foamy

As title, either for amusement or as hypnotherapy?

Just wondering what it does... did you/they remember anything betwen being very, very sleepy and opening your eyes?

- Foamy

DaveD

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Yep, I had hypnotherapy while having chemo, to help me cope with a growing needle phobia. Unfortunately the NHS would only give me 2 sessions, but I do feel they gave me some techniques to cope with constant needles being stuck in me.
At no time did I lose control, or actually feel 'under' (if you get what I mean!) and I was aware of things around me.
I was very unsure of the process before I went, but came away with good relaxations skills and the ability to make small areas of my skin go numb (for needles)... if I concentrate hard enough!
I don't hold with the idea of hypnotising for entertainment... it scares the $hit out of me!


Rachael (on Dave's user name, cos I forgot to change it! )

yoza

I dont actually remember the process of being hypnotised, but I must have been.

I can just about recall saying..." With this ring..."

mj

I was hypn'od to try and stop smoking, not once did I feel under as such, very relaxed though, still smoking by the way.

I think what put me off was the bizzare new age music, the hypnotist was an american guy with a very odd voice - he dragged half the words out as much as he could, and then upped the tempo for others like...

yooooooooooou dooooooo,notwishto,smokkkkkee, everrrrragain. It was a bit hard to tell what he was saying TBH.

To add to that, he had left a small gap in the curtains, 5 mins into the session, the sun moved round and sone a beam of light right in my eyes, put me right off.

I remember going in there exactly 1pm, no messing about, I was sat in the chair 5 minutes later.

after the session, he asked me what I thought, and explained that I never really felt "hypnotised", he said this was normal. he also asked how long I thought the session had lasted, to which I replied about 20 minutes.

"Try about 40 minutes" was his reply.

.....etc,etc, hands over the £65 and I leave.

Look at my watch when I get outside - 1:25 pm

Now someone's telling porkies, and I still enjoy smoking

blip

Recently had quite a long course of Hypnotherapy to stop me getting so stressed. I was always a sceptic and firmly believed I would never be able to 'go under'.

Well according to a meter the guy had me rigged up to I was in a state of deep hypnosis from the first session - in fact he said the next deeper state was where people could be operated on whilst under.

I always felt in control, could remember everything from each session, was aware of my surroundings, could here external noises (traffic, etc) and never felt like I was 'under'. In fact the only way I knew I was hypnotised was at the end of the sessions when he would count down from 10 to 1 and I had to open my eyes when he got to 1. I could barely get my eyes open, they felt like lead - as if I had been in a deep, deep sleep - and I felt quite dazed afterwards for a good hour or so.

I also cried briefly in two sessions when talking about a girlfriend that died. I can never normally cry so it must have been doing something.

Having said all that I am not convinced that the sessions ultimately helped me that much, but I'm glad I tried anyway, even though it cost me a fair bit.

Ian_S

my dads been in theatre when surgery has been performed on someone under hypnosis with no anaesthetic at all

fast bloke

my m8 was hypnotised by Barry Sinclair(think thats his name) - M8 was prancing round the stage pretending to be Eminem etc etc. To this day he doesn't believe that he did it - He remembers clasping his hands together and then waking up on the stage 2 hours later