If You Can’t be Hypnotized, You Lose | Jim Kellner | TEDxGrandCanyonUniversity

[@thenukeman3657]

I’m that guy in the audience that just keeps laughing at everything

[@MS-37]

TheNukeMan Really?😂

[@tehsauces1976]

Don't blame you

[@jaclyneagle6210]

I am an aspiring Disney villian and you can find me softly giggling because I am not your average villian.

[@konata1014]

Hahoohahaha

[@whatsupwithlahni501]

Really?

[@youde5241]

I don't know about hypnosis but after watching hours of video, I got hungry, ate 5-6 burgers and because of the great lot of food, I felt sleepy and fell asleep.. I think the burgers hypnotized me.

[@Robert08010]

You are under my weight! Eat more burgers!"

[@lisettecallis5329]

I hope thats a joke. that is not good food and 3 -4 times too much as well.

[@dragknbkrn2891]

@@Robert08010 lol

[@evltwin984]

You experienced slipping into a food coma

[@tinaaponte7878]

I've tried hypnotherapy a few times. I wanted it to work, but unfortunately it didn't. It's definitely not skepticism, disbelief or stubbornness. I wouldn't have spent money on something I was skeptical/stubborn about.

[@MustbeTheBassest]

Same, I am about to go in for my second session. I really want it to work, but the first session was like a complete waste of time

[@7smr]

My dad was a psychiatrist and a professional hypnotist. He told me hypnosis works if you believe it. My brother and I used to ask him to hypnotise us , but he said he couldn't do it since we were family.

[@JimKellner]

Because hypnosis is a natural state that we all experience, no belief is necessary. Just a desire to experience it 😁

[@DarkTempler1]

that means it was BS the whole time lmao

[@TheLuuuuuc]

I feel like hypnosis is pretending to be hypnotized. If somebody is told "you can't open your eyes, now open your eyes" he's only pretending not to open his eyes because he wants to be hypnotized. It's just like not wanting to open your eyes, not being unable to.

[@JimKellner]

Have you ever experienced hypnosis yourself? Eye lock is not a prerequisite for hypnosis.

[@DaWump]

Luca Moriconi I was a skeptic until I started studying the subject. I now work as a hypnotist. It is a naturally occurring state which occurs in your everyday life. Perception is reality and hypnotists just change you perception by utilizing your own subconsious.

[@herbmccandless1371]

Your welcome to come to one of my shows and I'll prove you wrong, I'm in Myrtle Beach SC til Labor Day.

[@JimKellner]

@@herbmccandless1371 Nice.

[@vetalique]

You think like that until you experience that, I used to be on a lecture in university when hypnotist was brought in by university stuff just to shut us up, cause our lecturer got late. I mean there are some unfalsifiable stunts that people whom you know very well like your close friends or classmates - they just can't perform due to insufficient physical abilities. Yet they can - like some heavy lifting stunts that are impossible otherwise. You can't make a regular person become straight like a brick for 10+ minutes or to hold a +60kg girl sitting on a chest like on a bench while centimiters of his head and leg fingers rest between two chairs, unless the guy isn't some olimpic champion bodybilder. and if you know the guys for few years prior and few years after - you just know that you experienced something unusual and strange.

[@mattmarchand3139]

We are hypnotized by what we think. But if we question what we think we wake up from the trance we are already in. This takes down the barriers to infinite expansion.

[@stefanbachrodt7072]

I love how simple it is to in fact change someone's perception. A lot of the time it's about agreeing with them at first or merely seeming to care for their outlook - which keeps them engaged, then you drop your own narrative in light of that, and they're like, "Omg yeah!" Some will come to a rational conclusion later on and be like, "wait what" but a lot of them will in fact have a drastically changed outlook. It's fun but also potentially devastating since I recognize how easily an entire nation could in essence be influenced in manners like this. There's another way that suggests confusion through questioning in a manner that one can't decisively answer, you then present a fact that is somewhat related and all of a sudden you've given them a perspective they may not even have considered to begin with or now find that perspective to be the decisive answer they're so desperately trying to provide. Uhg, if it's one thing I have learnt about the human mind it's that its often far to easily manipulated.

[@SunshineCuddlebug]

I'm loving it!!! I CAN be hypnotized when a couple months ago I tried the same but couldn't??? I know there's been MAJOR changes in my life but I still don't understand why not before and why I can now.

[@JimKellner]

Many reasons. Each experience is different. Also, the more you use hypnosis, the better at it you get.

[@TheAtHamptonDotCom]

this trick is called stage hypnosis, it is different from regular hypnosis and is achieved by having plants in the audience.

[@JimKellner]

Nope. I’d never even met them before they came on stage.

[@jordoncampbell5118]

hypnosis is hypnosis

[@JimKellner]

I would never want anyone to 'act' hypnotized. It's not necessary - there are always those that are. I'm sorry you had that experience.

[@JimKellner]

Clearly you've not looked into the data. It's been proven repeatedly by various researchers across the globe.

[@025banban]

This was great, I have been researching "stage hypnosis training free" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Andrewlon Hypnotification Scheme - (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my co-worker got amazing results with it.

[@linamarie84]

Those " 3 groups" aren't right. I myself have wanted to do these sessions very much and have practiced whatever techniques I can. However. My mind runs faster than I can think or speak. Its constantly raising. Some people just cannot. Period.

[@hypno_moto]

The reason is your mind might be wondering what is it like to be hypnotized during the session

[@Sam-mk9ke]

I was a volunteer one on of these stage hypnosis shows once. I just went along with everything because I didn't want to make a scene and ruin the show. It was a decision I consciously made, not because I was suggested to. I wanted to be hypnotized but couldn't

[@AwesomeExperiencez]

Haha. . Am going for RTT soon I don't know what is gonna happen am curious

[@Doug_Hannon]

Common hypnosis info: "you can't be hypnotized if you don't want to be." "Some people are more suggestible than others." So hypnotism is when you ask someone to do something and they decide to obey you? Sounds like fancy peer pressure, not anything "mystical."

[@KindOldRaven]

Hypothetically hypnoticism actually makes sense if you look into what meditative states, scientifically measurable, do to your brain. Results like severely decreased pain perception (measurable with equipment and brain monitoring) are hard to argue. It doesn't work for everyone, but it could definitely be used as a tool. Seeing someone afraid of needles getting stung by several without any response after a 'session' is nothing short of impressive, regardless of mechanism of action. Even if it's induced placebo, that's a significant effect in itself.

[@geraldmartin8195]

@@michaelpeters6871 Good points. It sounds like you're familiar with the work of Bruce Lipton.

[@SlobaNo1]

His stories are making it more unbelieveable.

[@NDAsDontCoverIllegalActs]

You lose assuming the hypnotist's intentions match your ideas regarding what's fair, ethical and moral. If they don't you're _far_ better remaining conscious and awake.

[@rachaelmann3724]

I was in the audience for this and sitting beside my step dad and realized he couldn't pull his hands apart and we couldn't get them apart when we tried to help! He was too chicken to go up though 😛 Well done Jim, you are fantastic! Ignore the naysayers, most who take the time to write their negative posts have accomplished little in their own lives and live vicariously online.

[@JimKellner]

Rachael Mann Thanks so much Rachel!

[@TheAtHamptonDotCom]

What is this ”vicarious” I live online, you live online, most of everything we do on the daily is online. Real life is just the chore we have to do while we aren't online. Resistance is not only futile, it's unthinkable. Most people wouldn't hit the internet self destruct button if they got the chance. And ”ignore the naysayers” is terrible advice in general. They're saying 'nay' for a reason, it may be a bad reason, but it's still a reason which might be addressed.

[@JimKellner]

James Hurley The reasons were addressed. Also, the naysayers in question are uneducated on the subject and have simply stated their uneducated opinions which in regards to scientific principles are worthless. There is volumes of research on hypnosis as I state in the talk. I asked for research from the naysayers to back up their statements but none have obliged. Ah, I see you are one of them. I welcome any intelligent, educated debate on this topic. Please, post your research or experience.

[@chucku.farley981]

Jim Kellner I guess you said all what had to be said regarding this topic. But I am also very curious about the scientific research that prove hypnosis does not exists

[@TheAtHamptonDotCom]

@@chucku.farley981 I'm not saying it doesn't exist, I've been hypnotized before, and it doesn't work like this.

[@tarajordan1385]

As a forensic psychologist I have been around professionals who used hypnotherapy. First, I am extremely skeptical about the procedure and its values. I see it more like a psychological placebo,in other words,a self persuasion mechanism. People who successfully undergo hypnotherapy,seem to possess a trait called “hypnotizability”. A final word, and this is an scientific evaluation based on empirical evidences,people under hypnosis are in total control of themselves, and would never do anything they would normally find highly objectionable. If you believe that stage hypnotism is real,think twice.....

[@bopolzka733]

Bottom line is it real or not?

[@tarajordan1385]

Stage hypno is fake.

[@JimKellner]

@@tarajordan1385 You're incorrect.

[@Grimreaper1977]

@Tara Jordan please give a link to the "scientific evaluation based on empirical evidence"!

[@bilalwardak1999]

@@tarajordan1385 you should try and get a refund on your education because it obviously didn't help you hypnosis is real not just a placebo they enter a different state of mind where they are more suggestible and are more likely to follow instructions many people have been able to eat foods that would otherwise make them gag at the smell thanks to hypnosis as well as curing certain phobias people suffer from

[@brians6494]

Thanks for the talk, Jim, it changes my perception of hypnosis. I wish I could've been in the audience to give it a try.

[@JimKellner]

Thank you!

[@TheBroccoliFox]

I got so excited when asked to participate, totally imagined everything, felt tension and a lot of increased warmth in hands, but they came apart no problem lol. That was disappointing. That aside, I've always wanted to try hypnotherapy. I can see multiple areas where it might be helpful for me. Unfortunately, for someone like myself who has no income and insurance that won't even consider alternative types of therapy or treatments, this isn't even an option.

[@brookemichelle5081]

There are practitioners of Delores Cannons QHHT hypnotherapy that are free while training. Quantum Healing Hypnosis Therapy

[@DarkTempler1]

I am a mentalist and if everything you say is right then I should be able to increase my skills to become a hypnotist as well. Im still a skeptic of the act put on. Mentalists and magicians do the same thing they put on a show. Magic isnt real and as it seems to be. All 3 have that in common and the one thing they also have in common is its just a trick. Mentalism: tricks, science, targeted guessing such as the most common card in a 52 deck of cards (the ace of spades), intuition is a key factor too. The mentalist/magician asks the questions and makes the magic happen. I feel like that is more of a fun talent that everybody can enjoy. Hypnotism, if real, seems too sketchy from the horror stories I've heard online.

[@hungryhungryhippocampus7889]

Anyone who doesn't believe in hypnosis has never experienced sleep paralysis nor lucid dreaming. The mind is capable of and responsible for so much more than we give it credit

[@Dante8731]

I have practiced lucid dreaming, but I couldn't get hypnotized no matter how much I wanted it.

[@anominousanonymous9344]

Yeah... Nope. Like Dante here, I've lucid dreamt several times and never had an inkling of hypnosis. In fact, I'm usually able to notice subliminal messages for what they are... Such as that bell sound that MacDonalds commercials typically end with.

[@mordzielikplim1328]

7:47 he spoke about me 😂😂😂 I reading the comments his clap brought me back 😂😂

[@arlinegeorge6967]

Informative n interesting talk. Thank you bless you. All your dreams come true

[@JimKellner]

Thank you!

[@anitacarrier9386]

Brain waves can be detected with an EEG machine, the brain is capable of differing states, I.e beta, alpha, theta, delta, gamma. Hypnosis helps induce theta wave state, which is the state the mind goes into during REM sleep. This is the same state a child lives in up to about 7 years of age, hense why their imagination and creative play feels so real. In this state the mind is impressionable, hense why we refer to children's mind like a sponge, they absorb everything, the subconscious mind as less resistance. You could think if it like you was hypnotised, conditioned to be the person you have become based on many things that have been installed into your mind from childhood. Cognitive dissonance is a conflict in the mind so if you were to feel this from a suggestion made, you yourself would automatically refuse acceptance of the suggestion. You are in control at all times, and will only accept suggestions that your mind is willing to accept without conflict.

[@Michael-qh1ip]

Finally, somone in the comments that actually knows their sh*t 👍👍🔥🔥

[@robertp.wainman4094]

Would be very interested in being deeply hypnotised - but on the three occasions I've taken part in an audience (not yours) and asked to put the hands together - I've unfortunately had no difficulty opening them - despite trying to be compliant and not 'fighting' against it. I guess people like me whose hands would easily unlock, but who undertake hypnotherapy will get much poorer results than those who are easily susceptible?

[@JimKellner]

I feel like you missed something in the talk. Pulling hands apart doesn’t mean you can’t be hypnotized.

[@robertp.wainman4094]

​@@JimKellner But not to the same level - I guess?

[@MrLandonweber]

Jim, can meditation be used as a substitute for hypnosis for those of us who cannot be hypnotized?

[@stefanbachrodt7072]

They're one in the same brotherman! Meditation is in essence the means of entering the hypnotic state. a Hypnotic state is in fact a natural state of mind that we all experience on a daily basis. Every time you find your mind, "drifting" from the current objective, you've actually entered into a state of self hypnosis. The mind naturally does this and therefore we ARE ALL able to be, "hypnotized". Just not in the sense that hypnotists so often suggest.

[@overworkedcna412]

MrLandonweber Have you ever just stared blankly into space and found it was hard to tear your eyes off a random spot on the wall or something like that? Congrats, you’ve just hypnotized yourself! So yes, deep and mindful meditation is absolutely a way you can hypnotize yourself...and if you’re really doing it mindfully, you’ll be just as calm and relaxed as if you’d been hypnotized by a professional hypnotist!

[@JimKellner]

It’s probably not that you can’t be hypnotized, it’s just that you need a more customized approach. Meditation is an excellent tool and they both achieve similar’s brain waves.

[@Robert08010]

I take strong exception to the statement made repeatedly that these people are more creative that the rest of us. I'm highly creative and imaginative. I just don't believe every suggestion simply because it is suggested. To me this speaks more to a lack of critical thinking than to creativity. Will you turn off your critical thinking simply because someone asks you to? My answer is always no. Never! I might make an exception if I was in therapy with a licensed hyponotist and that I decided to trust them completely.

[@JimKellner]

You are simply not a good candidate, at this time, to be a stage hypnosis volunteer. Those that are best for stage work have a gift - their unconscious minds accept suggestions quicker than most of us do. Typically these individuals think in pictures and tend to be more creative. They are also OPEN to the experience. Regardless of how creative one is if they are not open to the experience, it won't happen. This is not to say that others are not creative. Some people are naturally better at math or languages than I am. I don't beat myself up over it, I focus on my strengths. It sounds like you are more suited to hypnotherapy.

[@Robert08010]

Jim Kellner I find your choice of words very interesting. It seems what you are really saying is that they are more gullible and easily manipulated than most, except you spin that to sound like a positive thing. I don't see those traits as desirable, even your spun versions. But I suppose if you told them they were more gullible or more easily manipulated than others, they would be far less likely to volunteer. I don't mean to put words in your mouth. I'm sure that's not exactly what you mean but that is how it comes across to me.

[@JimKellner]

@@Robert08010 No, not gullible. They are open to the experience. None of this really matters though. As I say in the talk, those that are unwilling to try hypnosis are losing out on a very powerful tool for transformation.

[@Avratin]

@@Robert08010 That's exactly what he means. Gullible and easily manipulated, as well as crowd pleasing. Peer pressure plays a big role too.

[@Robert08010]

@@Avratin Had I been the guy on the end with the girls head practically in my lap, I think I would have played along just to see where this was going!

[@justsaying9483]

It’s been two years since I’ve watched this video and my hands are still stuck together..annoying

[@Blazenclipz6986]

wow i get this so much now :) its not fake but i have too much going on in my head to be hypothesized

[@Blazenclipz6986]

and after more research i believe i could be hypothesized, you just have to want it , ive been learning Lucid Dreaming and i have learned its not that different and i can hypnotized my self and go to sleep and control my dreams

[@Blazenclipz6986]

ive been doing this for a week or so dreaming and lucid dreaming / hypothesizing my self , idk if you believe me or not but i now know i can do it, and its awesome

[@AnthonySmith]

Good insight!

[@JimKellner]

Thank you!

[@chucku.farley981]

Very good talk, Jim

[@JimKellner]

Thank you!

[@brianbay3229]

Awesome work Jim!!!

[@JimKellner]

Thank you Brian!

[@OrganicHypnosisTraining]

I didn't know you did a TED Talk! That's super cool Jim ​@@JimKellner

[@JimKellner]

@@OrganicHypnosisTrainingThanks buddy!

[@OrganicHypnosisTraining]

What up Brian!

[@brianbay3229]

@@OrganicHypnosisTraining good to see you!!

[@Tyzen-The-Comedy-Hypnotist]

A Fantastic demonstration of hypnosis Jim. It's was really nice watching you pull hypnosis out of it's deep dark hole and shed some light on it for all to discover. How very well explained.

[@JimKellner]

Thanks so much Tyzen!

[@Soulutionsradio]

Great talk and demonstration Jim! You did a great job of dispelling the myths and explaining why everyone should use the tool of hypnosis in there professional and personal success arsenals. As a fellow hypnotherapist I'm very familiar with the misconceptions about what hypnosis is and is not. Though stage Hypnosis can be fun, Hypnosis is not just an entertaining gimmick, it is an ancient art of altering consciousness. Hypnotherapy is another thing altogether. In my Beyond Hypnosis practice, and in yours Jim; we use it as a serious healing tool to help people make lasting changes in their lives by altering the root cause of all experience; their consciousness. ​

[@JimKellner]

TaMara Absolutely! Thanks Tamara!

[@GuzaliaDavis]

Thanks for sharing this. Great presentation!

[@JimKellner]

Thank you so much Guzalia!

[@jammydoger65]

I paid to be hypnotised for a problem I had. Unfortunately no matter how much I tried I never did get hypnotised.

[@webmasale]

Keep trying. Like he said. Use images to enter your subconscious. Like white stairs leading to a glowing ball that is another level inside you.

[@webmasale]

This may not be a very popular thing to say, but smoking weed before allows you to enter easier. Have seen it in many people.

[@expert___]

Same pretty much tried it all, Only time it worked was only 2 times and it only lasted a few hours.

[@jt2473]

@@webmasale Years of listening to self help hypnosis CDs don't seem to work for me. I'll do some research on this and now that Grass is legal in my state, I'll give it a try. Thank you very much!

[@HeathsHarleyQuinn]

There are real hypnotists and there are mentalists who pretend to be hypnotists. I know this because real hypnosis works on me and I have also been the assistant to a mentalist. Different things. it's hard to believe in something that's never happened to you before and I understand that because I used to be in that position until I was really hypnotized by someone who genuinely knew what they were doing. It's honestly one of the freakiest things you've ever experienced, not being able to open your eyes for example.

[@ettoresalice975]

1:17 is this info true? if it is, why so many ppl on comments think that hypnosis isn't a thing?

[@tbone541]

I truly wish anything could make me feel like living

[@ZK1.0]

never been hypnotized never will

[@89bhs]

Title should be, "If You Can't be Hypnotized, I'm Fake"

[@jsoo67]

You know what hypnotizes me? Beautiful women, dammit they get me everytime.

[@chortvozmite141]

Beautiful helps. Intelligence is paramount.

[@Monk-E]

@@chortvozmite141 eh it's hard to tell if someone is intelligent by initial look, find someone beautiful and keep if they're smart

[@j.jasonsantilli297]

I thought I was the only one

[@costaclepopy7800]

Some people say hypnotised is an illusion, for me, I don't think so. I just think its just controlling your body, like, when You daydream, your soul comes out of your body and you will look directly at a spot and if you move your eyes you get out of your daydream and your soul comes back to your body! There's this thing that you have to swing to get to hypnotised a person It looks like a clock or in can be used to any swinging thing. It just looks cool, But this person is hypnotising is kinda what other people who panic says Just a matter of fact that I don't know if its rare or uncommon to not get hypnotised my a master of hipnotier But at least we are watching a show that people are constantly eyeing on these hipnotizic people And its cool if you have a power or your a hero or just a magician But hipnotizers and my FAVOURITE Like when I saw one before I LOVED THE SHOW *it was old so I forgot the show name* But its great to have a magic trick *Mhm but this is my edit* *One time I went to this store in 2015 there was a hipnotizer and HE hypnotised me* I just slept for 3 minutes but it was COOL *another time I went to the circus and they showed us a hipnotiser and She hypnotised the owner of the CIRCUS and it was so cool* Aight, that's all I gotta say. -muna hamed

[@tbone541]

I have been suffering from depression most of my life. I have spent most of my life wishing I was dead or planing the way I will end my life

[@adamvincent8514]

I'll keep control of my own mind thank you

[@AirAfter]

Is hypnotism just giving yourself over to the influence of other's words?

[@JimKellner]

Check out the video, your question is answered in there.

[@shabsuh]

i actually tried this ... its honestly scary HAHAHA

[@rajeshsaw5592]

Realy the best presentation.

[@JimKellner]

Thanks so much Rajesh!

[@darylcox1854]

Great stuff

[@JimKellner]

Daryl Cox Thank You Daryl!

[@randallpaul6559]

First study the conscious and subconscious mind and ithere functions. Then you will understand power of suggestions.

[@cowboy7118]

That’s awesome buddy I’ve been on stage three times or so in my life I think it’s amazing and not just on stage but I know people want to work there is thank you and yeah I’m speechless but like I said I’m speechless I got that I don’t have any words to say but I don’t know what speechless LOL love you thanks he was like Yeah I’m looking for a job out north me in for a job use hypnosis to get me a job thanks

[@babycakessr.8704]

What???

[@pacman4521]

Im so confused, I did everything he said but like all I got out of this is they are doing exactly what he tells them to lol, they are choosing to listen to him so its not really hypnosis...

[@bluecoolz789]

Look at how still they are in the background...

[@shekharkarki4895]

I need extreme focus for Deep work and I came here. Wrote this comment before watching this video so I could be safe not hypnotized whole life 😂

[@xavierkreiss8394]

I can't be hypnotised, and I regret it. As Mr Kellner says there are many ways in which hypnosis can be very useful. I can't stop my brain from a kind of passive resistance. My hands came apart immediately, with no effort. .

[@Robert08010]

I've tried using subliminal audio recordings while I sleep. I can't testify to how effective they were because I only used them for a few nights. But it is a way to expose yourself to the same idea as hypnosis.

[@JimKellner]

Only certain people, highly imaginative and suggestive people will have their hand stuck together. That does not mean that you can't be hypnotized. It only means that it just takes you longer.

[@JimKellner]

@@ashleyjohansson230 Any research at all to back up your claims?

[@ashleyjohansson230]

No one needs research to say that magical powers doesn't exist.

[@ashleyjohansson230]

@@michaelpeters6871 Magical mind control doesn't exist LOL

[@trialstud]

Awesome! Jubilant am i now!

[@roxics]

Can we talk about this guy's failure rate (aka the rest of the audience that didn't go on stage because they could pull their hands apart). We know a certain portion of the population will always be very impressionable. People join cults and kill themselves for them. So it's not unexpected that certain people will be "hypnotized."

[@basereality8485]

most of the time its not staged. Hypnosis on a stage in front of an audience is a preset to have the participant believe that if they don't follow along they will be alone. no one wants to be alone, so they follow. usually the hypnotists are very charming, nice people and the participate wants to loyally follow to avoid being the oddball out. the solution would be to have multiple oddballs, that way the participate won't feel bad for showing control....then the hypnotist can just say something like " that's ok some people aren't as easily hypnotized" and the ones who are still pretending will stick together, because they have been assigned as easily hypnotized. its now to late. they must follow. with that said placebo and suggestions are completely real.

[@vetalique]

no matter how nice and charming hypnotist you are - you just can't ask (suggest whatever ) a person to go over his physical strength capabilities - exactly what I've seen. Despite this I'm still a bit skeptical )) but I've seen what I've seen, just like whole class - some physical stunts can't be suggested

[@JimKellner]

You make some compelling comments Base, but your assertion is incorrect in many ways. I've had situations where only one person got hypnotized and was the only one left on stage. Also in street hypnosis there is usually just one participant at a time.

[@ScreamingReel500]

I don't know about hypnosis, but I know there are a lot of comedians.

[@JimKellner]

?

[@ScreamingReel500]

Jim Kellner.....DMT experience claims are similar, and they all connected to the all consciousness, some claimed infinity knowledge. If you can manage to do an experiment (with multi session off course recording) and try to unlock the knowledge from hypnotize DMT users. That would be great. Joe Rogan would be a great candidate...and some other KZbinrs that have used and spoke aloud about DMT. It will be a break through about hypnosis and the spiritual molecule.

[@jimflagg4009]

There is another group. The ones who have tried it and it did not work.

[@brookierex4223]

I still don't understand what hypnosis is.

[@mvp6780]

@@michaelpeters6871 You definitely know what your talking about 👍

[@MortZar]

Well, I tried, but I believe I may be associating hypnosis with an itch

[@tali5020]

you got eczema if u itchy

[@ralucazisu5342]

all people can be hypnotized 🥳 letting yourself be hypnotized is the first step on knowing yourself, accepting yourself .. also therapeutic... change your life in a positive way ✌️ ..

[@fahadfaarax2414]

The sign at 12:30 is saying please just act I will bay you later

[@void3381]

“Your hands are going to become warmer” Uhh... Duh? It’s cold water.

[@jimmyp410]

By "more creative and imaginative" he means easily manipulated...

[@movieideas4061]

I went to a stage hypnotist show with friends in Las Vegas about 20 years ago and I went on stage with two other friends and they got hypnotized, but I was asked to go back to the audience. It is definitely weird.

[@chucku.farley981]

A hypnotist usually knows the signs of good suggestibility. I guess especially in a Las Vegas show they try to give the best experience not only for the people on stage but also the audience therefore the most suggestible folks are chosen.

[@Avratin]

@@chucku.farley981 The must suggestible meaning the most gullible and easily manipulated.

[@HexxuSz]

this guy is using classic sales script lmao

[@martessteven]

Why does all hypnotist I’ve meet has no hair? 😂

[@ravyntaylor6982]

Hi I'm a not-bald hypnotist 🙃

[@evltwin984]

Lying makes it drop out

[@Grimreaper1977]

obviously you have not met many hypnotists ;-)

[@Jwdude123]

Participatory

[@pavelkovalyov3176]

I've lost.

[@jonasschafer6794]

I do believe that hypnosis exists but am yet to wait for a hypnotist to use a method to ensure that the people going up on stage are believably not acting. If there was a way to get a random chosen participant and ensure he is not acting, that would help me to wrap my head around hypnotismn

[@jonasschafer6794]

Also I wonder if there is a way to experience hypnosis over a video or to yourself to be able to encounter it besides the factual evidence

[@ElemenoHydrant]

It's weird he can't hypnotize himself into growing his hair back.

[@classyviper1one]

Savage

[@singha_ryan]

I imagined my hands pull apart destroying the duct tape..man you Just can't hipnotize a super human 🙅👍

[@JimKellner]

You lose 🤷🏼‍♂️🙁

[@redmed10]

No wonder tedx talks have gone down the drain.

[@Jwdude123]

Lots of people fake it

[@JimKellner]

We can generally tell when someone's Faking It and most of us, I personally, dismiss them. They are simply not necessary because there are people that are in hypnosis that aren't Faking It.

[@Jwdude123]

@@JimKellner you aren’t that good

[@JimKellner]

@@Jwdude123 I hope your life gets better 😁

[@prnljke896]

=)))))))))))) wtf did i just watched ? 101% acting!

[@JimKellner]

Nope. Try it yourself and find out.

[@prnljke896]

Jim Kellner :)))))))))))))))))))))))))

[@chucku.farley981]

What did I just read? 101% uneducated regarding the topic hypnosis! Btw. seems like you lose! ;)

[@prnljke896]

=))))))))))

[@ashleyjohansson230]

Hypnosis is basically just modern day spoon bending with the mind.

[@qu4ntum81]

What happens if someone complains about depression, is hypnotized to feel better, but is actually chronically low in Vitamin D? In that case, if you can be hypnotized, you lose.

[@chucku.farley981]

A trained hypnotist would insist to consult a doctor BEFOREHAND if the patient complains about depression since it is a relative contraindication for hypnotherapy. That said hypnosis can be a valuable tool with a very good rate of success in cases of easy, medium and reactive depressions (in cases of very heavy endogenous depressions it should be used ACCOMPANIED). In that case, if you can be hypnotized, you win! EDIT: I just noticed that due to a typing error (or maybe it was for me around 3 a.m. while writing this) the autocorrect changed "accompanied" to "conductive" and therefore changed the complete meaning of the sentence. EDIT 2: added "beforehand" Both corrected (see caps locked above)

[@qu4ntum81]

@@chucku.farley981 I do see the potential value, but I personally don't believe any hypnotist is qualified enough to determine if a patient's issues (regardless of how mild they may be) are a result of an underlying medical issue or not. By hypnotizing, the mind's pain is effectively bypassed, which may circumvent the body's natural way of informing the individual that something is fundamentally wrong.

[@qu4ntum81]

Also, it can take years or decades for a doctor to determine the root cause of a medical issue that manifests itself as an altered state of mind. If a doctor can't immediately determine the cause, it doesn't mean it's a non-medical problem with the patient's mind. Not saying it's wrong to utilize hypnosis, but there is a good chance it is acting as a smoke screen (imo), and the patient should be made aware of that.

[@JimKellner]

@@qu4ntum81 A qualified hypnotherapist will not accept a pain client without a note from and/or consultation with the clients physician.

[@nandkarthik]

This feels so fake. I can't tell anything else.

[@cowswirl]

one woman left her chair on the stage. What happened?

[@JimKellner]

I'm not sure what you mean.

[@wishnusatrya7946]

other word for simon says

[@lisettecallis5329]

didnt that second chick touch her face...?

[@chucku.farley981]

Its easier if you give a timecode (11:28) yes she did stroke her hair back while her hands still interlocked. What about that?

[@Sicknificant1]

@@chucku.farley981 they came apart. She seemed shocked about it, or realized she messed up...

[@authrinenicholas8473]

I was hypothesize

[@mlc4050]

I lost

[@JimKellner]

How so?

[@chucku.farley981]

Too Bad...

[@yamilesgaib9018]

They super imagination and stupidation too. This video is like that story of the king with the invisible clothes.

[@RogerDonald]

This comedy act wasn't very funny.

[@NatalieSmith-tf7pu]

This is so fake

[@tehsauces1976]

How is this not placebo?

[@HypnoKick]

Shawn Horsley I highly suggest reading Dave Elman’s Hypnotherapy :)

[@chucku.farley981]

@@HypnoKick Still the best book

[@jotube6147]

It's fake, al ppl are pre arranged and get some cash.

[@PhilMoskowitz]

It's like saying if you don't believe in god then you are going to hel..

[@Marcus_Berger1701]

He is wrong. I fully understand hypnosis but i can't be hypnotized. My brain is constantly analyzing everything happening around me. I am extremly aware of the things happening around me. Maybe this prevents me from being hypnotized. What i can do is putting myself into an hypnosis state. But no other ever achieved to put me into hypnosis.

[@gigapedia38]

why allowing such rubbish fooling you?

[@bobbobson7188]

No, you are a winner if you can't be hypnotized . for example, hypnotism works on the masses to go to war for a few powerful people . If most of us were sceptics there would be no war .

[@albertojose9495]

bob bobson Wrong

[@bobbobson7188]

@Alberto Jose . fine, go on in life being a programmed flesh and blood(human) robot

[@JimKellner]

Did you watch the talk bob?

[@chucku.farley981]

bob bobson I guess you are wrong

[@razieluchiha7580]

wtf are you talking about ? Propaganda is not hypnosis.

[@ginabizzarosghosts7831]

I absolutely love Ted Talks. But I gotta comment on this one- I'm surprised to see someone come on who isnt authentic and uses fake audience members to make what hes selling seem legit.

[@mikeburkhead8641]

I know hypnosis is real, but doing stage shows like this does nothing more than make people believe it's just a trick. Don't believe me? Just look at some of the comments people have made.

[@JimKellner]

There is a trade-off. Doing shows exposes more people to it. Those with discernment can tellthat it or 'real'. Others can't wrap their had around it anyway.

[@chucku.farley981]

Mike Burkhead that’s a small price if you can enlighten many people about the true nature of hypnosis against what is presented as hypnosis by Hollywood, comics (mind control, brain wash etc.). Education is the right way, hiding in obscurity isn’t.

[@realdjtoddthunder1323]

Pathetic stuff. ..they should be teaching ,being mentally strong...not weak and give urself up...sad

[@tuxnews2878]

Interesting to notice how much he talked on first 5/6minutes to try to make hypnosis more effective on them. That a part, seems pretty fake. The girls just laughts and move as theyre low paid series acctress, idk.

[@tehsauces1976]

Worst actors ever

[@JimKellner]

That's because they aren't actors.

[@tehsauces1976]

@@JimKellner sorry if it only works on those who believe in it that's called a placebo.

[@JimKellner]

Just like you don't have to believe in gravity to fall down you don't have to believe in hypnosis to experience being hypnotized. What are you afraid of? Instead of letting your ignorance run your life you might search out things that could prove to be a powerful ally to you. Check out the research - google 'hypnosis research' and open your mind to what's really possible. Smugness will get you nowhere.

[@tehsauces1976]

@@JimKellner from what ive looked into it if you dont believe in it it wont work.

[@JimKellner]

@@tehsauces1976 That's simply not the case.

[@evltwin984]

Sounds like a great way to control sheep on a mass scale...oh wait, thats tv/internet

[@chortvozmite141]

Silly.

[@akashnegi4290]

Fake