Ive had a sudden interest in hynotism. I started thinking about those things where a hypnotist will make someone think water tastes like lemon juice or a cookie is a bug or they are on a completely different country. I thought that was interesting because it would imply that a hypnotist has a way of allowing someone else to go into a state in which their mind creates a different reality. Although, can hypnotists actually do things like this, or is it just some sort of myth? Are there any hypnotists on this forum by chance?
this is very interesting, it makes us question how real our reality is and why we perceive it that way.
I was "supposidly" Hypnotized for our dry grad party when I graduated highschool we had a hyptnotist and he took like 8 ppl up on stage and sat them in chairs, then did various like "close your eyes and imagine such and such" then he would do somthing like "play an imaginary instrument" then get the people to slowly snap out of it, one by one he eliminated people who i guess he didnt think were hypnotized, and took them off stage to be 100% honest, i had it in my head to try and make it to be the last one, all through highschool i kinda had a class clown attitude, liked to make ppl laugh etc, so i figured what the hell, i'll do somthing here that ppl will always remeber so it got down to me and the hypnotist, and he did this one skit where it's like the only answer you can give to any question I ask is "No" so he asks me typical questions like, Do you want a million dollars? "No" Do you like girls? "No" everyones gettin a laugh out of it then finally he's like, I want you to be like mighty mouse whenever the music comes on Now..this is a part thats kinda sketchy, because i KNEW who mighty mouse was, and what he did ie, Flew with one arm tucked into his chest and one arm out flying ie: so I proceeded to do this whenever the music came on, running back and forth along the stage, somthing i dont understand is..what would have happened if somone DIDNT know mightymouse? I had no problems with ppl laughing at me, everyone was having a good time, then in the end he snapped his fingers or w/e, everything was over and everyone in the front row ran up and mobbed me laughing and giving high five's etc. now the thing is..through much of it I "THOUGHT" i was thinking "k, I could end this at any time, and screw up his whole routine" but i never did and went along with it till the end at no time was I ever "out of it" but later on, people have told me thats what it is being hypnotized, you think u can just stop, but really you keep going because thats what he did to you, not put u in some trance like state? i unno :S
