HYPNOSIS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Hypnosis is Perfectly Safe & Enjoyable
Some people mistakenly believe that hypnosis puts someone "under the control" of the hypnotist — nothing could be further from the truth. While experiencing hypnosis, the volunteer is in complete control and cannot be made to do anything against their will or their morals.
As an ethical and conscientious hypnotist, James Hatfield is always aware of the volunteers on stage and won’t allow anything to happen that someone might later regret or that could cause extreme embarrassment. Many people comment after shows that they've never seen a hypnotist that treats his volunteers so well.
Hypnosis is an unknown state of mind to most people, so it usually raises a few questions - Here are a few asked the most…
Q. Does the Stage Hypnotist really control his volunteers?
A. No, he is simply "influencing" them - because they permitted him to do so. Every suggestion complied with tends to reinforce the impact of subsequent suggestions.
Q. Are they really "volunteers"?
A. Yes, because they always had the choice of disregarding, or saying no to, his suggestions.
Q. Did the Hypnotist make them come up on stage?
A. No, he suggested - possibly in a very authoritarian manner. And maybe they had to come up on stage if their hands were locked together as a result of a suggestibility exercise.
Q. Will they do anything the Hypnotist tells them to do?
A. Yes, he will soon have their bank account numbers and be number one beneficiary in their wills! Real Answer. Of course not!
Q. Can they resist his hypnotic power?
A. Again, of course they can. If they want to. But most who particpate in a Hypnotism show are expecting to be hypnotised and that expectation tends to result in the effectiveness of the Hypnotism.
Hypnosis dates back to the days of the Egyptian pyramids.
You cannot be "stuck" in a hypnotic state.
Hypnosis heightens your senses, it doesn't "weaken your will".
The Vatican has approved of hypnosis to ease pain during child birth.
The AMA recognized hypnosis as a science in 1958.
Hypnosis is merely a heightened state of relaxation and suggestibility, not "sleep".
The word Hypnosis comes from the Greek God Hypnos - the God of sleep.
You cannot be made to do anything while experiencing hypnosis that is against your will.
The more intelligent a person is, the more likely a candidate they make as a hypnosis subject.
Almost anyone who wants to experience hypnosis can!
The Hypnotist does not have any special powers over a subject, he serves only as a guide for someone to hypnotize themselves.
1 hour of hypnosis is equal to approximately 4 hours of sleep.
Many athletes use hypnosis in one form or another to heighten their performance.
Hypnosis is the most fun, entertaining experience you can have for your next event.
Self-Hypnosis - A self-induced state of trance.
Hypnotist - A person skilled in the art of inducing trance in another.
Hypnotic - Of Hypnosis Having the ability to Hypnotize. Usually refers to an object or occurance rather than a person.
Hypnotize (Alternative spelling Hypnotise) - induce a hypnotic trance state
Hypnotized (Alternative spelling Hypnotised) - In a trance
Stage Hypnotist - A performer who uses Hypnosis to influence others in a usually humorous or spectacular display of mind power and influence.Often referred to as Stage Hypnotism.
Hypnotherapist - A person trained to present therapeutic suggestions to another willing person in whom a state of trance has been induced.
Trance - An alterered state of awareness (between waking & sleeping). A person in an induced trance is said to be "hypnotized".
Somnambulism - A deep state of hypnotic trance often charaterised by amnesia
Somnambulist - A person capable of a somnambulistic trance.
States of Awareness - Beta, Alpha, Theta, Delta.The "Beta" state being the most aware and the Delta being the least.ie. Beta = wide awake. Alpha = light trance. Theta = deep trance/light sleep. Delta = deep sleep.
Post-Hypnotic Suggestion - A suggestion given during a state of trance that it is intended to be carried out upon awakening from that trance.
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