The Power of Covert Hypnosis Exposed!
This is using the power of suggestion to implant thoughts in the mind and can strongly encourage others to behave in the way that you would like them to behave. I'm going to tell you a secret here. You already have all the abilities needed to hypnotize others during conversation. In fact not only do you have these abilities, you have been using them every day of your life since you learned to speak. We all use the power of speech and conversation to influence others around to our way of thinking. We've all also had that power used upon us.
Have you been a victim of Conversational Hypnosis
How many times have you agreed to do something that you didn't want to do. You are having a perfectly normal conversation, when suddenly you agree to clean out the garage, or run an errand for someone. You seem perfectly happy to do it at the time. In fact you'd love to do it, then later, maybe a few minutes, maybe a few hours you think "hey, wait a minute!".
This is the power of hypnosis at work. You often find that people who are well liked subconsciously use hypnosis to make everyone around them feel better. When talking to them you feel a strong bond or an instant rapport. After talking to them everything seems lighter and easier to deal with.
As you might be beginning to notice conversational hypnosis isn't really a situation where you can sit people down and swing a watch in front of their eyes. It has to be subtle and unobtrusive. It really consists of 3 main stages.
Rapport
The first stage is rapport. You need to establish a good relationship with the person you are talking too. This can be done very easily and quickly by simply agreeing with what the person is saying. This isn't necessarily the best way to gain rapport but it is the quickest. Essentially what you are trying to do is get the subject or person you are attempting to covertly hypnotise to trust you and open up to you as a friend.
Confusion
The next stage is labelled commonly as "confusion" because basically what you are trying to do is sway the person away from their original mindset. You want to befuddle, bamboozle and baffle them so much that they aren't quite sure what to think anymore. People are often quite stubborn, they get idea's in their heads and they don't want to let them go. If you attempt to simply suggest an alternative people will put up a lot of resistance. What you are trying to do is create the ideal situation to covertly slip your indirect manual suggestion in.
Suggestion
The final stage is the actual suggestion itself. This again will have to be done subtly. You are trying to say it with the least amount of resistance possible. The best way of doing that is to say it in a way that the person would like to hear. If you can end by making them feel good about themselves and happier than they were before you started talking then your words will have greater effect.
Remember though you should never use covert hypnosis to trick or manipulate people into doing something that they don't want to do.
For more information on the various techniques you can use to hypnotise someone have a look at our Hypnosis Techniques section.