聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 So here鈥檚 an interesting fact about myself: I have been hypnotized three separate times. At least, I am pretty sure it was three, but maybe I was hypnotized to believe that. I鈥檝e been watching a lot of TV shows that involve mental manipulation lately. Honestly, mind control is one of my favourite literary tropes, just because it鈥檚 so wonderfully creepy. The idea that someone could make you do anything he or she wanted you to, and 小蓝视频 forced to be trapped in your own mind as someone else pulls the strings is just a concept with so many possibilities, all of them pretty terrifying.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Some people may be freaking out, believing that what I experienced was just like what鈥檚 seen in horror movies. Maybe I鈥檓 just one snap of the fingers away from turning on everyone and robbing a bank or something. Fortunately, that鈥檚 not at all what it鈥檚 like.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In my experience, hypnotism is more of a relaxation technique than anything else. When a hypnotist puts someone under, it鈥檚 impossible to make the hypnotized person do something he or she doesn鈥檛 want to do. Nor can it be used to change memories around. It can create temporary amnesia, or get hypnotized people to react to illusions and hallucinations. It all depends on how deep into hypnosis a person can go.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 From what I can tell, what I experienced was a pretty weak hypnosis. I鈥檓 not entirely sure why, but maybe I wasn鈥檛 relaxed enough. It has a lot to do with trusting the hypnotist as far as I can tell, so maybe I鈥檓 just a less trusting person. Either way, I never actually believed I had transformed into a baby, or that the Beatles were sitting in the back of the room and I was 小蓝视频 allowed to meet them.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 A lot of what I experienced was just like a dream. I was totally conscious. I could recall everything that was happening to me, and everything I was 小蓝视频 asked to do. I knew exactly what I was doing in every scenario but鈥� I just didn鈥檛 care! It was ridiculous. Usually, I鈥檓 a shy person, and if someone told me to run up and down an auditorium clucking like a chicken and 鈥榩ecking鈥� at people鈥檚 hands, I鈥檇 flat-out refuse. When I鈥檓 hypnotized, I just think, 鈥淵eah! Let鈥檚 go run around like a chicken!鈥� It鈥檚 like I鈥檓 an actor. I鈥檓 putting on a performance I never even knew I was going to be a part of, and honestly, I find it fun.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Now, as much as hypnotism never affected my memory, time has made those moments fade, so I can only recall some highlights of my various performances. I remember 小蓝视频 told a friend of mine, who was not hypnotized and was just sitting in the audience, was the lead singer of Matchbox Twenty. In my resulting excitement, I practically leapt off the stage, and made a beeline for my friend鈥檚 lap. It took a bit of prompting from the hypnotist before I actually got off of him. I鈥檓 still disappointed I didn鈥檛 even get an autograph for my trouble.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I recall that during one show, a pair of guys were singled out by the hypnotist. According to him, they were madly in love with each other鈥� at least whenever the hypnotist was looking away from him. The moment he鈥檇 turn back to them, they would be repulsed by each other. I remember watching them back gooey, sappy faces at each other, holding hands and cuddling, until the hypnotist turned around, and which point they looked like the world had just ended. As far as I can tell, though, I kept insisting the hypnotist let them stay together. It was a case of true love, definitely.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The most interesting thing I ever did was go through a hypnotism show鈥檚 intermission鈥� still hypnotized. Before the break started, the hypnotist got us all to believe we were different famous people. We could be whoever we wanted, so long as we didn鈥檛 choose the same person someone else did. I must have had Maroon 5 on the brain, because in that moment, I told myself, 鈥淵es. I am Adam Levine. Now I鈥檓 going to serenade some ladies.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I flirted aggressively with about half the girls in the room, as far as I can remember. I definitely signed a few autographs. At one point, I asked a girl if she wanted a smooch from the most attractive singer on the planet, but she said she had a boyfriend.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 At that point, I鈥檓 pretty sure I threatened to beat up the girl鈥檚 significant other. I may be a little shorter than average for a woman, and I may have weak little arms that could barely tap a guy鈥檚 shoulder, but I was fierce. Thankfully, the intermission ended before I tried to drag a guy out into the alleyway to fight me.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 After shows, the hypnotism doesn鈥檛 exactly end. Hypnotism has a lot of benefits to one鈥檚 mental state, encouraging relaxation and health. Most of the time, a hypnotist ends his show by telling the hypnotized people how they鈥檙e going to have a great sleep that evening, and wake up refreshed and energized. I am pleased to admit that actually works. In fact, one hypnotist gave me a CD that was supposed to use hypnotism to promote relaxation and meditation. I put it on during a bath, and within five minutes, I had to stop for fear of sleeping in the bathtub.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I haven鈥檛 gone to a hypnotist performance in quite a while, but I still find it very intriguing. Definitely worth looking in to, at least so I can get a good night鈥檚 sleep.
