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Sand Wind

(1,573 posts) Tue Jan 14, 2014, 01:22 PM Jan 2014

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What is hypnosis ?

Is hypnosis a real state of the mind, or is it more a kind of cultural construct, a role played...

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What is hypnosis ? (Original Post) Sand Wind Jan 2014 OP

What's the difference? William Seger Jan 2014 #1

I want to understand what we mean by "It work"... Sand Wind Jan 2014 #2

Good article about it here Archae Jan 2014 #3

Thanks Sand Wind Jan 2014 #4

William Seger

(11,146 posts)

1. What's the difference?

Reply to Sand Wind (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2014, 01:37 PM

Jan 2014

Hypnosis definitely "works" but so does voodoo if you believe in it.

Sand Wind

(1,573 posts)

2. I want to understand what we mean by "It work"...

Reply to William Seger (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 14, 2014, 02:04 PM

Jan 2014

I mean,

is it like the placebo effect,

or a state of the brain,

or a pure role play,

Can it go to the point of creating real measurable physiological difference ?

Is it effective in culture who never heard about this ?

Archae

(46,927 posts)

3. Good article about it here

Reply to Sand Wind (Original post)

Tue Jan 14, 2014, 02:18 PM

Jan 2014

http://www.skepdic.com/hypnosis.html

Sand Wind

(1,573 posts)

4. Thanks

Reply to Archae (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 14, 2014, 02:39 PM

Jan 2014

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