Pos and Cons of Hypnosis

The children imitated him and performed the same experiments on each other until one of them, who was particularly susceptible, had a severe blackout that lasted several days and could be repaired by medical hypnosis. Here the mental disorder of an eight-year-old boy was caused by an unsuccessful hypnosis by his ten-year-old friend. History knows other sad d facts: a young girl went blind a few years ago after an unsuccessful hypnosis by a cousin; further, they indicate cases of mental disorder, cases of loss of speech, walking disorders, paralysis, severe headaches, etc. In spite of the widespread use of hypnosis for medicinal purposes, it is not always used for noble purposes. Hypnosis is widely used in the inducement, recruitment, involvement and training of persons to commit terrorist crimes, as well as in the activities of destructive religious organizations. However, the most common crimes committed with the use of hypnosis as a method are crimes against property.Hypnosis can act not only as a way of committing crimes, but also be a specific kind of mental coercion, under the influence of which the hypnotized person can commit a criminal act inspired by the hypnotist.In the early 20th century, St. Petersburg newspapers were full of notes about the attackers who used hypnosis. So, editions of that time told, for example, about two robberies: one happened in the Northern capital, and another - in the South of Russia. In both cases, a young elegantly dressed man "with a metallic look of black eyes"participated. "Thieves of the past extracted a candle from human fat, in the light of which they seemed to become invisible. Now applies more effective and fashionable a means — hypnosis. So there were thieves’ hypnotists. This is a completely new, fortunately rare type of thief, as he needs to have the natural ability to hypnosis," - reported on the pages of "Petersburg newspaper" in 1908. To sum up, since its inception and throughout the its history hypnosis has always caused a very controversial attitude. On the one hand, he acted as a peaceful psychotherapeutic means to promote the healing of mental, physical and psychosomatic diseases, on the other — was fraught with the threat of virtually unlimited power over the hypnotist somnambulist, which could be used for illegal purposes.Hypnosis – is primarily a set of psychological skills that allow you to influence the person. But it is necessary carefully to the hypnotist and do not contact them unnecessarily. Also, do not think that hypnosis – magic that solves all human problems. Unfortunately, many different factors must come together for successful sessions. In our time, not fully studied the topic of hypnosis, people are still trying to make money by deceiving customers. Therefore, if you still decide to seek help from a hypnotist, you should carefully consider the choice of a professional, so he did not make the situation even worse.List of referencesOxford worldpower dictionary. L.: Oxford University press, 2000. 795 p.Griffiths, R. A. Two-year results of the study of hydrobiological treatment of nervous bulimia. Australian journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis, 23 (2), 1995. p. 135-144.Baker, E.L. & Nash, M.R. (1987) Applications of hypnosis in the treatment of anorexia nervosa. American journal of clinical hypnosis, 29, 185,193.Yeates, Lindsay B. (2016b), "ÉmileCoué and his Method (II): Hypnotism, Suggestion, Ego-Strengthening, and Autosuggestion", Australian Journal of Clinical Hypnotherapy & Hypnosis, Volume 38, No.1, (Autumn 2016), pp. 28–54.Glueck, B., "New Nancy School", The Psychoanalytic Review, Vol.10, (January 1923), pp. 109–112.