Can you hypnotize people

Answer 1

No, whether or not you can be hypnotized depends on your strong will. If you resist hypnosis, you probably can fight it off. Also, it is unlikely to impossible to be hypnotized if you are confident and trust yourself. Extremely defiant people should be able to fight it off, too. But if and only if you submit can you be hypnotized.

Answer 2

If you want to hypnotize someone, the person being hypnotized must allow it, if not then it won't work. Also, certain kinds of hypnotism only works on certain people. NEEDS MORE INFORMATION!!!

Answer 3

Hypnosis puts people in a state of consciousness in which they are sensitive to suggestion. Hypnotists go through a general series of steps to hypnotize someone. They may have a different style or use different words but overall, the method is the same. First, the hypnotist commands the person to focus and listen to the words being said. Then, he or she is told to relax as much as possible and let go. "Let go" is a phrase that most hypnotists use. It means to free the mind and simply accept suggestions. Lastly, the hypnotists tells the person to use his or her imagination.

Not everyone can be hypnotized because they are not willing to be acted upon or not susceptible to suggestion. The key to hypnosis is to be in a deep state where you are easily influenced. About eighty percent of people are able to be hypnotized. Those who are very susceptible to hypnosis tend to have wild and vivid imaginations and fantasies. On the other hand, the subject will never do anything that he will not be willing to do in his normal state. For instance, if a person is not willing to jump off a building in his normal state, he will not do it in his hypnotized state. In fact, the subject is actually in control and the hypnotist is simply a guide.

Answer 4

Anyone of normal intelligence & state of mind (ie not psychotic, drugged/ drunk etc) is hypnotizable - if willing. Hypnosis is a naturally occurring state which most people enter regularly on a daily basis - eg total absorption in a task/ watching TV/ reading etc to the extent that awareness of other stimuli is minimal or zero. Some scientists assert that most people enter a "right brain state" (ie one of detachment from logical/ analytic thinking allowing the emotional , imaginative, intuitive side of cognition to predominate) roughly every 90 minutes, & during such phases are in a trance state. To be hypnotized is simply to allow induction of this state by deliberate means.

Numerous theories exist about the exact nature of hypnosis, ranging from the social compliance/ role playing view (ie people comply with the hypnotist's instructions in order to meet their own & others' expectations, & by so doing are "entranced") to the the one which asserts that it's, in fact, the production of a "REM State" in an otherwise conscious person. Whatever, there's no doubt that hypnosis is an altered state of mind; it's quite normal, & most can attain it if they wish to.

For reasons that are unclear, however, people do have different hypnotic capabilities. Some people enter deep trance states very readily - they will be somnambulistic; able to remain deeply hypnotized with their eyes open, walk around, experience negative & positive hallucinations suggested to them, and probably partial & even total anaesthesia. Such people will probably also have amnesia, to varying degrees, of events during their trances. Most are not so hypnotizable: they remain fully aware during trance - it's simply a deeply relaxed state during which they're very focused on what the hypnotist says to them. Indeed, some describe hypnosis as a state of "hyperattentiveness". A common hypnotic phenomenon, however, is some degree of time distortion - most believe their trances lasted far less time (and in some cases more!) than was, in fact, the case.

There are no totally reliable means of assessing hypnotizability. However, generally, people of higher intelligence who have good powers of concentration, especially if they also enjoy fantasy, role playing, had "imaginary friends" in childhood etc, are usually pretty good at it. Willingness to "let go", & trust in the hypnotist, are also pretty important; someone who cannot suspend critical judgment will not be a good subject, & if you think the hypnotist is a creep then forget it!

Some believe the "Eye Roll Test" is a good indicator of general hypnotizability: if you can readily roll up your eyes into your head so only the whites are showing, & maintain this without significant difficulty, then you're probably readily hypnotizable. Opinions differ on the validity of this, but many have found the correlation to be pretty high.

There are numerous myths about hypnosis. First, willingness to be hypnotized is essential - people can not be hypnotized if they do not want to be. Second, a person in hypnosis is not "under the control" of the hypnotist: they will not do anything they do not want to. Third, a hypnotized person can not be "stuck in hypnosis": if the hypnotist walked away leaving them in trance, they'd either just drift into ordinary sleep & awake naturally, or - most likely - emerge spontaneously from trance after a short time, probably at most half an hour.

So, yes, I can be hypnotized - as can pretty well anyone who wants to be. It's not "magic", just an altered state of mind that occurs regularly to most of us. Many years ago, for example, I was at a party where I spent over 3 hours dancing with a woman, during which time I was pretty well unaware of anything else & did not realise how much time had passed - I was hypnotized by her.

Answer 5

Well that's a unknown question. People say that its just putting you to sleep and telling u what to do but i think u can hypnotise because i almost did once so has other people.....This answer is from a very smart person who knows Lot of science

Answer 6

Generally, anyone who is willing to be hypnotized can be...

The most responsive people are those who want to be hypnotized; are of above average intelligence with good powers of concentration who are able to follow instructions, and have well developed imaginative/ fantasy lives. If they are interested in the mind and how it works, and are curious about its potential, then they are likely to be extremely responsive.

People of low intelligence and/ or limited imagination who cannot follow instructions are not usually very responsive, and those who are overly critical, suspicious of others, or very controlling are not very good at hypnosis either.

It's a myth that highly hypnotizable people are either "lame brains" or gullible. In fact, the most responsive people are usually very bright, psychologically stable, and highly creative.

Answer 7

yes you can be hypnotized- you can be for many different things such as to stop you from smokking to the simple like going to sleep