Surprise, You're Hypnotized | Albert Nerenberg | TEDxHSG

Thank you very much for that lovely introduction. As a hypnotist I often get the same question especially from people who have never been

hypnotized

and people often ask what it feels like to be

hypnotized

and you know there is actually a very clear answer and this is it. is the answer I started to give, it feels exactly like Switzerland. Actually, I'm not kidding that people in deep trance, if you ask them how they feel afterwards, they will describe a very serene place, usually there is a lake, there are mountains in the distance, the mountains. They are covered in snow and are beautiful and calm and feel a deep inner calm and relaxation.

Now I realize that this is more the stereotypical Switzerland than perhaps the Switzerland that is outside our doors right now, but this is one of the reasons and one of the Main reasons why I want to. I am motivated to share the power and healing properties of hypnosis. Before I do, I should mention a few things that are interesting. On my way here to Europe, I did some research and I don't. I don't know if you know this, but what we are going to do here on stage today is illegal in Belgium. Stage hypnosis is actually illegal in Belgium and some other countries as well, so it's an interesting move that hypnosis is.

I still view it with a bit of suspicion, fear and incomprehension, so I feel like it's my job today to deal with it. to clarify two big questions: Can you be hypnotized very, very quickly? Can you be hypnotized against your will? So I'll start by showing You're something interesting, like one of the famous stereotypes of hypnotic behavior, because the hypnotist always snaps his fingers, he snaps his fingers like this and one of the misunderstandings is that this is seen as a kind of authoritarian behavior, the hypnotist He is ordering you to adopt a different attitude. Let's say it's not really what it is, it's actually a

surprise

effect, when we hear a shocking sound, we are

surprise

d and the interesting thing is that after a very quick surprise, we are open to the next suggestion, so I'm going to demonstrate this today, but let me.

I show you an interesting video this is a video that is an example of someone being hypnotized against their will this is a guy from Canada he is a pretty famous hypnotist named Spidey and he really wanted to show his hypnotic powers by showing that he could hypnotize his way out of a traffic ticket, so what he did and I'll set it up. Yeah, he was thinking that people are already thinking or taking notes, so what he did was know that there was a police service in the bush behind, you know, next door. a stop sign in his neighborhood and what he did was very deliberate.

He ran a stop sign in front of a police car at twice the speed limit, so he committed a crime, or almost a crime, he did it safely, he knew there was no crime. traffic and he knew it was possible to do it safely. Now he doesn't explain what he does in the video. This actually applies to Switzerland. Canada is a place where we speak several languages, just like here. By the way, it is very impressive. The first thing he does is ask the police to offer to change languages ​​under hypnosis. We call that a pattern.

Interrupt when you interrupt someone's pattern that they are used to. Now they are more open to the next suggestion. Snaps his fingers When he snaps his fingers, the police officer is open to another suggestion: Have you ever gone somewhere and forgotten why you are there and that's exactly what it is? He seems to be talking about himself, but he is making the suggestion to the police officer. so let's see if it works hmm to the right topic of the vapor phase your seventh avenue let my past move forward oh you speak english you speak english yes i speak english okay then can you help me i really need to know where the nearest gas is the station is please Please, the nearest gas station, yes, that's why you burn the stop sign right in front at about twice the speed limit, sir, oh, I'm sorry, yes, that's fine, but do you know what happens if we forget for just a second?

We'll get back to it, but if we could forget it, we'll get back to it. If you could tell me where the nearest gas station is, please follow the nearest gas station there, at the end of the street, turn right. Main street on your right there's a gas station Canada something like that on the right you know it's funny because I knew it but it's like I forgot it's like you know, sometimes you get up and go somewhere to do something and it's like If you just forget the reason why you are there you don't know if you remember to forget or you forget to remember it's like it slips out of your mind you know but it's good that I found you because now I know where it is and I can go, I can go, okay, yeah, oh, well, thank you very much, thank you, have a good day, okay, okay, she's a little confused, she's standing there watching, maybe you're also familiar with the movie, come out in the movie, come out, there's a character. actually who hypnotizes the main character of the movie simply with a cup of tea and sends the main character into a deep calm trance and then into a terrible nightmare, so all these things are apparently examples of people who are now hypnotized against his will to answer his questions.

Honestly the question is can you be hypnotized against your will, the answer is actually not really and I would say common sense would suggest this, if people could be regularly hypnotized against their will it would be happening all the time it would be happening here in the city. every few hours someone would get mugged or something would happen it just doesn't work if you want to hypnotize people against their will if you want to do it there is a way to do it you have to follow all the steps and those steps are kind of complicated so I go to show you the steps, maybe there will be a warning, so if you are worried about being hypnotized, you can refer to these steps and act accordingly, so here they are, these are the five steps to put someone in a deep trance so the first slow down so you slow down the person calm them down and relax them the second step suggests Switzerland now what I mean by this is more it suggests that they could go somewhere quiet and beautiful and relaxed place the third suggestion, it generates a deep focus state, you ask them to focus on something and the next thing you do is you surprise them, so when you surprise them, sometimes you can leave them in a deep powerful trance and now they are possibly really very deeply. hypnotized, so I'm going to suggest to you now that we could all do this together because hypnosis, all the fear that surrounds hypnosis and all the nervousness around hypnosis.

I was just, she was actually inappropriate. What's really exciting about hypnosis is not that people are hypnotized against their own interests. will, which is actually very rare, but in reality people are hypnotized with their full consent, it is much more exciting, incredible things are possible and it can actually be a lot of fun, so with your permission I would like asking yourself if you would like to be like a mass group together hypnotized is that okay, beautiful, okay, now one thing I want to challenge, challenge, is that there is a stereotype, a false stereotype, that the people who are most hypnotizable to They are often seen as gullible or the stereotype is even weak-minded.

I guess just you none of these people are particularly gullible or weak minded, the real reality is that hypnotizable people tend to be more beautiful, as strange as it may seem it is actually true, so people who are more hypnotizable tend to be more beautiful by cutting their hair and they are very intelligent and also athletic. In fact, I think we have an Olympic champion on the stage right now, not him, so now I'm going to show you something and this is interesting, you better do it, okay, I'll do it and I'll do it. Then explain how it works so sir I will ask everyone on stage to look at the window just focus on the back window okay look at that window and if you don't mind some of you.

I'm just going to touch, I can touch some of your hands or your shoulders, okay, okay, okay, beautiful, very good, so just look at that back window beautiful, okay, very good, look at my right eye, that's it, and sleep soundly and relax beautiful. very good all the way and deep keeping you steep and relaxed good so now put your hands like this if you don't mind look out the window breathe deeply sleep no maybe not okay once again once again okay and sleep well deep and relaxed beautiful very good stay there in a very, very relaxed state good everyone moving down towards the person I'm touching now moving down towards the person I'm touching now moving down well keep looking at the window take a deep breath okay just watch my finger as it gets closer, more close and just hold your hand, come closer look at him closer, closer, closer, closer, sleep beautifully, deep and relaxed, very good, deep and relaxed, just floating down, feeling calm and relaxed, just staying there.

I'll explain what I'm doing in a second. Okay, same idea if you want to push down on my hand, push down hard, close your eyes, sleep well, deep and relaxed, so I think this guy is ready to go, though deeply relaxed, deeply relaxed and nice and deep. Okay, very good, very good. deep and relaxed so let me tell you the science because we have had some steam scientists so let me explain to you that this is a mysterious phenomenon that is not well understood but what really happened and what happened to it right there is called the term The theory is that it is called PG or peak, the PG or peak is here is the idea that when I held his hand, remember that I asked him to concentrate, so focus is stage 3 of the experience, So what did I do?

I pulled his hand, which was a shock and a surprise, well now the trick is, and I'm explaining, the real secret of how this works is that an eighth of a second, an eighth of a second after that shock and surprise, basically what is a pgo spike, it is a pulse of energy that goes up the spine that tells the brain to reorient pay attention so that the brain opens wide what is happening at that exact moment insert the word sleep and since we're in a relaxed environment, if it was a dangerous environment it probably wouldn't happen, the brain agrees and just goes into a deep trance, so that's basically the theory of what just happened to these people and The more you try to remove your hand from your head, the more you get stuck now this guy is really wonderful, the person I'm touching right now is I'm going to bring you up here, your hand is stuck tight to your head, and the more you try to remove your hand, the more it will get stuck, go ahead, try to remove your hand, the more you try to remove your hand, the more I will bring you.

You will get stuck, go ahead try to remove your hand, you can open your eyes but the more you try to remove them your hand will get stuck, go ahead try to use your energy or strength, this is a strong guy here, try to use your entire crew your energy. to move, that's right, go ahead, use well, yes, that's right now, wait when I snap my fingers, you will have the ability to greet the people in the audience with the hand that has been attached to your head at the count of three, two, one. You can greet the audience, that's fine and now, on the count of three two one, you can remove your hand from your head.

Three two one, now you can move your hand from your head. Okay, now in this very, very relaxed state. I am going to suggest that you can come back right now, how are you doing sir, go back to a deep and relaxed sleep, very good, go back to the room, you are no longer hypnotized. Now I must explain one thing before I do this, one of the beautiful things about hypnosis. that these people are really gone, I should let this person sit, they have gone to Switzerland, they are in a very calm state, deeply relaxed, and this state you will feel if you see them in a few minutes, See them beautifully editor, full of energy and calm, and some of the mystery and weirdness around hypnosis makes people afraid to even research it, discover it, or experience it.

It has a lot of potential and can really help us all. get to a beautiful place called Switzerland, so a count of three. I'm going to ask you to come back to the room on the count of three when I snap my fingers on one now, so please can I lend a hand to these amazing volunteers that I really went through a lot of experience thank you thank you thank you know