Protect your cameraman
Another safety issue to consider is protecting your videographer. We usually have a videographer present during street hypnosis outings for safety and also to capture and document the fun. Look at your cameraman. Your cameraman intends to film you and you may not be aware of EVERYTHING that is going on around you. It’s a really good idea to get one of those orange safety vests for your cameraman. For extra credit, have a patch on the back that says “Camera 2” or something. This will increase the legitimacy of your operation and keep your videographer safe. After all, if there’s a “two” camera, it must be doing something important, right? The orange vest draws more attention to you and what exactly you’re doing, so there are plenty of good reasons to wear the orange vest.
The hypnotic hangover
A hypnotic hangover can sometimes occur when a subject comes out of hypnosis too quickly. How fast is too fast? It depends. If you have never had a subject or client experience a hypnotic hangover, you will. So what does a hypnotic hangover look like? A hypnotic hangover person will complain of a headache or nausea, complain of feeling “still hypnotized.” The good news is that getting rid of a hypnotic hangover is very easy. The hypnotist to look like a hero in this situation. Simply hypnotize the person again, and this time slowly emerge. If you last brought up the topic by counting from 1 to 3, do a count from 1 to 5 or 1 to 10 with lots of suggestions for good health and wellness and clear-headedness and your topic will come through. feeling much better. And when the subject opens his eyes, say: “And look how good you feel”, don’t say, how do you feel?” Tell the person that it feels wonderful and the person will! Your subject will respond, “Yes! I feel good!” This will make the hypnotist look like a miracle worker. You just eliminated a headache instantly. Of course, he is the one who caused it, but this part will be forgotten!
fragile subjects
During street hypnosis, be careful when working with anyone who has a condition that could cause injury. Shock induction should never be performed on a pregnant woman or any physically frail person. A mild Elman induction might be appropriate, but in general, it is best to work only with strong, healthy subjects who will not be harmed by the induction or subsequent skits.
spontaneous coma
In all the instant inductions I’ve done, all the street inductions I’ve done and I’ve done a lot, this has never happened to me. I have never had a hypnotic coma unless I intended to do the hypnotic coma. But, it is theoretically possible. There’s a 1 in 10,000 chance of this happening to you, of someone spontaneously going into Esdaile’s state into a hypnotic coma, but I want you to know what to do.
A hypnotic coma or state of Esdaile is a very, very deep state of hypnosis. A subject in Esdaile state will not follow your instructions. When you try to make them emerge, they won’t come out. The reason? The state of Esdaile feels so good that the subject wants to stay there. It is a state of absolute euphoria! So what can you do? You have this woman standing next to you and her friends are all around her, and she doesn’t say anything, she doesn’t do anything, she just stands there like a lump. Well, the first thing that will happen is that her friends will start talking about calling the ambulance to take her to the ER, which is not absolutely necessary.
How do you get it? The first thing you need to do is make sure it’s a hypnotic coma, so ask her. Say, “I just counted from 1 to 5 and noticed you didn’t open your eyes like I told you, why didn’t you?” If she says, “Oh, I just didn’t mean to” or “It felt really good,” you’re not in a hypnotic coma. A guy in a coma won’t talk to you. So if she talks, you have a choice. You can say, “Well, I can leave you here and you can continue enjoying yourself while I work with other people” or “I’m going to bring you out of hypnosis.” Be firm and she will emerge. If she doesn’t talk to you, she checks that she hasn’t fallen asleep.
It happens, especially late at night. Give her a little push and tell her to wake up, and if she wakes up, she wasn’t in a coma. If he still stands there and doesn’t say anything and doesn’t do anything, it could be the coma. Dave Elman in the 1920s used this method. It’s called the coma threat. He says, “I know you feel good, but you need to get out right now. And if you don’t get out right now when I count to 5, I’m going to fix this so you’ll never be hypnotized again.” I’m going to put a hypnotic seal on you.” Be very congruent. “I’ll do that and you can never be hypnotized again.” And then count and the person will come out of the coma. wonderful never again is too big a risk to take! Those of us who have been in a coma understand that!
