Hypnotic Behavior (1949)

the subject is told over and over in various ways that he is going sound asleep once the subject is well hypnotized he can be given a wide variety of suggestions which he will readily accept in a deep hypnotic sleep the subject can be made temporarily blind or dead or can be made to see and hear things that are not there isn't that mysterious well no it says here there's nothing mysterious about hypnosis it is simply a highly suggestible State into which the Willing subject is induced the subject selects the suggestions to which he will respond which means that he really hypnotizes himself H you are drowsy so drowsy relaxing more and more and drifting into a soft quiet restful sleep your eyelids are becoming heavy so heavy you are sleepy sleepy and drowsy now relax completely and go sound sound asleep relax every muscle and drift into a deep peaceful sleep going sound sound asleep sound asleep going into a deep profound sleep so so drowsy so sleepy so relaxed going into a deep restful sleep going profoundly asleep deeply asleep your heads are so heavy you cannot hold them up any longer they're slowly falling down on your your shoulders falling down on your shoulders they're so heavy you are going profoundly asleep deeply asleep asleep asleep deeply asleep profoundly asleep asleep asleep going deeply asleep asleep profound soundly asleep asleep now Claire are you sound asleep Claire are you sound asleep and Don are you sound asleep yes sound sound sleep now you will raise your heads and sit up and remain sound asleep sound asleep raise your heads and sit up and remain sound asleep sit up in your chairs and put your hands on the table remain sound asleep on sit up further sit up further put your hands and arms out on the table raise your head a little down now your eyelids are sealed tightly together you may try to pull your eyelids apart but you cannot try hard try hard and you see they're sealed tightly together try to pull them apart try hard harder and you cannot pull them apart now relax relax you can see that your eyelids or sealed tightly together just relax now your arms will become stiff and rigid at your side Claire it will be your right arm Dawn it will be your left arm your arms are becoming stiff and rigid stiff and rigid stiff and rigid and lifting from the table a little higher and a little higher hold them there all right relax and put your hands back on the table Don will you sit up a little closer to the table now put your hands together and move them over towards the edge of the table Claire move your hands out and forward that's right over towards the edge of the table all right now your hands will become insensible Claire your right hand is now insensible Don you no longer feel pain with your left hand and you will not feel anything until I tell you that your hands are normal again now your hands are normal Let's test them again Claire will you put your hand back out there move it over now your hands are normal again you will now raise your heads a little higher little bit and open your eyes eyes open your eyes and remain sound asleep open your eyes and remain sound asleep look straight out Don here is an exotic perfume how do you like that Don Claire reach over and get the glass look down at the table and reach over and get the glass and set it down in front of you now Claire that contains a foul odor just sit there now it's going to change it's going to change it's a very sweet odor now and you're going to sip the substance you will sip the solution see how do you like that how does it taste thick what is it it's syrup all right Claire will you move the glass back to Dawn and give Don a drink Don this is a very bitter solution Don move over and take a drink put the glass over by your left hand move the glass over now that was just water that we were giving you done you no longer have a bitter taste in your mouth it's all right see what does it taste like now is it gone The Taste is gone Claire between you and Don is a pencil look down at the pencil you see the pencil now that pencil is going to change into a hot rod a hot piece of metal not too hot you'll pick it up and touch Don on the hand with it do that Don put your hands back out it isn't that hot put your hands back out on the table over towards Claire put your hand back out there Claire will you pick it up and touch down again now that was only a pencil that you were being touched with Don put your your hands back out on the table it was only a pencil it's not hot it's not hot at all now Claire pick up the pencil again and touch Don with it see it was only a pencil and all the pain is gone you feel all right Don yes it was only a pencil wasn't it and it's no longer hot to you Claire no it was only a pencil now we're going to touch you on the shoulders and when you're touched on the shoulder you will become deaf when you are touched on the shoulder a second time your hearing will return do you understand Claire do you understand Don all right just relax relax done you are becoming blind you're becoming blind you no longer see anything [Music] now your vision is returning it is normal again all right Don Sit Up Normally now you are going to awake I shall count to five and you will be wide awake a few moments after Awakening you will be given a pencil you will write with a pencil on a blank sheet of paper that is on the table in front of you later when I say sweet dreams you will go to sleep again you understand Claire when I say sweet dreams you'll go sound to sleep again Don Don do you understand all right close your eyes for just a moment and then I'll awaken you I shall count to five and you'll be wide awake one two you're slowly beginning to awaken three you're Awakening more and more four and five and your your eyes are wide open well how do you feel fine okay how long have you been asleep a long quite a while how do you know I don't know I just feel that way how long do you think it has been minutes yes or hours hour an hour more than an hour at least an hour 2 hours maybe it's been a long time do you remember anything that I told you while you were asleep no no I don't think so do you remember anything that went on no you don't remember tasting anything or being burned no not a thing what are you doing I don't no why are you riding I don't know I just as if I should sort of doodle you just feel like doodling all right sort of nervous I me you can go right ahead what have you written there Claire mind telling me no um it doesn't make sense long and hard long and hard you don't know what it means no I started to write long again yes Don what have you written cool cool water cool cool water well sweet dreams just relax CH and Claire relax Claire would you like to sit back in the chair are you sound asleep again Don are you sound asleep Claire will you sit back in the chair a little while please and put your head back now you will awaken again after you are awake you will will be given a picture magazine to look at Claire for you the pictures on the leftand pages will be very amusing while those on the right will be depressing Don for you the situation will be reversed the pictures on the right hand pages will be amusing while those on the left will be depressing do you understand you do you understand Don Claire do you understand all right now I shall count to five and you'll be wide awake be sure to study each page carefully ready 1 2 3 you're Awakening more and more four and five you're Wide Awake hello hi how do you feel fine how long have you been asleep this time pretty long how long would you say no how long would you say Claire I really couldn't say I see quite a while quite a while yeah you like her look what's funny about that did you ever sleep in a pair of tight pajamas no you would have known oh wow look at that for every scar on his face she wore two on her heart doesn't that touch very chist is a perfume yes oh [Music] look at that character now this what about that makes me so mad I could spit and there's nothing I can do about it I think they look ridiculous well they look ridiculous but well they are but what they stand for is is very menacing I don't like look funny they may look funny but they're deadly they hide behind a mask of patriotism what do you think about baseball I'm not at all interested in tell you the truth occasionally if it's a good game I like to watch it I don't like to listen to it over the radio look at that it's not very often I want real good action shots there look that's sort of good though I mean when things like that happen I like to watch a game yeah but look at that isn't that something all these the Expressions here in the faces that that's really a nice shot it really is what have we here now look at him look at him he looks like esy on the front of Esquire you know almost look at all her clothes she's getting all prepared kid H this is quite a story oh oh what a hassle that must have been there's somebody for you over here oh good it's beautiful I've yet after a television party after any party at that table I kind of like it well it's not functional not functional that's all it is it's functional that's nice looking S I saw this about here