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Article #193Overruling objections
From: WILLIAM D FISHER
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:09
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:09
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Naturally subjects (hopefully not victims) will hesitate before leaping from the top of large buildings, given the suggestion to do so. This is because you are suggesting that they leap off the top of a large building. But what if you told them to walk along the beach for a couple hundred metres in a particular direction? To take a long walk off a short pier, in other words. Subjects will readily perform actions to which they previously refused if you place the action in a pleasant situation. You wouldn't get a subject to chew on broken glass if you told him: "Chew on broken glass." But if you handed him some broken glass and said, "Here, have some candy..." (Please note, this is for example purposes ONLY! Don't try this at home.) I've heard of some incidents where a subject was given water, suggested to be alcohol, and had an allergic reaction to the "alcohol." Luckilly, the hypnotist gave her an immediate cure. It just goes to show you how unpredictable sessions can get, without being tediously careful. But that's part of the fun! Curt-- Puh-leeeeeze tell! William Fisher This FISH needs a bicycle.
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Newsgroups: alt.hypnosis Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!torn!newshub.ccs.yorku.ca!newshub.ariel.yorku.ca!cs903099 From: cs903099@ariel.yorku.ca (WILLIAM D FISHER) Subject: Overruling objections Message-ID: <1993Jan12.230939.8074@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca> Followup-To: STORIES Summary: Getting reluctant subjects to acquiesce Sender: FISH Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada Distribution: na Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:09:39 GMT Lines: 25