Posted: 6/11/2008 7:20:44 PM EDT
| So has anyone ever tried it to stop a bad habit? |
I guess I could fit here but....
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I've done some hypnotism (not a registered hypnotist or anything) and I agree that it's not going to help do anything you don't really want to do anyway. If you really do want to quit smoking or lose weight, then hypnotism might, at a minimum, provide a placebo effect if you believe it'll work. I suppose it could help with some of the physical symptoms of withdrawal, but I wouldn't count on it for anything more addictive than nicotine, and certainly could help with the psychological addiction (which is my primary problem with smoking. I enjoy everything about it except for the stinking and coughing and dying parts). I don't think I'd pay money for a session (not being a trusting sort), but a "Hypnotism for Dummies" type book might be worth looking at. If nothing else it could help you decide if you're a likely candidate. Again, I'm not even hardly a hobbyist much less a trained hypnotist, I've just ... "dabbled" shall we say? |
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No but I've tried to get girls to go to bed with me when I was in my twenties trying to hypnotize them. Does that count?  In all seriousness though, I have no clue how to hypnotize anyone. I was joking around though and trying to make them laugh. It wasn't like I actually could hypnotize them. Strangely enough though, the sense of humor did loosen them up though.  |
| I used to help a PH.D in Psychology do research by hypnotizing college students and then having them fill out an questionnaire regarding their experiences. If you can let yourself relax enough, you can most likely be hypnotized. However, it really can't be used to make you do things that you really don't want to do based on the trials that I was involved in many years ago. |