Odd Hypnosis?

[Kenz]

I guess I shouldn't have done this, but I clicked on a few of those free hypnosis recordings floating around after watching a science show that used therapeutic hypnosis to demonstrate silly stage tricks. Now, I feel a little weird but also intrigued. It actually felt very good to try to hypnotize myself. I felt like I was back in Kindergarten. Now, though, I'm just a little confused by it, and I want more information. I'm thinking I really shouldn't have tried to hypnotize myself, but it looked fairly harmless. It was just thirty minutes of someone droning on and giving two or three suggestions near the end. One was for cleaning, and the other was silly and fetishized.

I wanted to post on the hypnotism forum, but I didn't see any active ones. I was hoping maybe a magician / stage hypnotist could give me some insight and maybe help me find more information. I was thinking about getting therapeutic hypnosis for some anxiety issues I have, and a little knowledge of hypnosis, or any soothing techniques. would probably be great for my students.

Also, how should I change my username? I meant this to be my password...

 

[Tower of Lunatic Meat]

I believe there is a way to change your name by clicking on your profile preferences. I'm trying to find it, but I don't see a way to do it in a mobile; just PC.
I say this because I changed my username a while back.

If I am wrong, contact admin support and they'll be able to square things up on your end.

 

[Bryant_Tsu]

Yup if you want to change your name you're going to have to contact support, they'll get to it in less than 24 hrs. As for hypnotists I don't if there are any active members who have a great deal of experience.

 

[WyattSB]

A similar thread popped up a couple of weeks ago, this is my advice:

I am no expert, however I started with Derren Brown's book Tricks of the Mind. It provides a solid basis on how to actually hypnotise a person, and a lot of personal thoughts of his on various aspects of hypnosis, such as what it is, why certain things work, and specific techniques. This is all supported by a fair few anecdotes of his, some of which are very interesting to read and are chosen to make fascinating points about hypnosis itself.

The next book I've read is Reality Is Plastic by Anthony Jacquin, which is a much more structured step by step approach, its more of a tutorial so its pretty dry to read, but very informative. It follows steps and techniques in a chronological order for someone to learn hypnosis. I say its a book, but its actually a spiral bound notebook printed on cheap paper that is actually very thin. Sure there is more than enough information in there but its very dense and streamlined, considering the price and physical properties its a bit meh. Anthony is very commercial with his hypnosis so sometimes his videos are a bit hard to get through.

I consider hypnosis a fairly strong personal journey, so I feel a bit like once you've sorted out your ethics and covered some basic principals on how to make it work its mostly personal development from there, these books are good for reference however I wouldn't follow them very literally. Definitely watch some videos of the author performing (If you aren't familiar with these people) before you buy their books and decide from there, also look at other hypnotists too.

As far as DVDs go I'm not really sure. The only one I'm aware of is The Manchurian Approach, also by Anthony Jacquin, and I'm pretty sure its more or less a video form of his book. I think it follows the progress of an absolute beginner as he teaches them the content of the book. If you want to learn from someone, and you have some experience, you can more or less watch them perform and do it as there shouldn't really be anything secret or behind the scenes going on.

There are also seminars available but that depends on where you are and they tend to be pretty expensive in comparison to a book or DVD, but its said that that is the easiest way to learn.

Here is that thread, there are some other posts in there too. Unfortunately I have nothing to say regarding hypnotherapy.

 

[Kenz]

Okay, I figured out how to change my username. I guess I'll have to wait for an answer to my second question. I want to learn how to do real hypnosis, because I'm extremely curious. The medical community actually acknowledges the effectiveness of hypnotherapy and the ability of people to control their own minds. I was considering getting some done to take care of some anxiety in my own life, and maybe benefit my students, too. If I can't become a legitimate hypnotherapist without becoming a psychologist, I don't know if I want to do it, though. I'm also a bit freaked out by it, because there are so many myths about it; it's linked to mind control in the narratives of most people, but it feels like something very natural and soothing.