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Peter Answers is a fortune teller, not a hypnotist. People will often get the two mistaken for each other. However that doesn’t mean that Peter doesn’t have some insight into the practice of hypnotism. Read on for some information that will be interesting to you should you need to ask Peter, “Is Hypnotism Real?”
Hypnotizing Humans
You are probably asking the question “Is Hypnotism Real?” because you either want to know how to hypnotize someone, you have been hypnotized yourself and you are trying to explain what happened to you or you don’t believe a friend who claimed he saw someone hypnotized.
Hypnosis typically involves an introduction to the procedure during which the subject is told that suggestions for imaginative experiences will be presented. The hypnotic induction is an extended initial suggestion for using one’s imagination, and may contain further elaborations of the introduction. A hypnotic procedure is used to encourage and evaluate responses to suggestions. When using hypnosis, one person (the subject) is guided by another (the hypnotist) to respond to suggestions for changes in subjective experience, alterations in perception, sensation, emotion, thought or behavior.
Persons can also learn self-hypnosis, which is the act of administering hypnotic procedures on one’s own. If the subject responds to hypnotic suggestions, it is generally inferred that hypnosis has been induced. Many believe that hypnotic responses and experiences are characteristic of a hypnotic state. While some think that it is not necessary to use the word “hypnosis” as part of the hypnotic induction, others view it as essential.
Details of hypnotic procedures and suggestions will differ depending on the goals of the practitioner and the purposes of the clinical or research endeavor. Procedures traditionally involve suggestions to relax, though relaxation is not necessary for hypnosis and a wide variety of suggestions can be used including those to become more alert. Suggestions that permit the extent of hypnosis to be assessed by comparing responses to standardized scales can be used in both clinical and research settings. While the majority of individuals are responsive to at least some suggestions, scores on standardized scales range from high to negligible.
Hypnotizing Animals
There are many proven ways to hypnotize certain animals. Here are a few examples:
Chickens
There are 3 ways to hypnotize a chicken:
- Hold the chicken’s head down against the ground, and continuously draw a line along the ground with a stick or a finger, starting at its beak and extending straight outward in front of the chicken. If the chicken is hypnotized in this manner, it will remain immobile for somewhere between 15 seconds and 30 minutes, continuing to stare at the line.
- Hold the chicken’s face up with its back on the ground, and then run your finger vertically downwards from the chicken’s wattles to just above its vent. The chicken’s feet are exposed, which allows easy application of medication for foot mites, etc. To wake up the chicken, clap your hands or give the chicken a gentle shove.
- Mimic how the chicken sleeps – with its head under its wing. In this method, you hold the bird firmly, placing its head under its wing, then, gently rock the chicken back and forth and set it very carefully on the ground. It should stay in the same position for about 30 seconds.
Snakes
Snake charming is the practice of hypnotizing a snake by simply playing an instrument. A typical performance may also include handling the snakes or performing other seemingly dangerous acts, as well as other street performance staples, like juggling and sleight of hand. The practice is most common in India, though other Asian nations such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia are also home to performers, as are the North African countries of Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.
Trout
There is a method for hypnotizing trout that is called Trout Tickling, which is the art of rubbing the underbelly of a trout using fingers. If done properly, the trout will go into a trance-like state after a minute or so, and can then easily be thrown onto the nearest bit of dry land.
A related approach is sometimes used in catfish noodling, although in general that method of fishing for catfish by hand is more brute force with grabbing the catfish out of their holes.
So Is Hypnotism Real or Not?
Of course hypnotism is real! This is an undisputed fact. Or if it isn’t, it should be. However, not everyone can be hypnotized. So for those people it is natural to be doubters. But just like not every believe in the power of Peter Answers, so too do not everybody believe in hypnotism. And that would be a mistake.
And that is Peter’s Answer!