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DerrenBrowns
HandStuckonTableHypnoticAffect
Thehandstucktotableismoreclassichypnosisandifyouhavea
reasonablegroundinginhypnoticlanguageyouwillunderstand
whatisgoingonbutasyouaskedGileshereismyinterpretation
ofwhatishappeningalongthewaythiswillfamiliarizeyouwith
Pacing,Leading,Embeddedcommandsandmore.
Andwhileweareatit,forgetthemagicbooks.Insteadbuyacopy
ofPatterns1byBandler&Grindler,whichoutlinesthehypnotic
languagepatternsofMiltonErickson.Iguaranteeyouwillbeable
tostickpeoplesheadstotheirhandsafterreadingit.
Patter/Whatyousayquiterapidly:
Justputyourhandonthedesktothereinfrontofyou.
Thatsadirectcommandifs/hedoesitthatshowstheyare
acceptingyoursuggestion.Inthesamewayifyouaregoingto
putsomeoneinatrance,itisusefulgetsomeagreementfrom
thembysaying:
Putyourfeetflatonthefloor...putyourhandsonyourlap...
closeyoureyeswhenyouarereadytogointoatranceYes,Yes,
Yesthatsright,letyourself...GOINTOTRANCE.
Continuefromabove,saying:
NowI'mnotgoingtohypnotizeyou...
(Thatsanembeddedsuggestion/confusion/getridofanxiety
statement.BytellingsomeonewhatyouareNOTgoingtodo,you
aresuggestingthatyouaregoingtodosomething,whichcreates
doubtandexpectationforsomethingtohappen.Alsoby
emphasizingwordsyouaresayingindirectly:"Iamgoingto
hypnotizeyou."

Also,bysayingthisyouenablethesubjecttorelaxifs/hehasany
anxietyaboutgoingintoatrance.ButI'mjustgoingto(Haven't
listenedtoityetbutsomanyofthesewordscouldbeemphasized
ormarkedoutbytoneorturningtheheadonewayofanother
suchasJUSTGOINGlateryoucouldemphasizestheword
TRANCEorNOWoranythingelse)showyousomethingthatis
interesting...(Createscuriosityandexpectationthatsomething
willoccur)andisakindofpsychologicaltrick...alright?(Alrightwill
befollowedbysomekindofcommunicationfromOlgathatyes
sheunderstandsandsheishappywiththingssofar)...justpress
yourhandintothetable(Directsuggestionaccepted.Intothe
tablehowdoyoupressyourhandintothetablethissuggests
somethingotherthanrestitlightlyonthetabledoesit
not?)(pause)...
(Olgaisdoingtheworkherebytryingtofigureoutwhatis
happeningsubconsciouslyorconsciouslysheisbeginningtoget
acluewherethisisgoing)ok?...Lookmerightintheeye
(pause)...(Derrenwillbelookingatherconfidentlyand,IknowI
keepusingthisword,congruentlyprobablylookingstraight
throughherwiththeclearexpectationthatsomethingisaboutto
occur.Thiswillcreatesomeconfusion'whyishelookinglikethat
itisalsoanotherdirectsuggestionthatsheacceptsitalso
takesherconcentrationoffherhandwhichispressingintothe
tableandbynowwillhavebeguntogocatalepticletmeknowif
youwantanexplanationofthis.Itisimportantbecausetheeffect
heisgongforiscatalepsy)(saidfastandfirmly,confidently)when
Itakemyhandoffofyoursyouwillnotbeabletoliftyourhand
upintheair...
(Direct)ThemoreyouTRYinveintounSTICK(emphasisonthe
`stick'part)itfromthetablethetighteritsticks...(Doublebind
theharderyoutrythemoredifficultitbecomesagainclassic
Ericksonhere.Youcandoexactlythesamewithahandlevitation.
Theharderyoutryandpushitdownthehigheritlifts.TRYcant
statehowimportantthiswordisitassumesfailureandsocanbe
puttoyouradvantage.GOON(saidinaslightlystrainedway)
...tryashardasyoucantoliftitbutyoucan'tthemoreyoutry
themoreitkeepsonsticking...(Moreofthesame

challenge/Doublebind/Expectationoffailure)atthispointhetells
thelistenershowitsnotmuchtolookatathome...asksherhowit
feelsetc...)(JoWhileytriestoconvinceOlgashecanbutDBcuts
in...)NowIhaven'thypnotizedyouyourcompletelywideawake...
(Liaryeshehas!!!Wellwakeninghypnotizedheranyway)you're
sittinghere,I'mjusttalkingtoyouyourhandstucktothetable...
(Pacingcurrentexperienceeverythinghejustsaidcanbe
verifiedastrue.Sheissatthere,herhandisstuckandheisjust
talkingthisisagreatwayofleadingintoanothersuggestion,a
moreleadingsuggestionyouseePaceandlead,paceandlead)
...andwithouthypnotizingyouordoinganythingweirdhere's,and
thisisgoingtosoundverystrangeright?
Butjustgowithme...(MoreembeddedsuggestionsGOWITH
MEetc)IwouldtouchyouonthathandandwhenIdo(slightly
emphasizedonthe`do')
Thehandwilllift,(Reallyyoumeanitsnotstuckthatsthe
thingaboutthisglueitsrealstickybutcanbeunstuckrealfast)
alright?...anditwillbefreebutatthesamemoment(verybrief
pause)(ChecksitsallokwithOLGAandpausesexpectantlygets
result)thereasonwhyitliftsupisthatyourNAME(emphasized)
willdisappearfromyourmind...(Doublebindcombinedwith
directcommandasitliftsyournamewilldisappearfromyour
mind)youknowwhatitslikewhenyouhavesomethingreally
obviousonthetipofyourtonguethatyouknowthatyoushould
know(Remindsheroftimeswhenitisdifficulttorecallsomething
i.e.naturallyoccurringamnesiathiscreatesamnesia)
Andthemorethatyoutryandrememberitthemoreimpossibleit
istorecall...(Youknowthisonebynow!)(Olgasaysyeah)...yeah
withtunesandpeoplesNAMES(slightlyemphasized)andthatsort
ofthing...(GreatagreementmorefromOLGA)thisisSO
(emphasized) weirdbutwithouthypnotizingyouordoing
anythingstrangeItouchyouthereyourhandLIFTS(emphasized)
...lookatmewhatwasyourname?...(Whatwasyourname
impliesthatitisalreadyforgotten.Whatisyournamewould
probablynotbeaseffectivecheckthelanguageinthetrain

memoryswipeIbetitissimilar)(Olgapausesforafewseconds
thenlaughs)...whatwasyourname?...(Shelaughssayingshe
can'tremember) ...nowwhat'sitlikenotknowingwhatyour
nameis?(AftermanyattemptstorecallhernameDerren
intervenes)...alrightI'lltapyouontheheaditwillcome
back...justsayitalright?...thereyougo...(sheinstantlyrecallsher
name...
DerrenthengoesintoanothereffectwhereheguesseswhatOlga
isthinkingof...)gettingthiskindofdramaticeffectlikehandstuck
orarmlevitationisoneoftheeasiestthingstodohypnotically
expectsuccessstudythelanguagepatterns.
AwellknownphrasethatisusefultokeepinmindfromEmile
CoueIthinkquotedinOrmondMcGillstagehypnotismisthis
Whenthewillandimaginationareatplaytheimaginationwins
everytime.MeaningifIputascaffoldboardonthegroundand5
grandontheendofityouforyoutokeepifyouwalkthatboard
yourwillwouldprobablygetyouthere.IfIputit100ftupyour
imaginationwouldkickinthatyoumightfalloffandyouwould.
InthesamewayifthereistheslightestthoughtinOlga'smind
thatDerrencanstickherhandtothetableorherface,thenitwill
stick.Letsfaceit,thisisDerren,sothatdoubt,itsnotgoingto
bethere.However,justtellingpeopleyouareahypnotistorcan
hypnotizethemisenoughtocreatethisdoubt.
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