Question: Can someone be hypnotized through a computer screen, or does eye contact need to be made for hypnosis to work? Answer: Eye contact is not a requirement for hypnosis. In fact, the ‘Mesmer Stare’ (where a hypnotist uses intense eye contact to induce a trance) is practically never used as an induction nowadays. As […]
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Question: Is it possible to hypnotise someone in a different location? I need one. Answer: Not only is it possible, it’s very commonplace now. Before the COVID-19 lockdowns, a few people were offering virtual sessions, but they were very few and very far between. But as so many different industries learned to work via Zoom,
Question: Is there any technology that can induce hypnosis in large groups of people? Answer: This really comes down to how you define the two words ‘technology’ and ‘hypnosis’. By hypnosis do you mean in a full hypnotic state as traditionally meant by hypnotists (Traditionally, this involves a deep state of focused awareness, relaxation, and
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Question: Is it possible to make a career as an online hypnotherapist? Answer: Virtual hypnotherapy is not only possible but has opened up incredible access and flexibility for clients and practitioners alike. It’s probably best to do a mix of virtual and in person, but online only is quite possible. About five years ago most
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Question: Can someone experience life solely through their thoughts, without any sensations or visualizations in their mind’s eye? Answer: This seems to be a question about Aphantasia, if it is, then yes. it’s not an issue at all. Aphantasia (correctly pronounced with a hard A, like able rather than a soft one like in father)
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Question: How do you hypnotize someone to do what you want? Answer: You have to have them want it too. You can’t force somebody to do something against their wishes with hypnosis. Real-world hypnosis is nothing at all like how it’s portrayed in movies and on TV shows. In real hypnosis, the hypnotee is always
Question: Can hypnosis be used as a tool for interrogation, and what are the ethical implications? Answer: Hypnosis is a terrible choice for interrogation and should never be used for it. First of all, I need to clarify what hypnosis is and isn’t. It is not at all like how it is depicted in movies
Question: Can untrained people use hypnosis on others? Answer: Possibly, it all comes down to how you define ‘untrained’ Obviously somebody that doesn’t know anything at all about hypnosis is not going to be very successful, so I’ll take it to mean ‘formally trained’. Yes. As long as you have learnt an induction, and have
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Question: Is it possible to remember an incident from your past by meditation or hypnotism? Answer: I can only answer the hypnosis side of this question as I have no real expertise with meditation, just personal experience with it. I would assume the answer would be exactly the same though. Yes, hypnosis can be used
Question: Is it common for people to become stuck in a trance when being hypnotized by professional hypnotists? Answer: Not only is this not common, it’s actually impossible for it to happen. Hypnosis in one form or another has been done for thousands of years, and in all that time, with all those millions, if