Is Hypnosis For Real? | Answers With Joe

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@MrCrankyface]

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

[@AndrewJ-t7c]

Aye get back to bed

[@heronimousbrapson863]

"Hell" in German means "bright".

[@cucco1]

Beat me to it 😁

[@Stiefschlaf]

@@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.

[@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 😂

[@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

[@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

[@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 🤷‍♂️

[@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

[@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?

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@paulpisters668]

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

[@lavasharkandboygirl9716]

Mr bean levels of visual comedy

[@MaximumBan]

He made me hit that Like button!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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...

[@timsullivan4566]

A couple years back watched a KZbin video designed to give viewers a chance to be hypnotized. Gave it a shot, and after being told we temporarily would be unable to open our eyes, to my astonishment I found I could not open them. I began giggling as my genuine inability to perform what must be the easiest of all muscular tasks - opening one's eye, a failure persisting right until the moment I was told that it would now be possible. Unreal!

[@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!

[@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!

[@zeno8156]

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

[@Steelers-rk3ig]

Thanks!

[@michaelbaribeau]

My mother had us 4 kids in the late 60s and early 70s under hypnosis for the pain and claimed it worked. She was always very suggestable so I always wondered if she just wanted to please the doctor. I liked your movie analogy, the idea of 'suspension of disbelief,' really helps me kinda get an idea of what's going on.

[@memeking6512]

7:22 a really good example is vr, I've had a headset for a few years now and after just 10 minutes of playing, at least for me, I tend to completely lose reality until I hear one of my family members say something

[@ThomasKelly.]

The beginning is awesome. I had a good laugh.

[@KevinP32270]

cracked me up too lol

[@goldenhours6209]

Me too

[@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.

[@shorelinemafiaiglives9750]

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

Answering the questions his sponsorship overlords allow him to answer

[@ContraryMary]

I was hypnotized before. Just like you said...it was like being focused on the tv, and you know things are going on around you, but you're so focused on the vision going on in your head, that details are magnitised. Even from when you were a kid. There is a deeper hypnosis where you're not aware of the things around you. Always have the session recorded.

[@DavidKutzler]

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

[@sammakescode4071]

CCleaner has entered the chat

[@AntonyReed]

As a hypnotist and mental performance coach, I tip my hat to your accuracy and candid take, Joe. Great info. 👍

[@johnharrison6808]

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

[@sophiasimmons9613]

How did I forget about this intro? One of your best, or at least one of my all-time favorites.

[@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".

[@Fullmetaljinchuuriki]

I was dealing with a whole bunch of different traumas that had me in a crippling depression. I went to a therapist that used EMDR because all other therapies and my double the max dose of antidepressants wasn’t working. During the EMDR session I started getting a whopper headache and BAM! I apparently was in this hypnotic state. When I snapped out of it, an hour had gone by in the span of a heartbeat and it was like curtains that had been blocking the sunlight from my eyes had suddenly been lifted. The therapist said she thinks I went into some sort of hypnotic state on my own. Ever since then my depression has been far more manageable and I only have a handful of flashbacks per week versus like 20+ per day. I didn’t go in even thinking I was gonna get hypnosis. It was wild man. The brain is crazy.

[@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!

[@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.

[@johntaylor9381]

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

[@malcolmfraser2066]

@Joe Scott, probably worth mentioning that Guillotin did not invent the guillotine, nor did he get his head chopped off. He died in his home at the ripe age of 76.

[@natealbatros3848]

omg, I can't believe it, the last episode I suggested he would do a vid about hypnosis and he did it, thank you.

[@bbd121]

I suggested 'boobies'. No one takes it seriously, for some reason.

[@sophroniastopher15]

Ooooh telepathic hypnosis. Groovy

[@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.

[@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.

[@cvmcmanus3763]

when I was aroung 21 yrs old, I went to a hypnotist show. I was sitting neat the back of the auditorium. Several people from the audience volunteered to come up on stage for the show. When it was all done, the before bringing them out of their trances, the hynopnotist assured the volunteers that none of them would ever have fear or anxiety when going to the dentist. Since that time I have never had any anxiety about going to the dentist. I'm 73 years old.

[@Heyheyhey0475]

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

[@sujimtangerines]

That's a whole other topic: conditioning!!

[@sebbecht]

I had a period where I suffered from extreme anxiety. I went to a hypnotitst and had a pretty life-changing experience. It helped me to tap into my subconcious and analyze what made me anxious and how I could deal with it. I learned to do self-hypnosis, which is basically mediation. I used it alot to modify my behavior and emotional response to things, mainly to reduce anxiety and increase happiness. Mediation and self-hypnosis is probably the most useful skill you can learn in life, it can really be applied to anything and make you a much stronger human. Edit: in short my experience of the hypnosis process is: Its a method to release a persons awareness and connection to its body and surroundings. You would be suprised how much focus and energy goes into being aware of your body and surroundings. Once you release this with various techniques of relaxation and focus, your mind has much more energy and space to focus on your conciousness and subconciousness. You are completely aware and awake and I feel that emotional responses to thoughts are much stronger. I experienced for example uncontrollable crying when the hypnotist connected me to a situation by my mothers deathbed. I have often experimented with my mind by visualising certain situations/experiences which would make me anxious and then actively changing the emotional response. It works like a charm if you are experienced.

[@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

[@megancombs6276]

JOE, why no subtitles or CC on this video? Please, may you add them? Thanks for the awesome content! Your fan, M.C.

[@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.

[@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.

[@daakempers2439]

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

[@captianazerith735]

I trained as a hypnotist and have had some weird experience. Some similar to hallucinations from drugs, some very mild and more like a day dream. I helped a number of people and think it can be a very useful tool, but like most things it depends on your perspective and how you use it.

[@usayedd4409]

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

[@JustOneGuyProductions]

I used to perform hypnotism for years as a hobby for friends and family. From my experience its purely getting them to a point of trust and depending on the person they will allow you to take over their decision making basically. It just helps that getting them to a meditative, relaxed point makes people a lot more vulnerable to do so. Its kind of a dance between breathing, listening, and conditioning. Conditioning is a big step and mostly gets left out of videos because it can sometimes take a while to get your.. hypnotees? hypnotics? hypnos? anyway, to get them to a relaxed state. Then its a matter on how hard their brain fights it which varies.

[@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

[@elizabethsullivan7176]

Since I was a teen in the 80s I've lived with anxiety and panic attacks. Now that I've learned deep breathing and self-hypnosis I've been able to get my anxieties under control.

[@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!

[@P_Barne_II]

Hey Joe, I am a clinical hypnotherapist.... you have covered the subject very well...

[@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.

[@JeskaDax]

As a clinical hypnotherapist, I have found myself explaining the difference between the hypnosis that helps, and stage performances. Thank you Joe, for doing an excellent job of that in this video!

[@Steppenr]

I agree. I am a hypnotherapist, and also a stage hypnotist. There are differences in the modalities between change work and entertainment. Stage shows are never intended to "help" individuals, but help highlight the potential for change. As some have commented about attending a stage show, and seeing a friend or family member actually be hypnotized breaks down doubt. Which can open the minds for change. My opinion.

[@JeskaDax]

@@Steppenr I agree with all of that. I never did the stage thing as it wasn't something I felt compelled toward doing. That said, I have watched others work on stage. The interesting thing I find in this video is that even tho Milton is mentioned a bit, and a couple NLP techniques (specifically about dealing with trauma), he never mentions NLP. It makes me wonder if he's aware of the connection, and their uses. I'm also an NLP modeler. Or I should say was, I haven't been active in modeling patterns and developing techniques in about a decade now.

[@OceanBagel]

I learned how to perform hypnosis years ago and I occasionally do it for friends and family. I got my friends to experience hallucinations, gave people lucid dreams, and even gave my grandmother pain relief for the first time in years. I've also used self-hypnosis, mostly for relaxation and focus but also to remember a name I forgot once (and it worked). It has its limitations, but the effects it creates are real enough to the people experiencing them.

[@mrrandom1265]

Is it something that anyone can learn? Or are you born with it?

[@jorgmintel3060]

@Mr Random the short answer: anyone can learn it. There is nothing magical or esoteric about hypnosis; neither special eyes nor unusual voice is needed. Unfortunately, the one or two sources for more information I could recommend are in german, and that's probably not useful.

[@mrrandom1265]

@@jorgmintel3060 Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch aber vieleicht ist es zu schwer zu verstehen fuer mich. Hast du Links?

[@jorgmintel3060]

Sure, below is a link to a KZbin channel that explains pretty much everything you need to know about hypnosis. I have to admit, I was a little sceptical at the very beginning when I found this channel because the person it belongs to is really young. But that immediately changed after watching the first video. He is really doing a fantastic job with explaining what hypnosis is, what it is not, how it works, how he learned it etc. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j16uhX9nZcZ4b7s

[@OceanBagel]

@@mrrandom1265 Sorry, I thought I replied but I guess I just never sent it. It's definitely something anyone can learn. I started by doing self-hypnosis, then once I felt comfortable with the steps, I asked my friends if I could do it to them. The trick is that you're not the one causing the hypnosis. It's the person being hypnotized who makes it happen and you're just guiding them through it. I don't really have any good resources to share, but it looks like you already got some help with that.

[@lawrenceleske3470]

Nice overview .. I am a biomedical engineer who has some hypnosis experience. Pulsed "Magnetic" therapy was first approved by the US FDA over 40 years ago for bones which don't heal ... about 1.5% don't. Since then another 4 uses have been approved for pain and depression treatments among others.

[@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!!!

[@GlobalWalkabout]

My father had two degrees in psychology and used hypnotherapy to help his patients.. I learned a lot from him and today I help people with problems, I'm not a psychologist by any means but I've helped people quit smoking, deal with nervous habits and tics, a and a few other things.

[@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.

[@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.

[@bubbles4769]

A few years ago, I had past life hypnosis performed on me. I was curious what it would be like. For the hypnosis part, she told me my legs were very heavy and I couldn’t move them unless I felt uncomfortable and needed to adjust myself. I felt like I COULD move my legs if I wanted to, but I was very, very strongly inclined not to move them. So... that’s my Hypnosis story. Actually there’s a lot more to that story because it was past life hypnosis but I’m on my phone and I’m not typing all that out on my phone.

[@rickharriss]

Any one who can meditate can easily push themselves to a state that blocks out the outside world. - I can - My wife insists I am asleep but if she calls me or an unexpected sound occurs I instantly return with no trace of vagueness or loss of reality. i answer questions immediately and have been distantly aware of things happening around me. I also feel refreshed and calmed (which is why i do it of course). I am aware of the passage of time and can usually decide on how long to meditate and return to full awareness at very close to that time with no external alarm clock. It works for me.

[@wirelesmike73]

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

[@skrudrvr]

As someone who went through hypnotherapy to get over an addictive psychologically abusive relationship, I can say it works. The plan was to be hypnotized 5 times. The 4th time brought back all the trauma of that relationship compressed into about 45 minutes and I didn't need the 5th. It worked. There was a severing of the control held over me. After that I knew the addiction to the abuser was over.

[@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.

[@longoniadriano]

I've been interested in this topic for a while. Hypnosis as medical practice certainly suffered from ignorance and misconceptions held by the practitioners of the time (as is often the case in many fields of knowledge.) It is now better understood that most memories are confabulations and a person's state of mind can wildly change the way something is recollected. I would add that most forms of psychotherapy today involve a process of 'narrating oneself creatively' under the guidance of a trained observer which nudges you with suggestions (keyword) into a healthier perception of self. Outside of medical applications, which are summed up very fairly in the video, suggestion is very real and very powerful. As the video touches upon is a very ancient mode of human interaction. My suspicion is that human communication and interaction relies a lot on some of the 'mechanism' that suggestion abuses. As if the 'path' commonly used by people to intake information and impressions from each other can be hacked to obtain these effects. Marketing techniques seem to agree with this proposition as sublinal messages also have shown to have some effect in the realm of interacting with the subconscious (which is such a silly and fuzzy word to use).

[@juliaalinaS]

"Hell" in Norwegian means "luck" and is also a place in Norway

[@joanpey8809]

30 years ago came to my hometown a well known TV showman who claimed he had the power to hipnotize people. And he made it for a living for quite some time. I happened to be in the right place at the right time and when he asked for volunteers I just raised my hand. We were about 6 or 7 people at the stage including a friend of mine and myself. My goal was to try to discover what really was behind this thing or if it was simply a fake. I was serious about finding out. He did some relaxing things and after 2/3 minutes he asked me to stand up (we were all sitting on chairs at the time). He told me I was strong and stiff as a steel frame and asked me to lie horizontal with my head on a chair and my feet on another. Then he proceeded to seat on my stomach and raise his feet. All of his (about) 90 Kg where supported by me. After that, he told all of us to eat an apple that actually was an onion. Me and my friend just saw an onion and couldnt go further. He politely told us to leave the scene. I recall a woman eating that onion as if there was no tomorrow. The other guys just licked it. He then, again politely asked everyone but the woman to leave. Finally, he proceeded to the next act with that woman, wich I don't remember what was about, but it was a succes. From my experience, I can say that I wouldnt do something I really don't want to. The sitting in my stomach part I couldnt care less at the time. I was very fit and probably that was the reason why he choose me. My friend did not really commit to the task at all, so he was totally "awake" all the time. The woman was not part of that man's show. I knew her well way before this took place. It really has a different effect on everyone. Forget my English please, it's not my mother tongue (not even the second).

[@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

[@LouiseFranksArt]

I am a trained practising clinical Hypnotherapist and find it to be really powerful for some things, such as pain relief. Of course, it has lots of uses, but its effects in pain control are often amazing; there's no other word for it. I've experienced it myself and so have my clients. I've also had clients that it hasn't worked for, just like happens with medical treatment too.

[@jacobendriss7007]

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

[@paulwestwood4417]

I have used self hypnosis on a couple of occasions to stop toothache, and it worked in just five minutes every time. I thought the suggestions would wear off in a couple of days, but it didn’t. The top of one tooth had broken off, and the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) was going to remove the remains of the tooth with surgery as a priority, but because I was no longer in any pain, they put the operation back six months. So, I had to put up with it for six months. The female doctor that eventually removed the tooth was really beautiful, which made the experience really worth it.

[@Canadianbatgirl62]

Oh Svengali, I didn't know your real name was Joe!😂😂😂 Btw......love the random bottle of Windex in the background.

[@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.

[@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?

[@phaedo11]

I've been raised and educated to be a skeptic and a scientist, but I have gotten a lot of benefits in terms of stress reduction and creative problem solving using nothing more than free hypnosis videos/recordings on KZbin. As mentioned in the video, over the years, there have been many well designed, peer reviewed studies which demonstrate measurable changes in brain activity while participants are "hypnotized," and which support the use of hypnosis in specific situations, and, more importantly, warn against its use in situations such as "repressed memory recovery." That being said, hypnosis has been shown to help people block out the constant stressful distractions of the world and our own inner experience, which in turn helps them relax and lower their rigid inhibitions. Hypnosis videos on KZbin have helped me relax and focus before exams all throughout Pharmacy school. It helps me let go of the frustrations of the day rather than relive them over and over, and I find I'm better able to maintain composure and perspective in tough times like right now during the Pandemic. Hypnosis has also helped me come up with creative solutions to the problems I face day to day by letting my mind imagine possibilities it otherwise would dismiss outright. It is hard to "make yourself relax," which is why so many people turn to things like alcohol, tobacco, comfort foods, sex, fantasy, and other things which INDUCE "relaxation" in us on their own. However, these artificial sources of relaxation all come at a price, sooner or later; causing problems rather than solving them. Hypnosis may well be just as artificial in the method of getting you to relax, but the result is a much more genuine sense of relaxation, without the side effects of other methods for inducing relaxation. I should mention, however, that I rely on hypnosis recordings from reputable hypnotherapists, and before using a new recording/video I make a conscious effort to listen to the content of the recording all the way through first, to make sure there isn't anything that the hypnotherapist says which I might find objectionable. (You DO have control over whether you become hypnotized or not!) Once I'm satisfied with the content and any potential "suggestions" which go beyond just relaxation, I can listen to the recording whenever I want or need some help relaxing or getting a new perspective on things. It's not "magic" and it's not "mind control." I view it more like guided meditation, or getting a massage. You choose to let someone else help guide you to a more relaxed state of being.

[@kenpanderz672]

heres a universe-collapsing question: can you hypnotize someone into being immune to hypnosis?

[@shraken_of_darktide9066]

Yo Joe!!!!! Dude you totally miss the opportunity to use the hypnotoad from Futurama!!!

[@WmLatin]

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

If you're going to post a time stamp, do it BEFORE the thing you're trying to point out. You fucking moron.

[@JaeElle]

@ wow, completely unnecessary.

@@JaeElle go cry about it

[@squirlmy]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@garybolenable]

When I was in college, a hypnotist was invited to put on a show for the school. When he asked for volunteers I went up on stage. I didn't believe I could be hypnotized and didn't really believe in hypnosis in general. And yes, while I was onstage I did everything he asked. Maybe one could say it was the power of suggestion or that (most) everyone else was also participating so I did too BUT, at the end of the demonstration he sent us all back to our seats, but he told us that when he said a certain word that we were all going to go back up onstage and start dancing. So, I don't dance. I can't dance. I wouldn't be caught dead dancing. Even at my wedding I would only "slow dance" with my wife. I went back to my seat with the knowledge that my participation in this event was over as there was no way I was going to go back up and dance onstage in front of a bunch of people. Then he said the word, and I stood up walked back up onstage and started dancing. So, long story short, I am totally jiggy with hypnosis.

[@salazartheoneandonly4187]

Look into my eyes * Proceedes to put text away from the eyes.*

[@albertbeccu]

I didn't really believe it until my sister tried it. She's always been very shy and nervous, but after a few sessions of hypnotherapy a few years ago I noticed a significant boost in confidence. Who's to say it wasn't a bunch of other factors that year impacting her, but I can't deny that shortly after those sessions her confidence had a massive boost. She really bloomed and turned into a more fun person to talk with and she improved her attitude significantly.

[@michaeljohnston6856]

Man I didn’t see the word stuffed and when you said you chewed it’s ear off I thought you meant a live rabbit for a second lol

[@XSemperIdem5]

Oh gawd, me too. I was momentarily confused and horrified.

[@zoecarnes9316]

I was treated with hypnosis at a therapudic boarding school I attended. They treated it more like a guided meditation and my whole school was doing it all together. I remembered the whole meditation but many girls said they felt as though they were asleep but where able to open their eyes when told to do so. I think everybodys experience is different and that this can be a very good form of treatment for those who benefit from it. This was very interesting thank you for sharing!

[@suimeingwong2043]

Here's an interesting quote, "If the brain was easily understood it would be too simple to understand the brain.

[@benl8962]

Maybe that is the case but we are just too simple to understand it ;)

[@businesschicken8699]

I don't know if this is relative to the power of suggestion or suggestion, or just coincidence (and after I tell the story, any speculation on my part is immediately suspect to skepticism do to the nature of my condition itself), but here goes: As a child growing up I spent a lot of time alone reading, and my access to books was mostly limited to the revolving collection of books my mother always had when I was growing. She always had a large collection of psychological thrillers, and a lot of those are inherently based on a character dealing with another character who has some form of mental illness driving their actions. I became fascinated with altered states of mind and mental illness in particular, as I also had an many family members growing up who had wildly varying mental diseases from being a teenager, mentally speaking, forever - to having sociopathy literally running in the male side of my family. I know that kind of hurts my credibilty, but that rabbit trail aside: I eventually came to be more and more interested in what caused mental illness specifically, from childhood abuse and even adult abuse, drugs of various types causing different mental states and illnesses temporarily and permanently, other physical or mental trauma that causes brain injury, and just pure dumb chance of genetically inheriting one of these states of mind (though my research indicates that this is more of a cause for the potential to be mentally disturbed rather than the cause of the illness itself, which seems to ALWAYS feature some sort of environmental factor that "tip the scales", mentally and chemically speaking in ones brain. Now the point I guess I'm getting to is, as I became a teenager and my fascination grew surrounding this field of study, I was also at the age where I had friends, or really A friend in particular, getting into drug experimentation that had the same obsessions with this subject that I did and had grew up with the same kind of abuse I had experienced. That's relative to the story in a way you'll be able to quickly determine in just a moment. Now at the time, the difference between us was that he was already a medically diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic with ptsd and anxiety and depression issues. Both of our parents were super religious to the point of being abusive about it in many ways, so while he had been able to convince his parents to have doctors figure out what was happening to him as it first starting happening, he caught it early. I however had never been to the doctor since the day I was literally born, my dad being the "Pray and walk it off!" type. Anywho, he had discovered the magic and excitement of psychedelics by the age of 17, me being a year younger than him. I hadn't seen him in years by the time he admitted all this to me about himself, as we had been keeping in touch online after Facebook came around. I told him I was into all the psych stuff he was and about how I went through all the same abuse he did, and he eventually asked if I wanted to try "tripping" to get away from all my issues. It would make all my troubles seem like distant memories and I might even be able to find out what it's like to experience an altered state of consciousness like he did since a lot of his natural schizophrenic symptoms could also be induced with certain chemicals, albeit usually in a more OR less intense way, depending on the drug. Oh, how little did I realize how correct he was. I quickly became consumed with ingesting anything I could that was vaguely "psychedelic" in nature, to the point where I was regularly venturing from the beaten path of the psychedelics that have been tried and tested to prove as relatively "safe" like acid and mushrooms - to research chemicals we were buying online and other drugs that would cause hallucinations of any sort by the time I was 17/18. This includes deliriants like anti-histamines to dissociatives like general anesthetics (think dextromethorphan or ketamine). Very long story short: I eventually stated having symptoms of schizophrenia myself, already having been diagnosed with ptsd and severe chronic anxiety and depression, even outside of my drug use. I've sense learned much of it is induced by stress and sleep deprivation worsening my mental condition, but at the time it was scary. I went from pretending I was schizophrenic to get away from reality because of a combination of abuse and personal interests, to actually being diagnosed with bi-polar type 1 disorder and schizoaffective disorder ( I'm still not sure what it means specifically or what the difference is as compared to a paranoid schizophrenic), on top of my ptsd and anxiety. Like I said, I realize my credibility is suspect due to the nature of the illness and drug abuse being involved, but I assure you. It's still a strong, daily presence in my life and I have quite doing any drugs besides medical marijuana, and the problems persist. Oddly enough, while it does make some things like my focus worse and sometimes seems to increase instead of suppress the frequency flashbacks I have, it definitely helps with the severity of the flashbacks and subsequent emotions that always come with them. However, the fact that it aids in sleep and reducing anxiety also GREATLY limits the frequency in which I experience classic schizophrenic symptoms (which is what also lead to my discovery of sleep deprivation being the root cause of my manic-depressive and hallucinatory/delirious episodes). So, what I'm left wondering (though I suppose it's a moot point at this juncture), what was the ORIGINAL cause or causes of my symptoms? The power of suggestion and just being around someone else with nearly the same disease on a regular bases and imagining too much what it would be like, childhood abuse and trauma, just the drugs, or (most likely) some combination of, if not all, these things. I don't know. I know people can be convinced into mass hysteria with symptoms that resemble mental illness, or at least the BELIEF that one has a mental illness even if there is otherwise no proof or prior evidence of there ever having been so before in the aforementioned people. But like I said, I guess I'll never really know since I had never even had the chance to meet a doctor or psychologist until I was 18 and made the decision to take myself in to be seen after almost three years of mounting confusion and terror. For the record, like I said before, there's not much reason to worry anymore though, as my symptoms are much milder to the point I forget I'm mentally impaired from time to time now, due to a LOT of therapy, counseling, and finding the proper medications. And before anyone gets snarky, I take three non-narcotic prescriptions besides the medically recommended marijuana, so don't try me with any addict talk if that's your take on this; otherwise, thoughts, suggestions, and speculations are welcome if anyone actually took the time to read this. Great video btw, thumbs up. Sorry about making the subject more about me here sort of instead of the video itself.

[@jerry3790]

I normally think of Carl Jung when I think of hypnosis. Interesting that he didn’t play any significant role in its history.

[@jerrymilliner4720]

Please tell me where do you get all the answers? I Love your show and can't get enough,I've been bin watching ever since I found it. Please tell us more. Do you ever worry about giving wrong information and if so has anyone ever called you out on it?

[@edfridy2648]

I have multiple chemical sensitivity due to years of undiagnosed dysautonomia. Before I got the diagnosis when my sensitivities were bad, a coworker badgered me to try one of those magnetic athletic performance bracelets to see if it would help. I was working in a lab that had very low chemical exposure and mostly it was other people’s fragrances that bothered me. After weeks of blowing it off because I thought it was a bunch of bs, I put the thing on and went back to work. A few minutes later I felt like I was swimming in a vat of volatile organic compounds. I couldn’t breathe . I ripped that thing off and threw it across the room and almost immediately the attack started to subside. It took a couple of hours for the panic to go away. Moral of the story, Magnets do things.

[@BurningZa]

Hard to look in your eyes when I'm 'reading' your mind xD

[@lindielee8944]

That's probably the point, so that no one can claim to hypnotized by the intro.