Diary Friday 7th July 2017
@arthurchappell (45002)
Preston, England
July 7, 2017 1:53pm CST
After a morning spent online looking at lots of job site, I went to the community centre to attend a talk by Tony Barton on hypnosis. It was interesting summary of the power of suggestion and manipulation. A few in the audience have been hypnotized, mostly by stage magicians. The one attempt at it with me made no impression on me, though many do get influenced remarkably easily. Tony indicated himself that the person being hypnotized has to want it a resistance ruins the effect.
He talked of hypnosis penetrating our subconscious minds where our deep rooted paradigm (fixed) belief lie, to adjust them, which I would regard as dangerous practice. I was also wary of his conviction that most human illnesses are psychosomatic and easily defeated by hypnotherapy.
An interesting presentation but not one I agreed with on many points.
Arthur Chappell
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
7 Jul 17
Yeah good it didn't have an effect on you Arthur..you are of your own mind.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
7 Jul 17
@TiarasOceanView the speaker doesn't practice hypnosis. He just reads up on the subject
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
7 Jul 17
@TiarasOceanView no, just talking about it
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
7 Jul 17
@arthurchappell Oh I see he wasn't actually doing it then.
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@teamfreak16 (43419)
• Denver, Colorado
7 Jul 17
I've never been hypnotized before. Might be interesting.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
7 Jul 17
worth a try but be careful who does it and why
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@stringer321 (5643)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
19 Nov 17
I have just watched an article by Amnon Levy. HE has made an article about hypnosis. In my country, hypnosis is forbidden unless it is done by someone who has the right authority to do so. Some may be dentists, some may be psychiatrists. Everyone else like magicians, NLP practitioners and other kinds of people who use methods that include something similar to hypnosis are being hunted.
There was only 1 case that was documented with a woman who woke up only after 7 days after the hypnosis at the magic show. Her being stuck in a sleepy condition was not proven to be caused by the hypnosis.
How come one get hypnotized and can be so stiff like a big wooden stick, he can be a bridge between 2 chairs ?
How come people get hypnotised and suffer almost no pain when having a birth ?
In my country it is forbidden. It's about time to stop that law and make hypnosis legal.
@stringer321 (5643)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
21 Nov 17
@arthurchappell Just give it a try, there are things at youtube one can listen with earphones: hypnosis for stop smoking (not relevant for you), hypnosis for studing (increase memory, focus, etc...), hypnosis for happiness, hypnosis for deep sleep, for lucid dreaming(whatever it means...) Don't you want to give any of them a try ?
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
19 Nov 17
@stringer321 stage hypnotists are often irresponsible and dangerous - many are charlatans. Medical hypnois is more controlled
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
20 Nov 17
@stringer321 NLP has been discredited by many observers, and guided imagery often biases the perception of the test subjects. Many people hypnotied not to smoke still don't give up - I never smoked anyway
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
8 Jul 17
@Shavkat talks can be interesting even if we don't agree with all the points presented
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@Shavkat (137312)
• Philippines
9 Jul 17
@arthurchappell I agree. That would be more interesting especially if there are some conflicts between the two parties.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
9 Jul 17
@Shavkat we wouldn't learn from only being told what we already know and believe
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
8 Jul 17
@JudyEv a lot of advocates of alternative medicine / faith healing etc secretely go to to ordinary doctors for their own medical needs
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@JudyEv (328120)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Jul 17
@arthurchappell I can quite believe it.
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@JudyEv (328120)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jul 17
@arthurchappell It's sad that people get brain-washed in this way.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58688)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
7 Jul 17
It would have been interesting to be there to hear it, even if like you I don't neccesarily agree with everything he proabbly said.
What are your plans for the weekend?
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@thislittlepennyearns (58688)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
7 Jul 17
It would have been interesting to be there to hear it, even if like you I don't neccesarily agree with everything he proabbly said.
What are your plans for the weekend?
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@thislittlepennyearns (58688)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
7 Jul 17
It would have been interesting to be there to hear it, even if like you I don't neccesarily agree with everything he proabbly said.
What are your plans for the weekend?
