 A Hypnotism Experience
When I was much younger, my friend and I went to a hypnotist (he was my mother's friend and we wanted to experience what it was like).
Anyway, I went there bent on proving that hypnotism is all bs.
My friend went first while I sat there watching her. The thing that I remember the most was that she was asked to go back to a younger age. She answered then that she was now 5 years old, in a little girls voice.
She didn't remember anything about it when she snapped back.
When it was my turn, I was fully conscious of what was happening and it sort of just felt like I was imagining things (like what I do before I go to bed--daydreaming).
I remembered everything and nothing out of the ordinary happened. This made me think that I was probably one of the 10% (correct me if my stats is wrong) that can't be hypnotized.
Looking back at it now though, I think it was largely because I wasn't willing to be hypnotized..
I wouldn't mind doing it again though --although I still am not sure I wan't anyone scrutinizing my subconscious thoughts -- God knows what ghosts hide in there.
As to it's medical use, many studies have shown that it does help in some problems. But I think it needs a very skilled hypnotist and a willing hypnotee(is that the right word) for it to work.
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