Is this possible?

[anirban3598]

I was thinking if by anchoring one can make another person to jump, or to lift their hand, etc. I am asking this because I know that one can get people to do things they are not at all aware of. But some people say it is never possible to make a person do a thing in which he is not interested. So is it possible? If this is not possible with anchoring, is it possible with something else ?

[Paddy Landau]

It's possible. Think about how a phobia (which -- simplistically speaking -- is a type of anchor) gets people to take behaviour that they don't want.

Generally, an anchor will result in a specific (and short-term) emotion or behaviour. A person can, however, deliberately cancel or ignore an anchor.

However, research that I've read shows that you won't hypnotise people to do things against their ethics. That's a bit of a different question, though.

Paddy

[beams]

Well, can you hypnotize yourself to solve a problem? Say, you want to go on a diet but you can't seem to stay on it. Can you hypnotize yourself to stay on the diet? Since self-hypnosis is possible, right? All I know about self-hypnosis is putting yourself into some kind of trance. Is it possible to make yourself do something as well?

[anirban3598]

self hypnosis sounds cool. But I dont know how can one hypnotize himself. Is it by standing near mirror? seeing oneself.

And how would a guy who hypnotized himself get out of hypnosis?

post your links as well, if it is necessary

[smnlx]

self hypnosis is something to read about.I never experienced any sort of hypnosis, so I can't be very confident in this technique.