think it might be real...your all being duped in the biggest way and it is a sad day in tickledom in where a company is running out of ideas and they resort to this shit. For shame dudes...for shame.
If you have a masters in clinical psych, I strongly suspect you found it at the bottom of a box of cereal.
Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness which we all briefly experience right before falling asleep. A hypnotic state, such as that seen in these clips, can be induced through the concentration of the person undergoing the hypnosis. People are not "put" into this state by another person. The person entering the trance is helped to concentrate by the other person. They, in effect, put themselves into the trance. Because of the level of concentration required, it is just about impossible, for example, to hypnotize a mentally retarded person. The more intelligent a person is, the easier it is for them to enter a trance state.
Once in a hypnotic trance, a person is highly susceptible to suggestion. If they are told something, they are very likely to believe it and go with it. We don't know exactly how hypnosis works, but we certainly know that it does work. Some dentists use hypnosis rather than Novocain during extended dental procedures, such as root canals. Hypnosis has been proven to be effective in behavior modification, such as smoking cessation and weight loss. And finally, as any
genuine clinical psychologist would know, hypnosis can be and is used as a valuable tool in psychotherapy.
I suggest that, rather then listen to any self-appointed "expert" on this forum, people who are interested in learning more about hypnosis, and particularly about whether the behavior they have witnessed on the clips is genuine, should search for hypnosis on the Web. I just did (on Google), and came up with 12.8 million hits. I also suggest that interested persons concentrate mainly on scientific- and medical-based hypnosis pages for the most complete and accurate information on this little-understood but highly effective phenomenon.
As an aside, I have seen several of TIB's hypnosis clips, and I have not the slightest doubt that everything I have seen is genuine. This is an area where faking would stick out like a sore thumb.