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Alfalfa said:
Are you saying that there is consensus that hypnosis works? Because that'd be news to me. It's generally seen as junk.
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Define "works". I don't see why hypnosis, performed by a professional therapist, would be any less likely to work than any other type of behavioral therapy.
 
One Brow said:
Define "works". I don't see why hypnosis, performed by a professional therapist, would be any less likely to work than any other type of behavioral therapy.
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Because hypnosis refers to someone's ability to talk you into an altered state of perception. I have serious doubt that such a thing is real beyond the placebo effect. And from the limited research I've done, it seems to be generally considered pseudoscience.
 
Alfalfa said:
Because hypnosis refers to someone's ability to talk you into an altered state of perception. I have serious doubt that such a thing is real beyond the placebo effect. And from the limited research I've done, it seems to be generally considered pseudoscience.
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I agree that used for things like recovered memories, etc., hypnosis is pseudo-science. Taking mega-doses of vitamin C to prevent (pretty much anything that is not scurvy) is pseudo-science. However, that doesn't change the Vitamin C has a legitimate use.

In some ways, I would think that an altered state of perception is one of the goals of many types of behavioral therapy. If hypnosis can help with that (and I don't know if that is true), good. I don't find it to be unreasonable as an idea; it seems to fit what hypnosis is.
 
My wife participated in a stage hypnotist show and it really changed my stance on hypnosis. She was fully engaged in everything going on. A few things showed me how real it was to her. One thing is that she hates being cold, I mean it kicks her into mean bitch territory faster than anything else. In one part of the induction the hypnotist told them it was getting very hot (this was at lagoon for frightmares, so late October...it was butt-cold that night), and she took off her jacket and actually started to sweat. Then he told them it was getting cold. You could tell from the look on her face she was thoroughly pissed how cold it was. She was shivering uncontrollably. It was freaky. Later in the show he sent them all off the stage into the audience to do something with the audience (can't remember the exact premise) and when she came off the stage she looked right at me and, basically, through me and all of our kids and went out to other people. It was weird enough my daughter, who was about 6 at the time, said "what's wrong with Mommy, I don't like this."

Later she recounted she knew generally what was going on but that she felt like it was in a dream. She felt the heat when told it was hot and felt bitter bitter cold. Another part he said they were on a scary ride at lagoon. My wife said she saw exactly what he said they were seeing, vampires, werewolves, and was really mad that the guy made them go on that ride. She said she felt the ride move, turning side to side. It was so very real to her, even while she knew what was happening somewhere in her mind. It was crazy.

Since then she has done hypno-therapy for depression and anxiety that has helped her a lot. But it's very expensive and not covered by most insurances. But I'm a believer.
 
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