Derren Brown - Chair experiment

[misterbmine]

for fucks sake, it made me fall forward and collapse on to my computer monitors

[thrusty]

work +- for me, i did feelt a small force but i fought it. I think it could have more efect if he don't mension, the chair to felt down.

[timtehuber]

.......ok i didnt sit down, but i did feel something trying to make me sit down. But i fought it, when he said dont fight it i kinda staped out of it and lost balance. I didnt think anything like this could work on me. And i dont like it.

[TheKcB97]

HAHAHA

the sickest thing i have ever experienced

Please make more vids hypnotising the viewers :D

[TheLaserPhyco]

it did work!!

[MeghhanTron]

i fell forewards.... :P

[RagingHeavens]

HE. MADE. ME. GET. UP.

[1MadVirus1]

It worked for me as well, awesome :D

[playthegamelike]

:OOOOOOOOOOO IT WORKED!

[jetmanengland20]

The power of suggestion is truly brought into light in this video

[vanquisher111]

y i broke my balance too fucking sick ahaha

[myk3wuzhea]

lmfao i couldnt stay standing

[lilrascalinit]

i felll nice 1 ;)

[MissWonderland4]

Everyone here who says that he is an 'idiot' or that it wasn't mind control, get a life. Or maybe look up a little on mind control. The day you get as successful as him is the day that you can say anything. Honestly don't start making stupid comments on things you don't know anything about.

[WAcrazy449]

I fell 

[jeranopaulo]

THIS ONLY PROVES THAT THERE IS TRUTH IN SOME OF HIS PERFORMANCES. IF NOT ALL.

[Kuploosh]

WHAT??!!! I was seriously losing my balance. I could still fight it, but that was weird!

[ubermensch826]

help, i've fallen and i can't get up

[iloverikku714]

i fell down and i cant get up.

[TheMolt1]

Holy damn. Holy, holy, HOLY DAMN!!! That is scary!

[ScepticaTV]

Your going off balance because you just stood up and have your eyes closed, your kind of disorientated, it has nothing to do with the way he talks to you.

[DrWhoRoolz]

he said stand up, then sit down, so i stood up and sat down, then he claims it's "mind control"

[Gordinak2]

@DrWhoRoolz If you sat down and he told you to sit down, it is a mind controll......

[alexmun133]

holy fucking shit i actually was going off balance but i was fighting it

[adriendod]

yep, it worked for me, i wasnt trying to resist, and when he said not to, i fell.

[marckami]

it did not work because you imagined it only visually. to image means not only to see an image, but also hear or smell in ur mind. in this case you had to use the sense of feeling

[willstarhypnosis]

That hurt

[thestinger44]

It didn't work but I'm fucking pregnant now

[lilaznnerd69]

i'm actually pretty skeptical that this stuff works....

but if you acutally imagine, you can feel like something is actually pushing you

didn't make me fall though :P

[Llawliet246]

@lilaznnerd69 That's the point O.o

[14yeyo41]

it worked for me once i hit the ground i landed on sister's heels and it does hurt damn you derren

[Bassbait]

I didn't really do anything but laugh. He said "imagine", so I IMAGINED it. But I didn't actually fall back into the chair. Although I did calmly sit back down when he was done.

[xXxLlamacorexXx]

I am a horse.

[Jackieproducer]

I flew all the way to china then i landed in a catipalt they saw i was american and threw me bac k the other way, but then when i was in mid flight a terrordactyl picked me up and brought me back home

[elizze6]

It worked for me, but I stumbled backward, not into my chair

[Uberfish9]

It worked for me.

[FooootballFreak]

didnt work.. but i DID fart.

[ThePrettypagan]

had to watch threw it first, make sure it wasnt a screamer at the end.

[IKSIRIUS]

wtf i fell forward

[stefance1]

i fall at 0:22

[ScythePuppet]

Haha, I want to try this but I'm lying down at the moment. I'm too damn comfortable :P

[pntztz]

You didn't fall? Well at least you stood up like he told you to, didn't you? ^^

[VeraGiulia]

In reality it didn´t work so well. I was able to control myself all the time and I could make decision when I want to do anything, if I wish to stand, sit or even walk... Maybe next time :)

[karankhanna03]

fuk i fell in jus tseconds he hadnt even completed the full induction derren rrox man

he is fuking dangerous haha :D

[iig0tem]

I was actually forced back a bit to the point i had to use my balance to force myself to stand back up.

[MacaAustralia]

I felt like sitting down because my legs were tiring...

[deathzcruzer]

i fell backwards... now i'm on a boat... like a boss. firetruck this.

[skillustrates]

All of a sudden, I'm on a boat!

[XxXDrummerxXx]

@skillustrates now im on a horse

[Daekoni]

Im in a chair again :O

oh wait, I never got up..

[Botev1912Botev]

@Daekoni :D

[themandude20]

didn't work

[neonWHALE002]

it's just simple psychology, I get it all the time when I stand up and close my eyes, you normally judge your balance with your eyes open because you don't want to fall over and you don't normally shut your eyes when standing and when you have someone picturing you being pushed in your mind, you can't help but act it out, you don't have to fall down to know that it works but as long as you felt like you were falling then it does

[Vengeance31]

It didn't work, but I did pass gas.

[AboyNAmEDsued]

HOLY CRAP

[LuvColors93]

im laying down sooooo...

[tophane]

 ROLF by the pushing forces ! it works

[tempercita]

I didnt fall, I just wobbled a little.lol

[shortshot14]

YOU JUST GOTTA BELIEVE! BELIEVE! BELIEVE! BELIEVE!

[norbergnorberg]

worked! haha:)

[StallionHeart11211]

HAHAHAHA-HOHOHOHO! Acheesh Casho, Kawa-wookie!

Translation: Your Jedi mind tricks don't work on me.

[StrongDadGh]

dude i have a computer chair that spins, and it actually did work. im baffled

[anchorson]

did not work..

[sogood99]

no WAY! i turned into a baby! help me pls!

[Roblox46229]

Holy crap i was stuck to the chair for about 2 mins! I had to yell to get mom and dad >;(

[MegaRobot5]

it dont work! sorry

[Jughead2950]

What the hell? He says don't fight it. It doesn't matter if I imagine something, or not, if my eyes are open or not. If I don't fight it, of course I'll fall over! When you balance, you have to use your muscles, or else you'll fall over. If you just relax your muscles you WILL fall, no matter what you imagine! This is stupid... "Imagine that you are sitting in your chair and somebody has injected you with muscle relaxant. Don't fight it! Did you fall out of your chair?"

[DickArmee]

@Jughead2950 That's the point.

I got affected slightly, but I'm not too easily persuaded. If you fall back during this experiment, it's because you're easily persuaded. You're easily swayed in the face of commercials, too, I bet. Bet that burger on tv looks tasty. Gonna get one in the next month anyone?)

Suggestibility is amazing.

[Jughead2950]

@DickArmee I just told you, he tells us to relax our muscles, which obviously will make you fall. I can stand up and relax anywhere and still fall down, no matter if I imagine, or don't imagine. It's not mind control. He has no influence over if I fall or not, I do. I either relax and fall, or don't relax and don't fall.

[shortshot14]

@Jughead2950 yes he does. if your mind is open to suggestion, anything and everything around you can, and will influence you. i didnt relax one bit, i stood straight up, and even tried to resist. its because i have a very open mind and WANT to believe.

[Jughead2950]

@shortshot14 Nuh uh. I just said that if I listen to whatever crap he says and relax, I fall, but if I do the same but don't relax I don't fall. Very simple.

[shortshot14]

@Jughead2950 its because you dont believe itll work. i cant make you believe, thats ur fault

[Jughead2950]

@shortshot14 My FAULT?

[shortshot14]

@Jughead2950 yes. you have to believe it will work. nothing will happen if youre in denial, so go convince your self that this is as real as the dumbfounded expression on your face

[Jughead2950]

@shortshot14 The dumbfounded expression on my face? And how are you to know what my expression is?

[shortshot14]

@Jughead2950 turn around jughead......

[R2Stable]

It did!

[lndeagle]

this is weird

[sumrandomgirl]

I was seriously down in 2 seconds.

[nefrit9]

lol this is quite cool, bet everyone fell for the trick without even knowing it. At 0:36, he tells people to "try it in the break", with the break presumably being at the end of this clip during the airing on television. And so everyone would be confused due to why the trick didn't work on them, and re-sit themselves on the chair which they are standing in front of, and basically falling for the trick itself subconsciously.

[HunterMann]

He might be a hypnotists after all, since this video put me to sleep. zzzzz HA!!!!

[tml4873]

I don't get this one. He's basically just telling me to sit down.

[Helwor]

too bad am french :p don t understand the quick english

[LelouchOfBritannia]

@kiilman When I read this I grew a beard.

[iBicycleDeck]

i dun understand can sum1 explain to me ty

[LelouchOfBritannia]

The force pushed me, then I pushed it back.

[omnissient]

it kinda worked a tiny bit. But not enough to fall.

[TheHampdenRaven]

I never seen this show, but ive seen his others and their is no way in hell... this dude gots to be a god or something if this is real some how..... kinda like a mentalist version of Chris Angel the shit this dude does.....

[jiamonx2]

abs of steel baby

[shayanhossain]

Fuck it works xD

[GoddessFourWinds]

Damnit. I was giggling and still couldn't resist.

[Griffinltd]

@GoddessFourWinds

haha i was laughing aswell it worked though

[taylorb2053]

holy shit it worked for me

[kocielby13]

I like it, the thought of FALL BACK does stay with you for that moment. Sure you can not comply with it, but it does work on your subconcious of finally falling back.

[TheMelissaBoy]

I got unbalanced

[yoyoheads]

i stood there, eyes closed, smiling and looking ridiculous

I think it didn't work because i didn't think it would happen and when I was listening to him I thought, no this won't work, and it didn't.

What makes you fall back is probably just your imagination since you think it IS gonna work, it IS gonna work and it does

it's juz a thought

and I'm too scared to think it's gonna work :'(

[TheMisterWeirdo]

I was thrown of my roof, omg? no im hurt. LOl xD

[avidreeder]

DAMN! Now I'm hypnotized solidly into my Chair - HELP!

[1nspirator]

everytime i do this i'm pushed forward instead of backwards..weird

[kinismaster]

at first he is suggesting to stand up in front of your chair so "you could FALL safely back into your chair" well. . .it seems to me it is a light trance suggestion or a pre-talk. . .the rest is your imagination =D

[UnidentifiedRob]

Of course you'll fall over if you "don't fight it", as he states. But that's just like saying "Go talk a walk, don't fight it. Just do it". And afterwards going all "Haha, I made you take a couple of steps".

[rdoetjes]

@LelouchViBritannia1 Owe people with bad social skills are the best because they operate on instinct using the primitive brain which is excellent in following suggestions! When you realize what you wrote you know you can very quickly be hypnotized and fall back into your chair when you hear it several times and really concentrate.

[Deezhan]

I fell over and broke my dick! DAMN!

[Kurt004]

lol aspie

[pakheng]

what the fuck, that didnt work for me at all

[rdoetjes]

@pakheng then record it and put it several times behind each other. Some people with lesser powers of intelligence, creativity and concentration require a bit longer than the very creative. But it will work.

[Noahmailloux7]

Dude that worked! That is scary lol

[blacksquirrel09]

I mean, he does a lot with body language.

But I mean, here your eyes are closed. You can't see anything.... so what he does with his body has nothing to do with it.

[blacksquirrel09]

Its not always about body language.

[blackdogprod]

I shot backward through the wall, across the street, and landed upside down in a telephone booth in 1945.

[MrHitmaniac]

Holy shit!! That was awesome!!

[QbaNH]

worked worked worked pretty fast on me

[julianamun]

it didnt work, i did feel like kinda force :0 pretty cool.. i gues...

[TheCasper5513]

omfg

it works

[GL1TCHEYB0Y5]

OMG!!!t

[Kensuke0987]

lol it worked!!

i was wobbling back and forth while he was talking but the thought of the chair being behind me made me want sit however

[sneakarcher]

omg.. i was thrown out of the window.. weird.

[Mu5clehead]

@sneakarcher LMFAOOOO

[kingpin12345676]

@sneakarcher LMAO!!

[CIutch94]

@sneakarcher hahahaha!!!

[leeni31]

@sneakarcher hhahaha ok then 

[lennic95]

@sneakarcher haha

[Careica]

Hell it realy worked! Nice experience. I wonder if it works again?

[Sus1THlover]

It worked! xD that's so awesome

[RWalsh770]

didn't work =[

[initabath]

i had it on loudspeaker and my mum heard it and fell on the couch

[immortaljin]

lol, it did work, but I was trying to fight it because I was standing in the middle of the room :p

[wafflesmakemylife]

OH MY GOODNESS!

[NanoWoodCompany]

FUCK it worked

[nouak]

worked

[whatsatroll]

I'm at work, so I didn't try it. Sad panda.

[Haerodiel]

I only barely felt something. It was hardly anything at all.

[piratejacob]

that is

pretty cool

[dycarbon1]

haha it works because you believe that it will work. If you doubt for a second it will not work.

[bloodaid]

didnt work for me

[RockySeven7]

what the fuck

i was like 'yeah right buddy, gimme your best shot'

but it worked, wtf

[Eggpinguin]

holy fu...

[mtesfai]

worked for me. weird.

[EsotericAdept]

Ok, that was lame, lol!

[buffal0buffal0]

DEMON

[TheSeventhChild]

Didn't work

[daverrd]

didnt work :S

[GosuKidx]

lol it works

[majiko7kyo]

lol

[heckald]

omfg, when he said dont fight it i fell back even more

[jungenbum]

worked!

[jesseZR]

freaky hahaha, the force like threw me haha

[ballackbeckham]

it worked

[Itachi66637]

it worked.

[JessyGirl002]

WOW haha

[SodaPop36]

No, that didn't work entirely.

[Rassamdul]

it fucking works! :D

[MockEmpire]

FREE YOUR MIND

[Gam3rVideos]

the guy who pushed me was probaly to weak......didnt work :P

[beatrijsM]

I sat after two seconds, I was freaked out LOL

[mads18]

Didn't take me much resistance not to fall. In fact I first wiggled a little backwards, then even more forward, without pushing it/doing so by purpose, which made me giggle a little inside.

[MeandmagiC]

you go forward because you resist the pushing. Like you resist if somebody is pushing you.

[mads18]

Thanks for the psychology lesson!

No, really, I already knew that, that's why I tried making it clear that I wasn't really resisting at all. It never got to the level where I actually used a muscle, so there was very little tension involved.

[sparrowhawkspupil]

It worked! I do fwwl that I could have fought it off, but it was more fun to let the imaginary force push me.

What was interesting was tat I fell at the exact moment he said to.

[hellshoe12]

it worked lol i just felt me swaying slowing more back then forward till my heels couldn't hold me and fell on my ass

[vipersrules]

I pushed back until I fell into the chair and then he saidkeep going aso I just sat there :D

[Rejectard]

same. I'm upset that I did, but I could feel it working, so I know firsthand that there is credit to what he does :D

[pw3uk]

You don't know what he's going to ask next, so you assume feeling pushed back and falling into the chair is a step to the next instruction. You do so then he says he made you fall back in the chair.

Well, er, he did!

[TooferMan]

I waas drunk and it didn't work.

Besides, he said "picture a force pushing you backward...dont resist."

Umm.... if you followed the command, you would fall, if you didnt follow the instructions, you wouldnt. just a matter of choice if you wanted to sit or not

[nkorppi]

It is more subtle than that. He asked people to keep there head still, and not to lean forward past a 'safety zone'. This makes it very hard to stand up if followed correctly.

[13191215]

Worked :O

[AnneNancyWilson]

Didnt work for me :l

[IGtdef]

It is known as the ideomotor effect. If you played along with Brown you dropped in the chair, if you didnt but just stood up and waited for magic to happen, you were unaffected.

[Meixafuhellzman2]

i just stood up and started laughing.. i guess it worked for laughter

[nocturnezero]

I wasn't trying to fight it or anything, it just didn't work...

[Cheeser334]

omg it worked!!!!! i fell on m chair and was feaked out

[MrBaryar]

The is obviously proof that the world is run by shapeshifting reptilian aliens.