All you have to do is change what they believe their morals to be while they are in trance. Highly unethical, though.
-ThrallMind
Highly Unlikely too.
Especially with a stage hypnosis.
Look, I've been doing hypnosis for almost twenty years, and stage hypnosis for eight years. (I do R rated and X rated adult Stage Hypnosis Shows). It does not change a person's morals, you can't. And you certainly can't use a "hypnotic trance" to make someone stop breathing enough to die or even be injured.
Granted you guys need more studying, but remember this basic truth:
Originally Posted by joycey1989
I was under the impression that under hypnosis you were unable to go against your natural instincts or do anything you were morally against ???
Is absolutely, 100% true! You cannot make someone do what they don't want to do.
This is what I tell my audience before each show:
A "hypnotic trance" is exactly like going to the movies: you sit in a comfortable seat, you focus completely on the screen, your heart beats faster when you see the exciting bits, you laugh at the funny ones, you wince when the protagonist gets hurt, and you cry when the hero is sad.
And yet, you completely ignore the guy in the row in front of you eating his popcorn loudly.
That's all it is. A "hypnotic trance" is just like watching tv, reading a book, or even "zoning out". It's all the same.
The only difference is that the person in the "trance" is open to suggestion. It works, but it is incredibly temporary and limited. Stopping someone from breathing, for whatever hypnotic reason you've given them, is bound to fail because the person's natural body reflexes will take over and make the person breath. (I don't know why you'd want them to stop breathing in a Stage Hypnosis Show, sorry, I just don't).
You cannot make someone do what they don't want to do. They will either come out of the "trance" or flat out refuse to do it.
And in answer to the question "How long does a post hypnotic command last?" is not very long -- UNLESS IT'S REINFORCED AND REWARDED. However, once you are doing this, you aren't doing hypnosis, you are doing conditioning. (Remember Pavlov's dog? That wasn't hypnosis....)
Can hypnosis aid conditioning? Yes. So long as, a) the subject believes it will, and b) the subject really wants it to work. Otherwise, hypnosis is just an annoyance. What works to change someone's behavior is conditioning. Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, etc.
Hypnosis is also not brainwashing. Brainwashing involves physical elements as well as conditioning. This includes lack of food, sleep, etc.
Hypnosis is entertainment. It works because the audience believes the hypnotist and wants it to work. There are tricks to make a person more suggestible, but again, that is temporary and limited.
If you want reference without all the "supernatural bull", go read "Tricks of the Mind" by Derren Brown. Ormond McGill is a pretty good reference to learn Stage Hypnosis.
I'll be happy to answer further questions if you wish to pm me.
I know this is long, I hate misinformation and it also bothers me when people give something more power than it really has....