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So any of you kids been hypnotised?

I got hypnotised to give up smoking a week ago, early days yet, but so far I am astonished at how effective it has been. I have always found it really hard to give up. I am normally crawling up the walls by day 2.

Amusingly, she has replaced my urge to smoke with an urge to do healthy things, like drink more water, eat healthy food and do exercise, so it is a double wammy. Highly recommended, for any of you smokers who want to quit.

Hypnotism tends to be associated with a lot of occult and new age things, but there is indeed some truth about it of the water carrying variety. You should try self-hypnosis sometime, it's fun.

Don't you have to believe it will work for it to work, sort of like the economy?

What techniques did he use?

My wife did somthing similar to me back when we were in college.. she went to see a hypnotist perform for her sorority as part of a exam stress-relief thing.

The hypnotist taught them at the end how to hypnotize themselves to just relax during exam time or whenever. She tried it on me and I was like "Wow! That was a nice blink!" but... about 45 minutes had gone by. I was pretty impressed.

I also think thats when I decided to marry her... hmmmn

If you wish to try self hyponosis.

-Pyro

Ok guys, here ya go!

Well, it's good that you're being healthy anyway.

So you lack the self-control to quit smoking and live a healthy lifestyle. Your solution is to let someone effectively take control of your mind and change who you are?

Rather than tough it out through all the attempts and failures to quit smoking you just give it all up to some witch-doctor who probably had you dance like a monkey while you were under?

Such an utter lack of discipline and willingness to put forth effort is shameful. Way to take the most lazy approach to a problem that you could.

You sir are an inspiration to other lazy fuc[b][/b]ks like myself who are always looking for the shortcuts in life. Please post a link to where I can find a hypnotist in the Florida area, as I'm too lazy to look it up myself.




No seriously....link?

Is it possible that you all missed Joph's fix? Or am I just not attuned to your superior powers of sarcasm?

Hyponotism is really quite easy to do. The key ingredients are alcohol and a willing subject. The hooch lowers the defenses of the participant and makes them far more agreeable to engage in acts or talk which they otherwise would be loath to do, hence why many guys ply chicks with booze to get into their tight little pants.

Second, the follower type of individual is much, much easier to get to go under than someone strong willed or independent. For instance, I tried to let myself be hyponotised, but the farthest I could get was at the point where I got tunnel vision. A part of me refused to give up control to another and wouldn't allow me to relinguish that final bit of self authority. It is this, I believe, which makes makes women easier to hypnotise than men. Women, by culture, are expected to take subordinate roles, thus give control to others. Argue with all you wish, but my experiences show this to be true.

Once the subject is inebriated, get a light (not a candle) for them to focus on and dim all other lights in the room. Have the observers be silent since laughter or noises distract the participant. Explain to the person that you are going to count to 100, and by 25 they are going to be very relaxed. By 50 they will be extremely tired, and by 75 they will be asleep. Make certain you modulate your voice so that it is low, slow, and somewhat intimate, as if you were telling them a secret. They are to look at the light and not attempt to see anything else. Place yourself behind them and by their ear so that you become a disembodied voice.

You will know immediately that they are in a hyponotic state when their eyes close and their breathing deepens. At this point, explain that at the count of three they will obey your commands, but no harm will come to them.

It's at this time you pretty much have run of the mill and can do anything, so long as it does not exceed a physical ability or moral threshhold. Consider anything a drunk might do is what your hypnotised person will be willing to do.

Post hypnotic suggestions are given by saying things like, "When you hear the word 'rooster' you will have an unstoppable urge to crow," or the like. I have found that these are effective to up to two days post-hypnosis.

Finally, you can clear the subject's memory of the events by simply telling them they will forget everything upon waking up. Or not. You can just as easily have them remember everything. Then you tell them at the count of three they will wake up.

Like I said, it's simple.

Totem

PS: Any tales of dangerous effects of hypnosis are pure fabrication. There are no documented cases of permanent comotose states or killing sprees. None.

I missed it because I really don't pay attention.