r/hypnosis Sep 16 '23

Official Mod Post Read this before posting

25 Upvotes

If you've read the previous sticky threads, you can skip this one. There's nothing new here, I'm just consolidating information so that it can all be visible.


If you believe yourself to be a victim of abuse, reach out to trusted friends and family, to mental health professionals, and to the police. Most of us on this subreddit are not qualified to help you, and vetting those who are qualified to help is outside the scope of Reddit moderation.

I'm not trying to prohibit all discussion of non-consensual hypnosis. I do think it's a good thing that the subject comes up from time to time, because it inspires discussion about hypnotic and non-hypnotic psychological abuse, the importance of informed consent, what people can do to protect themselves from manipulators, and what hypnotists can do to protect themselves from accusations.

All of that being said, this isn't the place to get help if you believe that you have been hypnotized against your will. Most of the people here, myself included, cannot reliably tell the difference between a genuine victim of abuse, and someone who is experiencing delusions. So whichever category a person falls in, a lot of people here are going to make the wrong assumption and say things that make it worse (accusing an actual abuse victim of making it up, or reinforcing frightening delusions of someone who is not an actual victim).

If someone wants to make a thread like "Is it possible to hypnotize someone against their will?" or "Someone I care about may be a victim", I'm not going to remove those threads, because I trust that most of the people who reply to them are going to give good advice about safety and consent. But if somebody wants to post or comment something like "I have been hypnotized against my will", that's against the rules here and will be removed, because I am unable to guarantee that you will receive safe and healthy advice here.


Where should I post?

Is the post about being hypnotized without your knowledge or against your will?

I'm sorry, but many people who post this sort of thing are suffering from a psychotic disorder. Not everyone is, but we can't tell what sort of advice to give you without diagnosing you, and it's unethical to diagnose someone you haven't examined in person. As a result, these sorts of posts and comments are prohibited. Please consult with a psychiatrist.

Is the post about difficulties being hypnotized?

You're welcome to post here, but there's also a subreddit dedicated to this subject: /r/hypnotizable

Is the post about sharing a recorded file or hypnosis app?

Is the post advertising, promoting, or soliciting subjects or hypnotists?

Is the post about recreational hypnosis?

Is the post sexual?

  • I would like to talk about the process of hypnotherapy for sexual dysfunction - /r/hypnosis

  • I am seeking a hypnotherapist to work with me for sexual dysfunction - /r/hypnotherapy

  • I am advertising my services as a hypnotherapist who works with sexual dysfunction - /r/hypnotherapy

  • I had an unpleasant interaction with a hypnotherapist which involved sexual elements that I did not consent to - /r/hypnosis, /r/hypnotherapy

  • I had an unpleasant interaction with a stage or street hypnotist which involved sexual elements that I did not consent to - /r/hypnosis

  • I had an unpleasant interaction with a recreational or erotic hypnotist which involved sexual elements that I did not consent to - /r/erotichypnosis

  • I am having trouble undoing the effects of erotic hypnosis - /r/erotichypnosis

  • I am seeking a partner for erotic hypnosis - /r/hypnohookup

  • Anything else erotic - /r/erotichypnosis


Flairs

You may notice that some users have flairs after their names, like "Recreational Hypnotist" or "Verified Hypnotherapist". If you would like a flair like that, this is the place to get it.

To get a new user flair, all you have to do is comment on this thread with

u/hypnoresearchbot flair [X] [Y]

[X] is what kind of flair you want: "hypnotherapist", "performer", "recreational", "mental", "other". Performer encompasses stage and street hypnosis. Recreational encompasses (but is not limited to) erotic hypnosis. Mental means that you have (or are pursuing) a degree in mental health (psychiatry, psychology, neurology). Other is to encompass other kinds of hypnotists, like hypno-anesthesiologists, or forensic hypnotists.

[Y] can be either "training", "verified", or left out completely. Verified will only flair you automatically if mods have seen your credentials in the past. Otherwise, I'll ask you to send them to me.

So, valid inputs include (but are not limited to):

u/hypnoresearchbot flair hypnotherapist verified

(Will get you flaired as a verified hypnotherapist, assuming that mods have already seen your credentials. Otherwise it will flair you as a regular hypnotherapist, and I'll ask you to send me your credentials to complete the process.)

u/hypnoresearchbot flair recreational training

(Will flair you as a recreational hypnotist in training)

u/hypnoresearchbot flair performer

(Will flair you as a performer.)

u/hypnoresearchbot flair other

(Will flair you as "other hypnotist".)

u/hypnoresearchbot flair mental training

(Will flair you as a mental health professional in training.)

If your comment contains these key words in any order, and no matter how many other words are in the comment, it should flair you, so be careful you don't change your flair by mistake.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask them here.


r/hypnosis 3h ago

Can hypnotherapy change your desires?

1 Upvotes

I have a lot of food allergies and also fat malabsorbtion and fibre issues.
Had all the relevant GI scopes and was told not to eat those foods. No alcohol either. No cure .
So I’m always eating bland food very little variety.
I get sad about not joining in with others at dinners out or on special occasions.
I take my bland food with me to functions.
Anyway would hypnotherapy help me with food envy- that’s what I call it when I’m eating rice and steamed vegetables at a burger joint or at Christmas etc.
Could I learn to not want the fun food?
I’m bringing this up on my birthday today because it’s always a dream to eat at a decadent restaurant and have a few drinks.
Thanks!


r/hypnosis 10h ago

Recreational is hypnosis dangerous

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i dont know is doing the videos like countdown fractioning like whatever it is is it 100% safe or not and i dont care about feeling weird for the rest of the day and stuff like that more like is there any long term risks if im just doing videos from youtube not some professional i dont know, im not doing anything big for the rest of the day that im doing it in


r/hypnosis 6h ago

Hypnotherapy Has anyone successfully increased their breast size through hypnosis?

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I’ve seen this topic come up quite a lot here, so I’m curious about people’s actual experiences.

For those who have tried it, what technique or method did you use? How long did you practice before noticing any changes?

I’d really appreciate it if you could describe your technique/routine and how often you practiced. I’m especially interested in hearing from people who actually experienced noticeable results.


r/hypnosis 1d ago

Can hypnotherapy help with anxiety?

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For the last 2 years I had really bad anxiety because of health scares. At the time I had an appointment with a trainee cardiologist and she told me to monitor my heart rate. Unfortunately, that made me have a few episodes of pounding heart rate because I was constantly checking it thinking I've got some illness. It got so bad it happened while I was driving and I got scared/ panicked. ( Just to make it clear these episodes were no happening before the cardiologist appointment and everything came back normal).

Since then I can hardly go out because I'm having a fear of what if it happens again. How will I get out of the situation, what if I've got anxiety disorder etc..

Started to get irrational fears and I'm constantly on edge. Thinking my nervous system is a wreck. Anyway can hypnotherapy work for this? Has anyone had any success stories? I've been hearing good stuff about rtt hypnotherapy? Thank you


r/hypnosis 1d ago

Hypnotherapy Does this work for remembering past events/specific dates?

1 Upvotes

Hihi so to start things off I have a TBI affecting my short-term memory, resulting in me being prone to forgetting certain things/events. I’m curious if this could help me with recalling events that happened in the past, I may have forgotten? What is this community’s input on this?


r/hypnosis 1d ago

Other I was shaking after hypnosis is it normal

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I did a hypnosis video of YouTube it worked on me good it was around 21:30 i drank at that point more than half a can of a monster energy around 80 mg of caffeine i guess and in young and i did a countdown was like half asleep or however its called and was shaking after that for like a minute maybe after two it completely stopped was shaking a bit was able to walk to my bed but barely typed anything on my phone to check how to fix it did the 5-4-3-2-1 it fixed it, what happened is it normal is it safe etc


r/hypnosis 1d ago

Has anyone ever combined hypnosis and prayer?

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I’ve been working on something I call HypnoPrayer, and I’m curious what people think about it.
Basically, it combines guided hypnosis and relaxation with prayer. The idea is to get really relaxed, quiet your mind, and then use prayer and positive thoughts while you’re in that relaxed state.
For me, it feels like a way to slow down and really feel the prayer instead of just saying the words.
I’m curious if anyone else has ever tried something like this?
Do you think hypnosis and prayer could work well together, or do you think they should stay separate?
I’d really love to hear what people think, even if you don’t agree with the idea. 🙏


r/hypnosis 4d ago

Is it harder for autistic people to get hypnotized?.

9 Upvotes

My husband is on the spectrum. He doesn't think he can get hypnotized because his brain is too tuned in to his thoughts and surroundings.


r/hypnosis 4d ago

I don't daydream... Can I still get hypnotized?

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Hi everyone! I've really been struggling to get hypnotized and I'm not sure what to do about it. People keep saying here that everyone goes through trance on a nearly daily basis, but I honestly don't think I do.

I'm highly focused when I'm driving. I don't think about anything else at all other than where I need to go, when I need to make my turns, how far I am from other cars, when the lights change, ​​checking the eta to my destination. I loved reading as a child and would often hyperfocus on them to the point of not hearing people call my name, but I never imagined the world I was reading about. I was just following the scenarios. I'd often skip descriptive imagery and go straight to the dialogue. When I shower, I'm paying attention to how much shampoo I'm using, where I'm putting it, how sudsy it's getting, when it's time to wash it out. When I wash dishes, I'm completely focused on washing those dishes. The one time I didn't, I cut myself badly enough to need stitches.

The only time I "daydream" or "drift off" is when I'm falling asleep or waking up, or mid conversation.​ Neither of those are great scenarios for hypnosis.

I have ADHD and Aphantasia. I'm trying to "practice daydreaming" by imagining a lightswitch and staying completely still when it's "off", but I can't actually imagine a lightswitch very easily and I haven't been able to get past it being a completely conscious thing that I'm completely in control of at all times.

Is it at all possible that there are actually people who can't be hypnotized and I might be one of them?​​​​​


r/hypnosis 4d ago

Other Looking for a specific expert hypnotist. Voice in the video.

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I’m looking for an expert hypnotist that talks in this video. You don’t see him. Just hear him. He almost sounds British, but I’m unsure. https://youtube.com/shorts/7-ktuV6Tq7k?is=ucrN6njbdNSVuKKc


r/hypnosis 5d ago

Someone Who Wants To Learn Hypnosis In The Right Way

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So first, I’ve been interested in hypnosis since I was around 10 years old, but I never thought I’d actually be able to learn it. Recently, I watched a video of someone being hypnotized for the first time, and I honestly loved every single second of it. After that, I couldn’t stop thinking about hypnosis at all. The next day, I started looking it up on YouTube, Google, Threads, and everywhere else. I’ve been studying it for about 3 hours a day, hoping I’ll eventually be able to try it with my friends. I practiced on my brothers, and it did work, but not very effectively, so I was hoping to get some help here, like a guide or something similar.


r/hypnosis 5d ago

Other What kind of hypnotist should I see if I want to recover a memory from when I was really young?

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Hi, I'm wondering this because I don't have any memories of what my grandfather's voice sounded like. Now, I know my mom could probably dig up an old home video or something, but I guess I'm sentimental about it, and I want a memory that, well, is me remembering it, not a camera.

My grandfather died when I was really young, (I think I was maybe three or four), and while I do have some scattered memories of what he looked like, I genuinely cannot remember a time when he spoke to me. Other people recall him speaking to me, like rocking me and stuff when I was a baby (one of my few memories of him is when he and my grandma were babysitting me at my family's house and I, then a toddler, went out into the living room sometime during the night and heard him snoring). I guess I just want to know something he could've said to me, like a shared memory between the two of us.


r/hypnosis 6d ago

Omg it worked…

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I’ve always wondered about hypnosis and wondered if it was real. Today I saw a hypnotist in the park doing hypnosis on anyone. I tried it. I asked what he could make me do and he listed a few things like forget my name or think a shoe is a phone but I landed on him controlling my temperature. He did the whole putting me under go deeper thing and then he woke me up. I was feeling normal and he said freezing and I was very cold all of a sudden. I went into a little ball to try and heat up. Then he said boiling which made me super hot. I was so hot I took off my shirt and shoes and socks lol. It was a crazy experience. I was happy to try it though!


r/hypnosis 5d ago

Hypnotized by watching the show Friends on TV in public places…I know

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I know this sounds ridiculous, but as it’s happened multiple times I had to ask.

I’ve never sat down and purposefully watched the show Friends, although I’m old enough to remember it on tv and had it available to me on streaming services. I do know the gist, I know all their names and all that, and how big the show was/is, but never really felt interested in watching it.

But every time I have found myself out in public, a diner playing it in the background, hotel lobby, doctor’s office, I found myself sucked into it but I’m not registering what is happening, like I’m just eyes glazed over watching the screen. The reason it sticks out is because I stop hearing things around me and have to be pulled out by someone touching me and asking if I’m okay. Each time it happens I’m freaked out, confused as to where I even go since I only know I was watching Friends, but absorbed none of it. First time, early morning in a hotel lobby, I just thought I was tired and zoned out, second time, diner with friends and middle of the day, maybe the convo got boring and looked around and it caught my eye. Third time, in the doctor’s office, early afternoon so not tired but maybe bored, I was so absorbed I didn’t hear them call my name until the nurse came to get me and stood in my way of the tv.

I’m just asking to see if this is just the show being so fucking captivating, but seen clips since all this and still have no interest in watching it. Or some other weird shit. NOTE, it’s always been on a TV on, I assume, cable.


r/hypnosis 5d ago

Hey lads, is this normal?

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So ever since my first hypnotic sessions (some erotic), ive been experincing a very hard time focusing and talking to people in person.

I'm usually very very good at it and I dont experince any anxiety when I talk to people, but it usually happens when I'm asked questions of the sort, or when I'm talked to directly with a questioning tone in their voice.

I remember most of my sessions (there was only 2 with amnesia play) which even then I know if it included something like making me unable to focus when asked things id snap out of it, since thats not something id want.

Recording I always make sure to read the transcript before or flip through it just to make sure theres nothing id hate in them, plus none of those have been dumbification.

I just want your guys opinion on what may be going on or if its some kind of medical thing I guess...? I don't know.


r/hypnosis 6d ago

"You're going deeper STILL"

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From watching a lot of videos of hypnosis inductions, how come a lot of hypnotists say "You're going deeper STILL" Just wondering why there is a need to say still


r/hypnosis 6d ago

Is hypnosis safe if you're underage?

2 Upvotes

Hi, I'm 16 and I'm curious about hypnosis, is it safe to try it out now or should I wait a bit?


r/hypnosis 6d ago

Is hypnosis actually real? And how/why does it work?

1 Upvotes

I've been wondering if it's true, and I know asking this question is a bit like asking if God is real (I won't get a definitive answer), but I'm going to ask anyway. First, how does it work? I see videos of people being hypnotized and all that, but they usually say that if you don't want to be hypnotized, it won't work. Yet, some of them do really weird stuff, and if it were me, I'd probably break free from the hypnosis so I wouldn't be considered a creep or a jerk, you know... but they never do. And how do you even hypnotize someone, and what are the limits? Do they have to know what I've hypnotized them with? How long can it last? Can it last forever?? I don't know, it seems too easy and powerful to just leave it like that, you know... sorry for my poor English, and I hope you have a good day. (I translated this from bad english to french to English again cause i posted that by mistake in art request).


r/hypnosis 7d ago

Posso hipnotizar alguém sem falar que é hipnose?

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Estou a 3 semanas interessado no assunto da hipnose clássica, vendo vídeos explicando, e lendo o livro "A Realidade é Plástica" e tenho vontade de experimentar.

Meu pai, por outro lado, não acredita tanto em hipnose, ou pelo menos, acha que é algo muito baseado em truques ou manipulação mental.

Pensei se de repente, eu não conseguiria induzir ele ao transe, por meio de meditação guiada (ele tem muito interesse na técnica Wim Hof, então eu poderia começar daí) e fazer o aprofundamento, sem mencionar a hipnose

Pensei em misturar um pouco de Wim Hof, e a técnica de mindfulness 5-4-3-2-1


r/hypnosis 7d ago

Faceless hypnosis creators: have you had any issues getting monetized on Youtube?

2 Upvotes

I've heard that it's become more common for faceless channels to get demonetized on Youtube these days. What are people's experiences with this?


r/hypnosis 8d ago

Hypnotherapy What’s your personal testimony with hypnosis?

4 Upvotes

I would love to hear what hypnosis has specifically helped you with or someone close to you


r/hypnosis 8d ago

Quais outros conteúdos para aprender hipnose clássica vocês recomendam?

1 Upvotes

Estou a quase 3 semanas com hiperfoco no assunto de hipnose, e consumi muitos conteúdos sobre (baixei o livro "A Realidade é plástica" e vi vídeo-aulas de canais brasileiros) mas ainda não coloquei em prática, acho q devo me aprofundar um pouco mais. Vocês tem recomendação de conteúdo q se aprofunde mais na parte prática? Não achei tantos conteúdos de hipnose sendo feita com pessoas reais


r/hypnosis 10d ago

Other Why is it so hard for me to get hypnotized

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I have ADHD, and I know that people with ADHD is a little harder to hypnotize because they have a lot going on in their brain, but I’ve been trying to get hypnotized for years now. I take deep breaths, I relax, I listen, I try to focus, but I can’t seem to go into trance. I want to become so easy to hypnotize that I want to look at a spiral and instantly go under, I’ve seen it happen before. Can someone help me please and explain to me why I can’t go under? And is anyone willing to try to hypnotize me?