Contents:
- Medical Video: Hypnotizability: For People Who Think They Can't be Hypnotized
- Why are some people easily hypnotized?
- Am I hypnotized easily?
Medical Video: Hypnotizability: For People Who Think They Can't be Hypnotized
Hypnosis, in good hands can be beneficial, can help manage pain, control stress, anxiety, and phobias. However, some people actually use hypnosis for something wrong. You may need to be vigilant if suddenly an unknown person pokes while walking alone, it is feared that the person will hypnotize you and then rob. However, did you know that not everyone is easily hypnotized? There are some people who are easy, while others are not.
Why are some people easily hypnotized?
Hypnosis works by changing activities in the brain region that are related to attention or alertness. When hypnotized, you will reach a very high level of focus or concentration, so the suggestions given to him will be more easily accepted. That way, the purpose of hypnosis (such as to control behavior or phobias) can be more easily achieved because you are very focused on the contents of the suggestions received.
Apparently not everyone is easily hypnotized. There are some people who are indeed difficult to be hypnotized. According to Dr. David Spiegel, a mental health specialist and professor of psychiatry and behavioral science from Stanford University, there are about 25 percent of people who are not easily hypnotized.
Spiegel explains in the Archives of General Psychiatry that there are differences in the area of the brain in people who are not easily hypnotized by people who are easily hypnotized.
In people who are not easily hypnotized, active brain areas associated with executive control and attention tend to have fewer activities. Meanwhile, people who are easily hypnotized have a larger active brain area in the executive control section and a part that plays a role in focusing attention.
So in other words, people who are easier to concentrate on one thing at a time tend to be more easily hypnotized. While people who have difficulty concentrating will be more difficult to be hypnotized. This is reversed with a theory that is widely believed by lay people, that is, people who have difficulty concentrating who are easily hypnotized.
Am I hypnotized easily?
It's not easy to find out whether someone is easily hypnotized or not. Hypnosis itself is easy to do if the person in question intentionally wants to be hypnotized. If the person is not concerned, hypnosis will also be difficult.
If you yourself have not tried to be hypnotized, it may be difficult to determine whether you are easily hypnotized or not. But, you might be able to try working on the Hypnosis Motivation Institute test below to find out.
Try to answer all the questions below with "yes" or "no". Give a value of one (one) for all "yes" answers and add it up.
- Do you have many memories that you often remember from your childhood?
- Do you tend to get carried away when watching movies or reading books?
- Do you tend to know what someone will say before the person says it?
- Have strong visual images ever triggered you to feel a physical sensation because of it? For example, you feel thirsty when watching a movie scene in the middle of a desert.
- Have you ever gone to a place and wondered how you got there?
- Do you sometimes think in pictures not in words?
- Have you ever felt someone's presence while in the room, even before seeing it?
- Do you like to see the shape of a cloud?
- Do you like to remember strong memories just because you smell?
- Have you ever thought of something very deep when alone and in a supportive atmosphere?
Results:
- Score 0-2: You may not be easily hypnotized and may experience problems responding to suggestions when hypnotized.
- Skot 3-7: You may not be easily hypnotized but not difficult when hypnotized. You may also not easily accept suggestions when hypnotized.
- Score 8-10: You might be easily hypnotized.
However, once again the test results above are not fixed prices. How easy you are to be hypnotized depends on a lot of other factors. For example the condition of the environment around, who hypnotized you, and what the purpose of hypnosis is.
