Is Hypnosis For Real? | Answers With Joe

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Hypnosis has a long history, starting as a medical treatment, then becoming pure entertainment, and eventually becoming a psychological tool. But it's had its share of controversy. Today we're looking at the history of hypnosis, how hypnosis works, and the dark side of taking a peek at your subconscious mind.
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[@MrCrankyface]

"You're feeling sleepy" Jokes on you mate, I'm always sleepy.

[@AndrewJ-t7c]

Aye get back to bed

[@dangreving1094]

My friend Scott quit smoking immediately after being hypnotized, after 30 years of smoking, were all shocked.

[@lachlanhatcher9108]

My grandpa was a smoker all his life until the 90's when he got so fed up with the cigarette prices he said if a pack ever wen't over $5.00 he would quit, and then he did.

[@Josh729J]

if you want it enough. sometimes things work because you want them to so you believe

[@OldestHouse]

@@lachlanhatcher9108 "wen't"?

[@somethingsqueeky8435]

Its just placebo, thats a real thing

[@Darenz-cg9zg]

@@Josh729J if it works, it works. I don't think it matters much why it works.

[@rjmiller2553]

This is a cool channel. I love the idea of spreading knowledge while being entertaining.

[@austencourpet]

That's why we keep coming back every week! 👍

[@kenleach2516]

I agree

[@thatsjamieforya]

His openings are always worth it! Never change, Joe!

[@dianamayfield5615]

Years ago, (40 years?) I went to a Psychiatrist who specialized in hypnotherapy. He was, btw, also a professor at the University of Chicago. I was a 3 to 5-pack-a-day smoker and after a few sessions, I was able to quit cold turkey. I was told that I was an excellent subject. The reason I mentioned his professorship is that they were doing research at the time at the University into self-hypnosis. He taught me how to do it and I've been using it ever since - to eliminate pain, stop a miscarriage a few years later, stop and heal a stomach ulcer by controlling the amount of stomach acid produced, and just recently heal much more rapidly from surgery than was expected by the medical staff. It's a great tool. The mind/body connection is something you really should explore.

[@kaitlinphilipp87]

When I was in high school at a festival with the theater kids we saw a hypnotist show. The hypnotist did his thing to the whole crowd and then asked people to stand up in a way that only the entranced people stood and asked them to come on stage. A friend of mine stood and went up. He started describing a scenario to the 12 or so people up on stage that involved them being on a boat which was rocking side to side. And all the people were swaying side to side and my friend started to get sea sick. She put her hand on her stomach and hunched over. Then she started gagging and was about to puke when the hypnotist quickly said "and you don't feel sick at all". She immediately stood straight, she looked a bit surprised she felt better so quickly, and she held her hand up to indicate that she was fine. Afterwards she had no memory of even being on stage.

[@tinifairyx3]

3:14 the last name Hell is pretty common in Austria and means "bright" in german, the word hell in english is translated as "Hölle" (:

[@cordellrobinson5179]

r/whoosh

[@Glocktopus1]

Cordell Robinson How tf is this a r/wooosh?

[@tinifairyx3]

@@Glocktopus1 I dont know either

[@squirlmy]

@@tinifairyx3 I think the person assumes you don't get the humor of the reference in English. I understand you appreciate the humor, but are adding additional information indicating that while it's funny, it's not so rare or unusual.

[@squirlmy]

@@Glocktopus1 right? can you r/whoosh an r/whoosh? Yes, we get that a Jesuit named "Hell" is funny, but Joe seems to think that it might also be more unlikely than it really is. I wonder if the commentor is someone who gets "whooshed" a lot and now thinks it's applicable in lots of situations where it really isn't. A "meta" whoosh!

[@sussekind9717]

The power of suggestion is fascinating. I did some independent experiments with it when I was in my early twenties. I actually convinced a friend of mine, to dislike his favorite food, and instead to like something else he had never even tried before. All through suggestion. I don't know if you can call it hypnosis or not, but still, it was fascinating. And before anybody says anything, I don't find it unethical to have somebody switch which foods they like the best. Going from taco salad to Strammer Max is not going to mess someone up psychologically.

[@queenannsrevenge100]

I am getting sleepy... ..I will press “like”... ...I will buy a t-shirt... ...wait, WHAT??? SPEND MONEY!?!?!? Hold ON THERE, Pal! 🤨

[@gloriatravis5788]

Exactly! One thing we've learned about hypnosis is that the mind can't be forced to do what it doesn't want to do.

[@aikenodubitan5256]

Hahahhahahahah!!!

[@Australian_Made]

The intro minute was AWESOME

[@balazsadorjani1263]

Wtf was that intro omg best one ever 😂😂😂 I literally stopped the video right after that just to comment and like! Made my day... again! Thank you, Joe! 😊 Edit: after watching the whole video, my mind didn't change. As a psychologyst, back at the university I participated in a hypnotizeability (group) test, and though I am very hard to hypnotize (scored exactly 0 points on a 0-14 scale), I saw some mind-blowing results among my classmates. And I heard stories from my teachers (hypnotherapists), which were amazing experiences too. The human mind and its capabilities are just full of wonderful secrets!

[@boikatsapiens499]

I had an on-line argument with some fool that claimed that "reality" was totally imaginary because you could hypnotize someone and tell them that they were facing a brick wall, and try as they might, they could not walk through the space they "thought" the wall occupied. I challenged him to demonstrate that someone who was hypnotized would be able to walk through an actual wall that did exist, that was told it didn't. For some reason he never seemed to agree that doing so would be a valid test of his "hypothesis". He just disappeared after a few rounds.

[@micheleparker8123]

I hypnotize myself every day when my son plays rap music at blistering levels and I block it out to focus on the task at hand- like watching your videos, Joe. 😁

[@__WJK__]

By all means necessary, save your sanity and get your son some headphones ;)

[@micheleparker8123]

@@__WJK__ 😂 Good idea!

[@missdirection4616]

Michele Parker have you looked into the frequency at which rap is made

[@micheleparker8123]

@@missdirection4616 No, why?

[@deviantaffinity1626]

@@missdirection4616 The use of specific frequencies is nothing new to music. A lot of music these days is made with the open intent of pulling the listener in (ie: trance.). What took me a long time to come to terms with (mostly because it related to the kind of dark stuff I used to dedicate hours of attention to daily) is the fact that music can have a negative effect on the mind. I don't think that anyone will disagree that there is not absong or two out there that they love. One that they use to feel better when having a bad day. Or just something that hits them right in the feelers . If that is true, then so is the opposite. Hours of listening to people sing/rap about money, hate, sex, whatever... It will have an effect, especially on an impressionable mind.

[@TeranceHealy]

Check out James Mapes - On Broadway. It was a show he did in many places. I was a skeptic. But, he DID hypnotize my sister. He hAD HER DO 'THINGS' INCLUDING LAY ACROSS THE TOP OF TWO CHAIRS. She had broken her pelvis a year before. Mapes had no way of knowing. Yet, there she was at a local college hall stiff from neck to ankles. A skeptic no more. It was clear some are more easily hypnotized. Mapes has a great outlook on living. Amazing man. Amazing performance. The show occurred in the early 80's. Oddly, I have never forgotten his name.

[@jacobendriss7007]

My eyes do feel heavy oh wait that might be the Seroquel

[@sapphirerose4494]

I'd love an episode on those ritualistic / religious hypnotisation! Seems very very interesting!

[@jonathanrose7289]

By far my favorite intro Joe has ever done! 🤣

[@Hollylivengood]

I've been hypnotized and the guy didn't say anything about being tired. The last thing I remember him saying was talking about the weather, and then I woke up fifteen minutes later after dreaming about music. But now, my son can't be hypnotized. He tried a couple of times, for the fun of it, and it just didn't happen. He had done self hypnosis to control his migraines, and it worked. But not Hypnosis by a therapist.

[@kevinkeyes6625]

Years ago I had a hypnotist help me with my creativity. I don't know if it really helped but I do remember that she took me to some places under light hipnosis that were pretty real. I still remember every detail and vivid color after 35 years

[@babayega1717]

My mother is a hypnotherapist. I've always (lovingly) made fun of her telling her she's a con artist. That is until she made me quit smoking with a 15 minute session last month. I've been smoking for 15 years. So idk if hypnosis is real, i'm just glad its a thing.

[@primesspct2]

I think some people are highly suggestible. I used to tease my sister when we were kids by, fake yawning over and over, the funny thing is she couldn't control yawning in response. I am not in any way saying she was hypnotized, only that she is suggestible.

[@orazha]

I have no doubt that groups of people can be influenced to do things that they wouldn't ordinarily do. I was a very stiff, unexpressive person when I was younger. One time in my 20s, I went to a concert. There was a female performer singing gospel songs. I normally was very resistant to most gospel singing. But she had the entire audience, including me, singing along, swaying, and shouting at times.

[@sean_vikoren]

Once, years ago, I was visiting some friends that had a ping pong table. As I was coming up to the table for my chance to beat the house, I said, out loud, "I am great at this." No idea why I did this. I was a little distracted at the time, so it may have been related to split attention. I entered a flow state. I had Hypnotized myself without noticing. I was joking, and drinking beer wile playing. It had become effortless to beat anyone. I had the ability to deconstruct the incoming shot, and reverse it almost exactly, just because I thought it was funny. From the perspective of Science, I can only say that there seems to be some way to access an unencumbered part of us that is unconcerned with what we believe we can or can't do. I held the table until people were tired of loosing.

[@JoshuaTootell]

7:55 That sounds like a relaxing time to me 😂

[@LancetFencing]

It’s just a definition. One can’t just say something doesn’t exist by saying it’s just what it is. “That’s not a chair it’s just a plank of wood supported by 4 posts that people use to sit on with another couple posts spanned by another plank to support the sitters back”

[@lawriealush-jaggs1473]

I tried hypnotherapy to give up smoking about forty years ago to no effect. Today, I was seeing a physiotherapist (!) who decided it was time to hypnotise me to address repressed anger. I took an incident which had occurred eighteen months ago. We polished the mirrors and adjusted the smoke machine and off we went. To great effect. The anger surrounding the incident dissipated and disappeared. I left with my hip and knee all massaged and my mind quiescent. I was relaxed and feeling much better. So does hypnotism work for me? 50-50 :)

[@astzfat3319]

Your intro cracked me up! Well done!

[@elizabethsullivan7176]

I believe in self-hypnosis because I learned it years ago as a way to calm my anxieties. It's really been A LOT of help too. Close your eyes and breathe deep into your belly (breathing into your chest makes anxieties worse). I concentrate on the rhythm of my breathing. It took me a while to "perfect" it though.

[@Ryushikaze]

I'm apparently part of the 10% Hypnosis just doesn't work on. But I am fascinated by the whole subject and have learned to hypnotize others for fun and relaxation.

[@dankemusico5878]

In the 70s my step dad was addicted to cigarettes and went to a hypnotist to help him get off and he came out not remembering that he had ever smoked and got rid of his addiction.

[@jasonbarnhart7382]

Your videos are so good I can get four minutes into the video before I realized I've seen it before 🤣😂🤣

[@colemanwalsh7477]

"Fuck magnets how do they" ICP reference has me dead lmfao

[@StHieronymus]

5:30 That's actually a picture of J. B. Watson, one of the founders of early Behaviorism

[@craigburghardt8604]

Commented last week, will do again. First off thanks for all your videos, nice to know there are people like me in the world. Neuro Linguistic Programing is tied into hypnosis and the placebo affects. Not sure if you have looked into it but I think you will find it very facinating. I think truth is almost all subjective. Thus, all our 'truths,' are in fact, beliefs. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a slow process of altering beliefs, and therefore perceptions. NLP, and hypnosis may very well speed the process up. Unlike CBT, where views are challenged and slowly broken down and rebuilt, NLP aim to directly reprogram the underlying 'truth' that is the foundation of the unwanted perceptions/behaviours/cognitions. Hypnosis is a tool that can be used in conjunction with this. Most people are unaware of their beliefs that are influencing their perceptions, by altering them it can profoundly change lives. One example: change fear and distrust of strangers, to instant trust and respect of all people and that person has a whole different life. There is a concept in psychology called priming that lends credence to all this as well. All these things access the mind that is out of our awareness. Having said that, meditation allows us to view that part of our mind. Bottom line, I think we are just scratching the surface of the potential of all of this. On another note, Nichol Kayo predicts we are on the verge of a revolution in medicine. Fueled largely by nanobots and genetic therapies. That may be worth a look too.

[@arielsalinger-kraft6197]

Er, Mr. Scott, when I read "stuffed bunny", my first thought was "I'm not a taxidermist."

[@kimichan5]

0:45 That looked more Jedi than hypnosis… lol

[@darringreen8630]

I think I was hypnotized once. I cant remember for sure. :)

[@AsirEfeite]

this is what happen w that people who forget their surroundings when put on a vr set

[@ThatsTheMidnightGamer]

Of course I go to play this video over a speaker for people and the first part is silent.

[@whitetrashbandit2704]

Dude I fell.asleep and dropped my phone.. you owe me a new screen. 😂😂

[@daskalman]

The beginning of this video might've hypnotized me but my illiteracy saved the day once again!

[@S-I-T]

I love your videos. So full of little factoids. Reminds me of watching the 80's BBC documentaries Connections with James Burke. Thank you, Joe.

[@HenrikFrejasFar]

A good hypnotist do not have superpowers everyone can learn this. When hypnotizing a person you guide them by using sensual stimulation including vocal to a more focused state of mind. You can actually do this to yourself and no magic just technique.

[@blythewarland6688]

with an intro like that how could you not hit like :-)

[@Raintiger88]

I always thought it was total BS. . .then I saw Marc Savard in 2014. Blew my mind.

[@howardjohnson2138]

In another life I was involved in a lot of IN-DEPTH PRIMAL INTEGRATION THERAPY with Cecil Osborne and found it helpful

[@plschaitanyakr7038]

hey can you please make a video on quantum darwinism

[@ATADSP]

0:08 jokes on you, I'm always sleepy

[@coolguyhino92]

I'm imagining how awkward it must have been to film that intro...

[@mellie4174]

Omg! Love your intro, was lmao the whole time!

[@insanelymundaneproductions7169]

My mum used to take me to hypnotherapist and ask him to help me get better school grades. It didn't work.

[@hottraindude]

You are much better than Cats. I'm going to watch it again and again

[@FrankDijkstra]

How do I look into your eyes when I'm reading the text?

[@RalphDratman]

Actually I was treated (well, counseled?) with a few sessions of hypnotherapy. It did give me some really good insights into my life.

[@miatra4954]

joe: look at my eyes me: looks at his eyes and doesnt read anything else he says afterwards you didnt think this through, huh joe?

[@RobertHildebrandt]

Please check your bank account whether you have sent him $100,000

[@mikeyoung9810]

exactly miatra. I'm not buying anything but I have this odd fixation on eyes now.

[@bigbadwolf5870]

You beat me to it lol

[@jerelull2619]

*FUNNY* , Miatra!

[@dunmermage]

@@Dedjkeorrn42 This is why I love english, you can make up a word like "unsmart" and people will understand what you mean.

[@duncanday9588]

I did my PhD on hypnosis. Specifically the false memory stuff you started talking about around 10' 30" into the video. I researched hypnotically obtained narratives with folks who believed they had been abducted by UFOs. I did this in the late '90s, when X files was popular. Fun stuff. It was a very interesting study. I switched direction in my career and left hypnosis behind professionally, but I think you did a great job representing our understanding of it here. Thanks.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

"Hell" in German means "bright".

[@cucco1]

Beat me to it 😁

[@StevenFox80]

@@cucco1 and me^^

[@Gert_Adam]

Yeah👍 The english word or place [hell] in German is called [Hoelle]

[@dreamman5588]

I have a hell life

[@calebshonk5838]

Technically, it's actually spelled "helle" or "helles", but yes, you're right.

[@SixDasher]

There's a town in Norway called Hell. Has a nice city sign that freezes over in winter.

[@woutermollema]

Found it on google maps, it's for real. Now to find that sign...

[@JOhnDoe-nl4wj]

me reading this: hmmm my brain: "write that down! write that down!"

[@accno5]

Fun fact: "hell" means "bright" in German

[@jahtea7849]

@@accno5 and in fact luck in Norwegian

[@allie2185]

There's a bus line number 666 to a city called Hel in Poland lol

[@VideoCallInShow]

Hypnotism is complete bunk. I could never be hypnotized, believe me, it's been tried. Now if you will excuse me, I have a rabbit to buy.

[@FreestyleTraceur]

And we all know the experience of one person completely invalidates a field of study and the experiences of thousands of other people! What beats science? One person's experience! Yea!

[@squirlmy]

​@@FreestyleTraceur uhhh, it was a joke! On the other hand, I buy a lot of supplements, it's kind of a hobby of mine, and soooo many reviewers do exactly this, they don't get expected results and dismiss it as total bunk, or a scam. Some even reject the value of all supplements, vitamin pills or herbs altogether, because they don't respond to a particular one. I've gotten into the habit of looking up the one star reviews on Amazon to see how ridiculous they are. A lot of nonsensical one-star reviews often seems a more reliable indicator of quality, than having many 5 star reviews. If a number of one star reviews seem to offer substantial, reasonable complaints, then it's of concern. This method bypasses fake reviews, which is a growing problem on Amazon.com, which they don't seem too interested in correcting!

[@brandymcneely5834]

It helped me with addiction

[@todabsolute]

@@FreestyleTraceur r/woooosh

[@AmericanGadfly]

Ive had people tell me that right before I hypnotized them 🤷‍♂️

[@paulpisters668]

That first minute is hilarious. Your facial expressions 😂😂😂😂

[@lavasharkandboygirl9716]

Mr bean levels of visual comedy

[@MaximumBan]

He made me hit that Like button!

[@atrunkfield]

Quit smoking after 25 years using the Allan Carr Easyway group method, the session finished with 15 minutes of hypnotherapy. Don’t know how it worked, but I’ve never had a craving since.

[@thePrateek77]

GET OUT *intensifies*

[@somethingsqueeky8435]

BS

[@joshmellon390]

My aunt did the same thing lol. Never smoked again, its been almost 20 years

[@atrunkfield]

@@somethingsqueeky8435 are you saying it's BS that I quit smoking after 25 years? Feels pretty real to me!

[@somethingsqueeky8435]

@@atrunkfield i dont really know what is this Allan Carr Easyway thing but i just dont believe that it was hypnotherapy that made you quit. Maybe it was more than that, maybe it was placebo.either way im happy for you, i just dont believe in anything about hypnosis and hypnotherapies, all of it has to be placebo or something similar

[@wk8219]

Crap, it’s taken me 6 times of watching this video to make it past the intro. For some reason I kept falling asleep. And why is Amazon telling me I bought a gray toy rabbit?

[@samuelbarber4154]

That's nothing, I lost $100,000 and subscribed, I'm even wearing his T Shirt.

[@westvirginiahellbilly8124]

Walter and Kristal Bowser ,yell with pink fuckin’ ears , LMAO !!!!

[@flamo3961]

Did you by any chance recently lose $600,000?

[@dezwolfe2283]

This actually helped explain why I'm so hard to hypnotize (People have tried at entertainment events, and a therapist even tried a couple times, but it never worked). I have ADHD, which makes it very hard for me to filter out 'background noise' to the point that I'm actually oftentimes hyperaware of it.

[@Running.addict]

I was wondering if that's why my session didn't work with me actually. Makes sense since we see and hear EVERYTHING at once lol

[@malachichampion]

I summarize it to more neurotypical people as "an inability to ignore"

[@jobethk588]

Funny opening!

[@alienajaxon250]

My experience with ADHD and hypnotherapy is completely different. I was able to hyperfocus on my hypnotist's voice, actually my husband, while I gave birth. I chose hypnotherapy over the epidural because when I researched it, I found that each hospital uses its own mix, which I didn't like. I wanted to know what chemicals were going to be used, and I didn't want to chase that information down, especially because I couldn't take my meds for ADHD.... Therefore, I chose hypnotherapy.

[@Fireberries]

They had a hypnotist come to our school once and he chose me to be on stage. I have ADHD but it was undiagnosed back then. It didn't work at all, but I felt like I'd be a bad person if I didn't just simply play along. I always rationalised it as that was how they always "get away with it"; people feeling the way I did. But now, perhaps, it's more like ASMR; it's a thing for some, but not so much for others. I'm in the latter as the whispering creeps me out big time and I can't fathom why somebody would feel something from it. I also can't fathom why somebody would get something out of hypnosis, but maybe some people do genuinely find it relaxing in the same way

[@LEDewey_MD]

Immediately was reminded of your previous "placebo effect" video. There is much overlap between hypnosis, placebo effect, power of suggestion, etc. The common thread is that the mind, indeed, is more malleable, adaptable, and powerful than most people are aware. The mistake often made is to believe these effects are "not REAL" - thereby trivializing or devaluing them - when in fact the effects are very real. Think about the phrase, "It's all in your head.". If your health is being adversely affected by your mind, then it is very real.

[@cerebralm]

i went to a doctor for my pain. he said it was just psychological. i said "okay, then fix my brain" XD

[@ispamforfood]

^This.

[@theflowerhead]

Actually they would love to be able to trigger this placebo effect in you than suggest medication, I had to talk with the hypnotherapist about it and he's really helped me. And I'm not one to react to this stuff very easily and it took me a little while to get used to it and accept it. When I did, it felt like a really nice break and I would go home and sleep and if I could really let go, I could actually block out and then be called back into reality with the counting trick and I was blown away that that happened. It felt great. And the PTSD treatment he gave me the has to do with your REM sleep, the back and forth motion, some people never have to come back for PTSD. A lot of soldiers react to this and don't need medicine and don't have to come back for the rest of their life.

[@Wallach_a]

Please Complete All Fields that is really interesting. Link?

[@animatedfun1803]

Joe I recently contacted you on your website and asked you to questions and I hope you do a video on it thank you

[@reesevirgin2105]

I never realized that when running a long distance race when I was a high schooler, that I was actually in a hypnotic state when I got in "the zone" (only aware of the steady state of breathing) and didn't feel actual pain or exhaustion until after the finish line. Thanks for the Mr. Greenjeans moment, as he would often say on Captain Kangaroo: "you learn something new everyday".

[@austyn5004]

I love that feeling. It's soooooooo addicting. No mind chatter is the ultimate peace!

[@yojishinkawa378]

People go into hypnotic states constantly every day. When you're walking, and you aren't thinking about where exactly to place your foot for every step, that's a result of hypnosis. Most people don't think about it like that, but it's true. When we think about hypnosis we imagine people doing things automatically, without even thinking about them, like a zombie. And that's exactly what things which absorb our attention do to us, like TV, our phones, or whatever we think about while walking down the street. Whenever a task becomes easy enough that we don't have to think about it to do it anymore, mostly we don't think about it. It's natural, and it's been around long before people figured out how to tap into it. But when you do learn to use it, you can do some really cool stuff, like managing pain, giving your partner an orgasm, or making someone feel drunk. Anybody who has $10 and would like a great introduction to real hypnosis should search for the book "Mind Play" on Amazon written by Mark Wiseman. Wiseman writes specifically about using hypnosis for sex, but he also assumes the reader has no knowledge of how to use hypnosis and teaches them. Great book. You too can become an accomplished mindfucker.

[@ahmedibrahim6501]

its another phenomenon called the runner's high. it has something to do with brain releasing some chemicals that work as drugs.

[@JoshuaTootell]

I have absolutely never experienced this. Ultra running sucks when you suffer the whole time 😂

[@Soliton19]

10 years ago I walked into a hypnotist to quit smoking, I closed my eyes, he gave me several instructions, I cried at possibly not seeing my daughters wedding, he told me to open my eyes and that I was a non-smoker. I have not even desired a cigarette since. He said I was a talented client. It certainly worked for me.

[@maikelfeskens9322]

What a bs story 😅

[@guitarizard]

😂😂😂😂

[@hinesfigher6093]

@@maikelfeskens9322 I have to agree, but I laughed

[@TheLemonKidd]

if this story is real, which i'll take your word for, i'm incredibly proud of your journey. Addiction is very hard to combat and I'm happy that you have survived that battle.

[@jbrogert]

Oh honey bless your heart. When he said talented he means your brain isn't as big and strong as others around you. Which is why your mind was easily manipulated

[@mienaikoe]

I was hypnotized on a stage once at my local state fair. I was 100% aware of what I was doing but also strangely calm. It was more of a "ah whatever I'll just play along". I've been to a few meditation sessions since then and they all use the same hypnosis technique to get into that calm, focused state. At some point, you realize it's a placebo, but you also realize that the placebo makes you feel good, so you stop worrying and learn to love the theta.

[@bradenf]

In the 1970s, I had an elderly dentist attempt to use hypnotism on me instead of Novocaine. Didn't work.

[@zephryus]

I really hope you ended up getting the anesthesia :/

[@nicknorthcutt7680]

Sounds very painful to say the least

[@bradley3549]

As someone who listens instead of watches. This was a very confusing segment.

[@411Sun]

I listened to it this post. I wasn’t confused. Although I do have a Prior knowledge with hypnotism.

[@bradley3549]

@@411Sun I was specifically talking about the first minute where there was simply ominous music with printed text...

[@gerbenrampaart8042]

At least you weren't hypnotised, I just sent Joe a stuffed bunny.

[@arjuna207]

@@411Sundon't you have a strange need to ask for a bank account to wire transfer 100k?

[@dylankirkwagner9465]

...it was the wavy lines...you are getting muddleheaded...

[@xXSingMusic4everXx]

Thank you so so much that you mentioned pseudomemories and the dangers of it! This is a topic that is very dear to my heart as I am a psychology student with great interest in forensic psychology. Volbert (2011) wrote an article in which she collected studies and experiments about dissociation and repression and whether there is a different memory for traumatic experiences. Her conclusion was, that there, sorry, isn't good reliable evidence for it. Please, if a therapist tries to convince you, that your depression of other psychological problem originates from traumatic events in early childhood and tries to "resurface" them with imaginary techniques, RUN.

[@RufusCapstick]

I had hypnotherapy for PTSD in the early nineties, I was in the Balkans and anyhoo, it worked for me.

[@Reach3DPrinters]

@@misszlipster7565 time for new friends! :)

[@gordonlawrence1448]

PTSD is horribly complicated. That said if hypnosis worked for you then that's a bonus.

[@hopegold883]

Thank you for sharing your personal experience! I went to the comments because I was interested in just that, and it’s very generous of you to share.

[@heath780391]

@Desperadox23 It's often been said that many anti-depressants, and anti-anxiety medicines are placebo, but they certainly changed my life. If it's placebo or not, it worked for me.

[@heath780391]

It's possible that you were in more of a meditative state, and meditation has been proven to help with mental health.

[@zeno8156]

"Father Hell was really into magnets" lol what a loaded statement.

[@PrinceAllen30]

I've been a part of the stage version and it wasn't so much that the hypnotist was controlling me but that it was a mega dose of "power of suggestion" it felt like when you get drunk and are more likely to do what your friend says because your inhibitions are down and you get that feel good crowd energy a performer would get.

[@DavidKutzler]

3:25 The Windex bottle has not moved from the previous Tangent Cam. Clean your windows Joe.

[@sammakescode4071]

CCleaner has entered the chat

[@johntaylor9381]

The beginning of the video was incredibly boring; I fell right asleep! And my bank account is somehow empty...

[@rjroy7940]

I'm a professional hypnotherapist. I no longer use hypnosis for pain relief. It's quicker and easier to just talk people out of their pain. My clients are so ready to be done with the pain, they will follow my suggestions without hypnosis. By the way, your video on the placebo effect was pretty accurate, and damn funny. I will be sending the youtube link to clients in the future.

[@shorelinemafiaiglives9750]

Joe Scott answering all the questions we’ve been wondering for years

[@antonnym214]

GREAT stuff! Loving it as always. Again, I say this is the best channel on KZbin. Max Hell was a Hungarian astronomer, but his name might have been from a german-speaking country, where "Hell" translates as "bright" in English.

[@kaileelynn6714]

I actually did a 10 page essay on hypnosis in my psychology class... It is completely voluntary. If one is seeking help and truly believes hypnosis is the answer, they will go along with the suggestive cues, and it becomes true in the mind because they want it... As for the stage act, I knew a few people who submitted to the ridiculous acts because they were in front of an audience, here you have the attention seekers lol.

[@ellenrice19]

"Magnets...how does that work?"....sounds like a topic for another video...

[@maiaallman4635]

I second that!

[@rays7437]

The worked for me.

[@cap__83]

Everyone knows magnets are magic

[@georgefleming4956]

Hey Joe, where do I send the $100,000?

[@mrrandom1265]

I'm Joe's secretary. I'll handle it. Kindly send me a private message.

[@Heyheyhey0475]

Silly Joe. Im already hypnotized to instantly smash that like Button

[@sujimtangerines]

That's a whole other topic: conditioning!!

[@WmLatin]

My glad they didn't find Gamma RAYS! (We know what you mean... ;-) ) @6:40

[@JaeElle]

@NON-POLAR PAUL wow, completely unnecessary.

[@squirlmy]

@NON-POLAR PAUL you're the guy that's mad that Joe is no longer a conspiracy theorist, right?

[@jbbuzzable]

Hypnotism really works. You probably know me as Peter from the movie 'Office Space'.

[@samanjj]

Johnny B LOL

[@ewmegoolies]

I Immediately thought of office space!

[@filipskotnica971]

And here I was thinking that Hypnos was just living next to his sister - and thus Hypno-*sis*

[@robertidonotsharemyfullnam496]

i had to think about hypno-toad for some reason... mmh nostalgia.

[@megatherium100]

Boomer tier joke and cringe.

[@filipskotnica971]

@@megatherium100 exactly... XD

[@BiffX]

hypnotoad

[@carbine090909]

Dad joke

[@TheBurgerkrieg]

Hypnosis and its twin brother meditation is helping me a lot to this very day, and it turns out you can actually become better at these things through practice. It's pretty cool.

[@alexrex7382]

@joe great as always! Could you imagine doing a feature on migraines? Unfortunately, I only have partial knowledge about this topic, although I often have to fight with migraines. I think that medicine is still not quite clear what migraine is exactly ... especially as it can occur in different ways. What causes them? How does it manifest itself? In the form of aura vision or severe headaches ... is a pretty exciting field! Might be a topic for your channel.

[@jdday1757]

Omg this guy cracks me up with the shit he does. Love Joe Scott. You and hank green resparked my love of all sciences

[@NicVegas]

The biggest mystery in this video is how Joe stumbled upon an ICP reference 😂

[@christopherjordan1089]

Swear lol whoop whoop lol it keep me watching though

[@marijuanagirls]

I don’t really leave comments on KZbin ... but I just had to tell you that I truly look forward to your videos every Monday. I’ve been following you since you had only 50k subs or so and I couldn’t be happier that KZbin recommended you channel to me. Keep it up 👍🏻

[@k.1784]

I see why you don’t comment a lot when your channel is about half naked girls smoking weed

[@pete2861]

AKA - Greatest channel EVER!!

[@jerry3790]

The channel has grown fast, while I can’t help but be happy for Joe, deep down I kinda feel like it’s lost a bit of humanity as a result. Guess it’s just the price you have to pay

[@usayedd4409]

That’s weird. Why am I missing a 100,000 dollars?

[@ThomasKelly.]

The beginning is awesome. I had a good laugh.

[@KevinP32270]

cracked me up too lol

[@goldenhours6209]

Me too

[@steveDC51]

A stage hypnotist invited a family of four onto the stage where he hypnotised the parents to believe they were a sofa and the two children armchairs. Unfortunately he was unable to bring them out of their hypnotised state and they were transferred to hospital where a spokesman later stated they were all comfortable.

[@wirelesmike73]

"The curtain of the conscious mind is opened up"... "We're gonna need a bigger boat."

[@MoneyManden]

I would love to see him record that hypnosis scene without the music and that stuff. Just be in the scene. Must be hilarious

[@PMW3]

Or recorded from the Tangent Cam

[@Rovsau]

Might be enough to just mute audio during that segment

[@MoneyManden]

@The Truth of the Matter that would just show what we see. I bet there's so much in behind the scenes on what he did.

[@boathousejoed9005]

I was once hypnotized by a Danish woman !

[@MoneyManden]

@@boathousejoed9005 okay?

[@KaeYoss]

I successfully hypnotized a bunch of people on the street recently. It's all about the right verbiage. I found that the following works 9 out of 10 times: "Look at me. Now look at my hand. Now look at the gun in my hand. You now want to give me all your valuables." It's spooky, really.

[@andrewclifton429]

Hypnosis has a lot in common with meditation - many forms of which involve using some focusing device, like a mantra or mandala, to quieten down the mind's background noise and chatter and put you into a calm, relaxed, but not necessarily "sleepy" state. It's sometimes called "restful alertness".

[@johnharrison6808]

A remember a fair while ago a counsellor I was seeing hypnotised me, I have no words for how good it felt.

[@rr8960]

One of my psych professors in college did a class on hypnosis. He got one guy to get on his knees and bark like a dog. But another student shook her head and said no way. The professor’s point was that hypnosis only works if a patient wants it to.

[@bibwithart4637]

In 15 minutes, you managed to give a better discourse on the subject of hypnosis than most experts in the field can give in twice that time. Nicely done, Joe!

[@daakempers2439]

Dear Joe, I especially enjoy your astronomy videos. For that reason, could you do a video on Betelgeuse? Just before it goes supernova.