Comments on: Hypnosis is not Mind Control http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2007/10/03/hypnosis-is-not-mind-control/ Fri, 18 May 2012 09:48:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: The Transparent Hypnotist http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2007/10/03/hypnosis-is-not-mind-control/comment-page-1/#comment-216 The Transparent Hypnotist Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:26:00 +0000 http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/?p=187#comment-216 I see your point. It definitely would be unethical to do that, but for the shows sake, I think it was okay because it approached a general fear of hypnosis, that one would act against one's free will, and showed that one would not, hence busting the myth.<br/><br/>Do you think they should have approached it differently and if so, how? I see your point. It definitely would be unethical to do that, but for the shows sake, I think it was okay because it approached a general fear of hypnosis, that one would act against one’s free will, and showed that one would not, hence busting the myth.

Do you think they should have approached it differently and if so, how?

]]> By: Anonymous http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/2007/10/03/hypnosis-is-not-mind-control/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Anonymous Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:02:00 +0000 http://theunwindingpath.com/transhypno/?p=187#comment-215 This is part of my pre-talk with every client. So many of them start out, even before the appointment, asking, "Can you make me (lose weight, stop smoking, etc.) ?" <br/><br/>And my answer is almost invariably, "No, I can't make you; but if you want to, I can help you to be successful at it." Which probably costs me a lot of appointments, but at least I know I've been honest with them.<br/><br/>The Mythbusters experiment was good TV but, in my opinion, very bad hypnosis investigation. I question the<br/>ethics of their approach ("Here, let this hypnotist help you with that habit you have..." and then try to sneak in an unrelated suggestion); I knew it wouldn't work but that doesn't make it okay to try. <br/><br/>-Michael Raugh, C.H. This is part of my pre-talk with every client. So many of them start out, even before the appointment, asking, “Can you make me (lose weight, stop smoking, etc.) ?”

And my answer is almost invariably, “No, I can’t make you; but if you want to, I can help you to be successful at it.” Which probably costs me a lot of appointments, but at least I know I’ve been honest with them.

The Mythbusters experiment was good TV but, in my opinion, very bad hypnosis investigation. I question the
ethics of their approach (”Here, let this hypnotist help you with that habit you have…” and then try to sneak in an unrelated suggestion); I knew it wouldn’t work but that doesn’t make it okay to try.

-Michael Raugh, C.H.

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