The Dark and Manipulative Side of Hypnosis
The ‘dark side of hypnosis’ is a common theme among books, movies and television, but is there truly a ‘dark side’ of hypnosis?
For the most part we are constantly flowing in and out of hypnotic trances daily without realization of them.
Many times we are hypnotized quite by accident and these instances are generally harmless… Other times a trance may be projected upon us very purposefully, designed to persuade us to buy, sell or do something we may not normally do.
We are being influenced each and everyday by thousands of messages targeted directly to persuade us to purchase bigger, nicer, better, more convenient items… items that we don’t need?
Most advertising is created very purposefully, it’s objective and business is to influence you to buy an item, one you may be persuaded to think you need.
Even the News is at it. By definition it is supposed to report recent events, intelligence and information. However it is more and more about catching our interests, what will bring us in to watch, bad news; murder, war, rape, financial instability, disease; the list is endless.
The danger of this dark and manipulative side of hypnosis is that it can be used to change our beliefs or lines of thinking, or even to manipulate us into doing things we wouldn’t do normally.
Hypnosis is a powerful thing and it is important to realize these dangers involved if it is used without good intentions. It can be used as a form of mild hypnosis in our everyday lives – to influence other people and to manipulate them to an outcome. In the right hands this can be very beneficial, in the wrong hands it can be a powerful tool.
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