2008 Woodie Awards
You are getting very sleepy....
Hypnotist Christopher Carter mezmorized students Saturday night
Allan Lewis
Issue date: 8/26/08 Section: A&E
Hypnosis, according to Carter, is the process of taking the executive functions of the mind and setting it off to the side.
"What we are talking to with a hypnotic subject is essentially the emotional, creative subconscious side of the mind," Carter said. "The hypnotic subject is very literal. They take all of the suggestions I give them, and they make them real in their minds. Everything is taken completely literally, and they are much more emotional and spontaneous than they were before."
One of the more intriguing features of hypnosis is its ability to bring more introverted individuals out of their shell.
"It's really amazing because sometimes people who are usually very inhibited become very outgoing, so it takes the inhibitions away and it enhances the creativity and that's what you usually see in most people." Carter said.
Seventeen audience members were chosen to participate on stage to be put under hypnosis, along with freshmen political science major Liz Heckman, who was sitting in the audience when Carter hypnotized her from the stage.
After the show, Heckman had no recollection of the incident and was in a state of awe surrounding what had happened to her.
"I don't remember it and really had no idea it happened," Heckman said.
Carter said Heckman's reaction to the situation was typical of hypnosis subjects.
"Most people don't remember very much about what happened to them," Carter said. "Some remember everything, and some remember fuzzy bits. Usually it's the sense of 'Oh my gosh, I felt myself doing it, and I couldn't stop.'"
"What we are talking to with a hypnotic subject is essentially the emotional, creative subconscious side of the mind," Carter said. "The hypnotic subject is very literal. They take all of the suggestions I give them, and they make them real in their minds. Everything is taken completely literally, and they are much more emotional and spontaneous than they were before."
One of the more intriguing features of hypnosis is its ability to bring more introverted individuals out of their shell.
"It's really amazing because sometimes people who are usually very inhibited become very outgoing, so it takes the inhibitions away and it enhances the creativity and that's what you usually see in most people." Carter said.
Seventeen audience members were chosen to participate on stage to be put under hypnosis, along with freshmen political science major Liz Heckman, who was sitting in the audience when Carter hypnotized her from the stage.
After the show, Heckman had no recollection of the incident and was in a state of awe surrounding what had happened to her.
"I don't remember it and really had no idea it happened," Heckman said.
Carter said Heckman's reaction to the situation was typical of hypnosis subjects.
"Most people don't remember very much about what happened to them," Carter said. "Some remember everything, and some remember fuzzy bits. Usually it's the sense of 'Oh my gosh, I felt myself doing it, and I couldn't stop.'"
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