Dr. David Spiegel

All right, well, touch your left elbow again with your right hand. Open. Now shake both hands and tell me when the control becomes the same.

Okay, good. Did I do or say anything that would indicate there'd be a change in sensation or control in your left hand and arm?

Okay, good. Did I do or say anything that would indicate there'd be a change in sensation or control in your left hand and arm?

Did I say anything to you about your elbow or touching your elbow?

Did I say anything to you about your elbow or touching your elbow?

Yeah, do you remember what I said?

Yeah, do you remember what I said?

100%.

100%.

Did you have that sense in any other part of your body? I don't think so. The neck, thighs, abdomen, chest? No. Okay, so your score is seven out of 10. You're quite hypnotizable.

Did you have that sense in any other part of your body? I don't think so. The neck, thighs, abdomen, chest? No. Okay, so your score is seven out of 10. You're quite hypnotizable.

It is really.

It is really.

So your head was drooping forward. It was leaning forward.

So your head was drooping forward. It was leaning forward.

Yes, sinking into it. So you were elaborating upon the image that you were feeling. And that's, you know, hypnosis is about very rapidly doing things, changing the way your body feels. You have, with all of your experience in mindfulness, this is something different for you. How would you say it's different from the state you get into in mindfulness?

Yes, sinking into it. So you were elaborating upon the image that you were feeling. And that's, you know, hypnosis is about very rapidly doing things, changing the way your body feels. You have, with all of your experience in mindfulness, this is something different for you. How would you say it's different from the state you get into in mindfulness?

I see, so it's more slipping into the state but not using it right away to see if you can produce a change. Correct. And frankly, when I use hypnosis with subjects, and I use this test with every person I use hypnosis with, because it's a way for them to discover what the experience is like and how they feel and to observe it. Don't take my word for it. Try it out and see what it feels like.

I see, so it's more slipping into the state but not using it right away to see if you can produce a change. Correct. And frankly, when I use hypnosis with subjects, and I use this test with every person I use hypnosis with, because it's a way for them to discover what the experience is like and how they feel and to observe it. Don't take my word for it. Try it out and see what it feels like.

And for me to be able to evaluate in what way to work with them, because some people can do something like what you did, some less, some not at all, not that many, but some people not at all. But it becomes a kind of immediate object lesson lesson and how much more control we have over our body and how we react to that than we usually give ourselves credit for.