Hypnosis??

Morty90210
Morty90210 Posts: 37 Member
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss
Has anyone tried or knows of someone that has tried hypnosis for weight loss...self esteem...phobias or anything for that matter? Curious how the outcome went?

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  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    edited February 2017
    I tried it and....absolutely nothing happened XD

    Granted it was just at a fair and everyone around me was doing stupid things and the guy was a tad confused that i seemed unaffected LOL so not really much of an answer to the question just funny
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    edited February 2017
    I know a couple people who did it for weight loss. Worked great for a while but then it didn't. I don't know the whole story of how long they kept going or whatever but they definitely gained the weight back.

    My Grandma used it to quit smoking - lasted a couple years but then she had a bad day and started again. She's since used another method to quit (the patch) and it has lasted like 20 years.
  • jelleigh
    jelleigh Posts: 743 Member
    I don't know anyone who's used it but I have researched it a lot. In my opinion is very ...Dangerous? You are essentially putting yourself into an incredibly impressionable and delicate mental state, and then passing the power to mould your psyche to a complete stranger. More power than I would like to give another person quite honestly. I think there are other forms of therapy that could help a person better identity why they have a bad relationship with food, instead of just trying to trick the mind into ignoring a problem that's there. Just my take. :);)
  • HoldTheDoor13
    HoldTheDoor13 Posts: 172 Member
    It might work to some degree in a suggestible enough person, but in my opinion if someone is considering getting hypnotised into changing their relationship with food, they're better off investing in seeing a real therapist for their issues.
  • goldenday
    goldenday Posts: 204 Member
    I would really recommend Paul Mckenna! He has some videos on youtube for weightloss as well. I'm on day 4 of his change your life in seven days. I do feel better, but in the same time frame I've started yoga and running again, so I don't know how much of a contribution it has alone. I do also see a therapist as well. Alone perhaps- I think it would be like a band aid- but the deeper issues also need to be explored as well.
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    Hypnosis is essentially an attempt to convince you that you can do something that you don't think you can do. Instead of looking for someone to tell you that you can lose weight, just lose the weight and then you'll have proof that you can lose the weight.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    I had one MFP friend who regularly got Hypnosis and she did lose weight...trouble was, when she didn't keep going back to get more Hypnosis she gained! it must wear off eventually! don't even know what happened to that woman now, she disappeared from MFP...

    Better to learn about calories and control intake while learning to move more - thats the way to achieve long term weight loss (I can confirm that as I'm maintaining goal weight for 4 yrs).
  • fxstar
    fxstar Posts: 12 Member
    I tried it for increasing my water intake and work great. I was finding 2 cups a day such a problem now i consum minimum 3 liter per day & gym days 4.5 liters
  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
    Seriously, I tried this about 20 years ago for weight loss at the recommendation of my doctor at the time.

    I lasted only 2 sessions - I got the same feeling that I do sitting in front of a casino machine - "how stupid is this?"

    I really wasnt giving myself over to the idea that it could work - sort of like voodoo to me, and I am a very pragmatic person so this was way out of my comfort zone.

    If you believe that hypnosis can help, then give it a try - it wont hurt you.
  • andrea4736
    andrea4736 Posts: 211 Member
    I just downloaded an app. I figure if nothing else, it will help relax me. I can use all the help I can get in that department.
  • Larissa_NY
    Larissa_NY Posts: 495 Member
    When I graduated from college in the mid-90s, the requirements for becoming a licensed hypnotherapist in my state were 25 hours of AIDS education and the payment of $40. No, that's it.

    Stir of Echoes is a fun movie, but it's just a movie. Call the psychic hotline instead.
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  • Heather4448
    Heather4448 Posts: 908 Member
    I watched a myth busters episode about it once :)
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  • Heather4448
    Heather4448 Posts: 908 Member
    Look_Its_Kriss wrote: »
    Heather4448 wrote: »
    I watched a myth busters episode about it once :)

    aaaand???

    Myth busted!
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  • Heather4448
    Heather4448 Posts: 908 Member
    Look_Its_Kriss wrote: »
    Lol i figured, which is why i said think the first time was just me wanting it to work lol

    Yep. That was all you!
  • mizzzcotton
    mizzzcotton Posts: 12 Member
    I enjoy listening to Paul McKenna before bed or first thing in the AM before I've eaten anything. Relaxing and reinforcing the stuff we all know but forget in the moment.
  • yayamom3
    yayamom3 Posts: 939 Member
    cross2bear wrote: »
    Seriously, I tried this about 20 years ago for weight loss at the recommendation of my doctor at the time.

    I lasted only 2 sessions - I got the same feeling that I do sitting in front of a casino machine - "how stupid is this?"

    I really wasnt giving myself over to the idea that it could work - sort of like voodoo to me, and I am a very pragmatic person so this was way out of my comfort zone.

    If you believe that hypnosis can help, then give it a try - it wont hurt you.

    Our son's Project Grad (it's an organized, safe graduation party that is supervised by parents) hired a hypnotist for entertainment purposes. At the beginning, he explained that no one can be hypnotized against their will (which is why I kept repeating, "I don't want to be hypnotized," under my breath). Lol. This could explain why it had no effect on you.
  • Smithbat
    Smithbat Posts: 16 Member
    I tried it, paid £240 for the pleasure and nothing, not an attitude adjustment. Nothing. I wasn't expecting any quick fixes, but I did expect to feel more motivated but nothing at all.

    The actual sessions were really relaxing though....
  • heiliskrimsli
    heiliskrimsli Posts: 735 Member
    yayamom3 wrote: »
    cross2bear wrote: »
    Seriously, I tried this about 20 years ago for weight loss at the recommendation of my doctor at the time.

    I lasted only 2 sessions - I got the same feeling that I do sitting in front of a casino machine - "how stupid is this?"

    I really wasnt giving myself over to the idea that it could work - sort of like voodoo to me, and I am a very pragmatic person so this was way out of my comfort zone.

    If you believe that hypnosis can help, then give it a try - it wont hurt you.

    Our son's Project Grad (it's an organized, safe graduation party that is supervised by parents) hired a hypnotist for entertainment purposes. At the beginning, he explained that no one can be hypnotized against their will (which is why I kept repeating, "I don't want to be hypnotized," under my breath). Lol. This could explain why it had no effect on you.

    Hypnosis party tricks are basically a convenient excuse to act silly and not be responsible for what you did because you were "hypnotized".

    Unless the actor is in on it with the hypnotist, it doesn't work.

    Then there's "real hypnosis", which is again the same thing - one person having another person tell them to do something that they want to do anyway and then convincing themselves that it will work because of some magic in the hypnosis. Any effect it has is because the person being hypnotized wants to do what the hypnotist is telling them to do.

    If hypnosis actually worked and you could make people do things they didn't want to without them remembering it later, I'd be hanging out next to ATMs a couple hours a day telling people they want to give me all their money and not remember anything about it later.
  • yayamom3
    yayamom3 Posts: 939 Member
    heiliskrimsli wrote: »
    yayamom3 wrote: »
    cross2bear wrote: »
    Seriously, I tried this about 20 years ago for weight loss at the recommendation of my doctor at the time.

    I lasted only 2 sessions - I got the same feeling that I do sitting in front of a casino machine - "how stupid is this?"

    I really wasnt giving myself over to the idea that it could work - sort of like voodoo to me, and I am a very pragmatic person so this was way out of my comfort zone.

    If you believe that hypnosis can help, then give it a try - it wont hurt you.

    Our son's Project Grad (it's an organized, safe graduation party that is supervised by parents) hired a hypnotist for entertainment purposes. At the beginning, he explained that no one can be hypnotized against their will (which is why I kept repeating, "I don't want to be hypnotized," under my breath). Lol. This could explain why it had no effect on you.

    Hypnosis party tricks are basically a convenient excuse to act silly and not be responsible for what you did because you were "hypnotized".

    Unless the actor is in on it with the hypnotist, it doesn't work.

    Then there's "real hypnosis", which is again the same thing - one person having another person tell them to do something that they want to do anyway and then convincing themselves that it will work because of some magic in the hypnosis. Any effect it has is because the person being hypnotized wants to do what the hypnotist is telling them to do.

    If hypnosis actually worked and you could make people do things they didn't want to without them remembering it later, I'd be hanging out next to ATMs a couple hours a day telling people they want to give me all their money and not remember anything about it later.

    I'm pretty sure I just stated that it doesn't work if you're unwilling. Thanks for reiterating my point.
  • Theo166
    Theo166 Posts: 2,564 Member
    The placebo effect is well documented, it works :)

    Hypnosis affects your focus, so why shouldn't it be of aid. You can find plenty of guided relaxation/hypnosis recordings on youtube that focus on weight loss. Give them a try for free. It can't obviously affect CICO math but it can help with resolve.
  • markrgeary1
    markrgeary1 Posts: 853 Member
    My wife successfully quit smoking with hypnosis.
  • DapperDassie
    DapperDassie Posts: 190 Member
    I listen to weight loss hypnosis at night for a full 8 hours and I find it help immensely with my binge eating and therefore my weight loss. I've been trying to lose weight for nearly half my life now and only once I started listening to this hypnosis was i able to actually start losing weight because I stopped binging. It no longer feels like I'm having to hold on by my fingernails to restrain myself from eating everything. I calorie count and strength train and that is where the weight loss is coming from but the ability to do this has been helped so much from the hypnosis.
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