All glory to the Hypno-Toad!

[tomtom94]

Many of you will have heard about this story from last year:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8303126.stm

For those who can't be bothered to read the article, the BBC was able to register a cat with a fake qualification as a registered hypnotherapist with three hypnotherapy organizations.

I've seen a person who was apparently hypnotized, but that was Richard Hammond on Top Gear when well-known Hypno-Toad impersonator Paul McKenna was on, and I don't trust that he wasn't just being a paid actor. I also once saw Paul McKenna on the QVC shopping channel when I was flicking through...I turned off VERY quickly. My personal opinion is that hypnotists better than psychics in terms of veracity, but not by much.

Anyway.
The point of this thread is, do you believe hypnosis works? Have you ever been hypnotized/hypnotized someone else? Would you ever consider hypnotherapy? Has your opinion of hypnotists been damaged by that article?

Obey the Hypno-Toad and discuss.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[havass]

I foresee a post by someone with that picture for an avatar.

OT: no, i doubt it. It seems very much fake.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Somebody call for me?


OT: Not sure, really. I haven't seen strong evidence one way or another. I'm too lazy to research it, either. I do tend to believe in it more than other such things like psychics. The mind is a very complex thing, you see.

 

[slowpoke999]

Who the hell believes in hypnos-ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD

 

[Jedamethis]

Nope, never have believed in it, and never will.

 

[RanD00M]

I don´t believe in hypnosis.
And I have never been hypnotized.

 

[lwm3398]

Yeah, I think so. Probably.

Psychics are just great BS'ers, that's all. Hypnotists can actually do something.

 

[GundamSentinel]

It only works if you believe in it, IMO. Silly placebo effect or something, durrdurr...

Okay, that might not make a lot of sense.

 

[tomtom94]

Somebody call for me?


OT: Not sure, really. I haven't seen strong evidence one way or another. I'm too lazy to research it, either.

After I made this thread, I saw your avatar in another thread and thought "Ah, he'll turn up soon".

 

[sky14kemea]

Eh, I believe it works better if you believe in it, psychological mumble jumbo etc etc.

I'm skeptical, but I don't rule it out :0 Never actually tried it or had it tried on me. I wouldn't if I could, I don't wanna start spurting out random words
>_>
<_<

*runs*

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Who the hell believes in hypnos-ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD

Yes...hail the hypno-toad...now to the brain slug planet.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Somebody call for me?


OT: Not sure, really. I haven't seen strong evidence one way or another. I'm too lazy to research it, either.

After I made this thread, I saw your avatar in another thread and thought "Ah, he'll turn up soon".

Yeah, I'll always turn up in the thread if its not about "_______ vs ______", a music thread about "obscure" bands, Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer, relationships, or Yahtzee fanboyism.

 

[Rubymuto]

OT: when i was a kid i got really interested in hypnotism after watching several cartoons which used the same hypnotism plot. you know the one, everything is happy and sweet, one character really close to another gets hypnotised/brainwashed into thinking they dont like that character and like the bad guy instead then it gets resolved first character goes back to normal and they all lived happily ever after... until the next episode. maybe it works, maybe it wont, well never really know.

off topic: "this show went down hill after season 3"

 

[havass]

Somebody call for me?


OT: Not sure, really. I haven't seen strong evidence one way or another. I'm too lazy to research it, either.

After I made this thread, I saw your avatar in another thread and thought "Ah, he'll turn up soon".

wait. you mean after 700+ posts here you didnt know who Onyx Oblivion was?

 

[Rolf]

No, i don't belive in it and i never will.

 

[tomtom94]

Somebody call for me?


OT: Not sure, really. I haven't seen strong evidence one way or another. I'm too lazy to research it, either.

After I made this thread, I saw your avatar in another thread and thought "Ah, he'll turn up soon".

wait. you mean after 700+ posts here you didnt know who Onyx Oblivion was?

Well, I don't remember people by their avatars, if that's what you mean.

 

[Soxafloppin]

Nope it just silly and childish to believe in people who can do this sort of thing.