Strengthening Hypnosis 2012 (Patreon)

Hypnosis can be a funny thing. I remembered reading once about a study where people were given hypnosis for pain relief. The scientists performed the same exact procedure on two different groups, however one group was told they were going to be hypnotized and another told they weren't. The group that was told they were hypnotized experienced more pain relief. It appears that how you frame hypnosis can effect how it affects you. This hypnosis works by getting you to re-frame the concept of "hypnosis" in your mind to something more palatable.

We try to create rituals and scripts and call it hypnosis, but in the end all we are doing is saying in a symbolic way that you are becoming more open and receptive to suggestion. There are a lot of things in this world such as religion, politics and advertising that use forms of hypnosis. Since they rely on hypnosis they all carry a subtle anti-hypnosis suggestion. "Don't listen to those other guys, they are trying to trick you" they seem to say all the while telling you what you want to hear. Because of this pervasive forced hypnosis many people become fearful of genuine consensual hypnosis.