Louis Theroux hypnotised? BBC

[gazbev]

The gut in the red shirt is weird,how many people have woke up with a sore bum i wonder..

[earthcrsdfgf]

ALL HYPNOSIS IS SELF HYPNOSIS.

[Silkki6]

Putting his head down ( --> more blood running in the veins of his head) and bringing good childhood memories for a calming, relaxing minute while listening a calm voice, head on a lap of a stranger (closed eyes, he won't see the other guy's embarrasment ---> secure feeling).. Who the heck wouldn't feel a bit better when rising to sitting position again?

--> My vote goes for too embarrassed not to play along

[nickie74]

you can tell he's trying not to smirk...so I'm guessing too embarrassed not play along...lol

[campbelllovescock]

look into my eyes, dont look around the eyes

[ToxsickEntertainment]

Love how uncomfortable the man next to him is.

[zakkattack99]

feel all the pleasure of that 6yo kid lol

[GMRghost]

"that was great" LOL

[nauris706]

gimmie a break

[Microglia1]

he swallows (on command) to breathe. That means he's not completely drowsed, and as he said, "too embarrassed not to play along".

[smithyboi88]

The guy in red is clearly nursing an awkward semi.

[rdbiii]

I remember reading about hypnotism in Aldous Huxley's book The Island and did research into it afterwards. It described using it on women about to give birth so that they would feel stress or pain and would enjoy the experience. Humans are very suggestible. Hypnotism can work for good or ill. Politicians use it constantly. So do pickup artists and televangelists.

[pancakesandtea]

the guy Louis is resting his on, is thinking why me

[yahbud]

the fuck did i just watch

[blackspear2010]

Being hypnotized only works if you have a free mind or a neutral mind ie if you believe it will work then it will work if not then nothing will happen but it also is affected by having doubt or uncertain of it.

[tanberetO]

@blackspear2010 That's not hypnotism that's pretending. If it works, then it wouldn't matter what mind state you have. A good analogy would be anesthesia. When you go to the hospital for surgery it doesn't matter if you believe anesthesia works or not, it does regardless.

[blackspear2010]

@tanberetO No if it works then your neutral or think it will work so in most cases it will work and just because he is pretending doesn't mean that everybody is. And Anesthesia is a totally different thing it's a drug which dulls the nerve endings reducing pain messages going and being received by the nervous system. Also your "Analogy" is beside the point and nothing about what my previous comment stated.

[tanberetO]

@blackspear2010 It only works on people who think it will work??? That's because they're lying. If it works, then it works, don't make excuses.

[blackspear2010]

@tanberetO What are you on about not making excuses? excuses for what? And your contradicting yourself by saying it was fake and now saying "if works it works".

[badblueman]

@tanberetO Well you can go too far whether you want to prove it or disprove it. Just because you can call it lying or pretending doesn't mean that there isn't a significant and interesting neurological process. Maybe you're oversimplifying it, no? Don't forget that thought is a result of a colony, of closely related specialized cells, exchanging signals...formed by millions of years of evolution. We can say it's "just simple psychology", or we could study it as an interesting phenomenon.

[jualkyn]

@tanberetO the thing is though, the power of the human mind does not work like that. you witness this happening to people who are constantly negative over everything in their life versus someone that is ambitious and thinks optimistically. If you think somethign won'tt happen and are negative about it, most likely it just won't. that is actually true.

[NotChukkov]

"... the child-like kid". Phew, cos we wouldn't want him to be like one of those non-childlike kids.

[KesserCFC4eva]

@NotChukkov hahahaha XD

[antinominianist]

Too embarrassed not to play along. I played along once.

[goalkeppertalant]

so i want you to put your head on his crotch ... ur what ... nothing

[londonpie72]

lol not sure this had any effect on him he simply followed instruction given to him

[TheSirSneaky]

no there is no hypnoticism in this one ... he just pushed him down, and held him down, and bascily told him to stay down, and then bla bla

[Fangornmmc]

just starts drifting away. Hypnosis is far more RULE than exception. Hypnosis, NLP. RSD, PUA they all come from reverse engineering social dynamics. I like to call any of these or a combination of them mindhacking. It is getting in between the flow from mind to body and vice versa. Its SO easy. Inception really inspired me, I already got half a dozen of seeding techniques on my sleeve and they work like a charm. most hypnosis is covert anyway...

[Fangornmmc]

more immune to hypnosis. Basically this means that the smarter and brighter you are the more suspicable (if that is a word) you are to hypnosis. Once again hynosis is not the spectacular magic show you watch on your telly. Also the people getting on stage are the ones who WANT attention and who WANT to act stupid in order to get that attention, hypnosis cant take control over your own mind away. You can be hypnotized easily though. People do it all the time. Mostly when they bored and their mind

[Fangornmmc]

Trance is also the feeling of driving home. Spotting a roadboard that says its just 3 more miles to your place and the next thing that happens is you step out of your car wide awake. You just kinda missed the whole in-between. It does not mean you did not notice, it means you did not care to notice. Trance takes away the need to wake up from it, its too pleasurable and too easy to go out of it. It requires strong will or stupid people. Stupid people can focus less and are therefore

[divolt]

Whadda f#*&@%?!?! Is Louie giving his neighbour a blowjob?!

[abbyeagle1]

In a group situation the need to behave in a certain manner can compelling. How many people really have the courage to stand up and be counted as an individual?

[falafelhotdog]

I went to a hypnotist show and stupidly offered myself onto the stage with some other people. Anyway, long story short, I ended up pretending to be hypnotised for the entire show which unfortunately for me, was 2hrs. Good job I'm good at pretending eh!? I'm glad I put myself through it because it made me realise what a complete con the industry is and how gullible people can be. People were asking me afterwards all sorts of questions. They genuinely thought I was hypnotised. Such a joke.

[globe255]

I would have said: Im sitting here on a chair with my head leaning towards the person next to me, and i can remember i did the same in my childhood because my big brother forced me, like the man standing here pressing my shoulder.

[saibotmark]

fake.. hypnosis is always fake!

[Symmetryful]

He's probably faking it but this is actually a rapid induction technique in hypnosis; legit and it's probably the cheapest way of hypnotising.

[lordzebdeh]

LOLOL

[nicorap74]

Louis knows it is a trick

[barty417]

i love the was louis theroux can improvise both with doing a realistic impression of being hypnotized whilst actually feeding into the comedy aspect of it on camera at the same time

[b4gm4n]

"You'll wake on the count of three feeling fantastic in every way with a feeling of playfulness and feeling of energy through your mind body and spirit, oh and the smell piss soaked under-crackers from the guy next to you... 123 wide awake"

[WhiteTigerK17]

If someone tried to hypnotise me I would pretend they had failed and get up and act like a zombie to scare them.

[cindyknowsitall]

lol... ok.. so which one was it???

[LOLM8USWE]

I don't think that would happen to me. Be all liek

"Yo! Shits not working BRAH!"

[lostprophetguy]

"that stays in your system and becomes a part of you that stays with you to make your day playful and fun throughout the rest of the day"

This guy is full of it

[indiciaobscure]

"the childlike kid that you are now feeling right now"

[tonybeir]

bollocks

[gunnerglory]

I bet that guys hadn't showered in weeks and his ballsac had sweat on it and it stank to high heavens and Louis had to whiff it in for like a minute right up close

[xMicrowavePopcornx]

nothing happened....

[alex40319]

haha, poor guy on his leftt!!

[WarpLover]

Louis loves Stoke City. I bet you didn't know that!

[ffscantfindausername]

he looks like Art Garfunkle!

[eddiedaskull]

this is not hypnosis

Hypnosis far more subtle then a sideshow

[badmanners411]

Too embarrassed not to play along.

[mimearts2009]

Gutes Video. Scheint so, als ob viele hier Astrologie mögen. Schaut euch das Buch wanted: widder von Thilo Klein an.

[liquidfreak]

mob mentality, a frenzy, caught in the moment

[carlosharp1]

im sure louis wasnt happy about having his face in thats guys crotch!!!

[loveisyou18]

LOL he's still grinning when he passes out

:D

[mildseven2006]

That smartarse grin never fades!

[nataliacheng]

love his voiceovers. always.

[sikbox]

bahahaha

[nool52]

nice work

[morgandrim]

This is utter rubbish. If people like this `hypnotist` could do what they claim they can do there`d be no need for psychiatry..........wait a minute - it`s a "Church" of Scientology conspiracy !

[kwiat77]

I had the same experience... I just felt so bad for the "hypnotist" that I went along with things.

[Blacknarcissa]

Yeah, in Derren Brown's book it talks about hypnotists and about a lot of people who are being hypnotised are either going along with things because they are embarrased to tell the audience that nothings happened or they believe so much that they go along with things, though not necessarily hypnotised.

[mryellow123]

That's how most stage hypnosis works, often they whisper to ppl "just play along".

Stage hypnosis isn't "hypnosis" but instead a social phenomenon.

[TheZenoid]

1:15

The guy he's leaning on looks annoyed.

[MiaLeonora]

@TheZenoid

lol

[robinho1979]

@TheZenoid He wanted a blow job from Loui..but no go!

[GIOG147]

@TheZenoid nah, just hypnotised.

[Impervious2Pain]

blow job

looooooooooooool

[GazzaGlitta]

Sounded like a fake story...''erm i'm running around a park with my parents playing hide and seek.''

He was being polite like a gentleman.

[LozVerney]

he nearly gave that man a blow job

[g9baracuta]

You can tell on his face whens he's laughing in that guys lap he's just playing along, like the gentlemen Louis is.

[FIFA07Addicted]

yeah lol he was laughing...

[lucybells0]

The best part of this clip is the guy's expression around 1:14. Theroux is practically in his lap, and the guy has a look on his face of "This is fucking ridiculous."

[jonnytheboy36]

and me..its just suggestion but no more

[jonnytheboy36]

its all a load of crap

[DJCW]

hahahahaha classic Theroux 1:33

[quintroon]

You think so?

[MChav7]

I don't see how he has been hypnotised at all, the guy has forced him to lean down, asked him to remember something and to say that memory, then asked him to sit back up. Am I missing something?

[agtheking]

@MChav7 That's basically all hypnosis. It's all in the "victims" head. The words and actions are designed to make it easy to follow it's logic and to enhance what's already happening. Having a lot of people watching makes us even more prone to follow along.

[Fangornmmc]

@MChav7 what you are missing is hypnosis. You are probably thinking that hypnosis is kinda like fainting. You get hypnotized, black out completely, do stupid things and then wake up remembering nothing, right? WRONG! hypnosis is extremely light. Its kinda like laying down when you are tired for a minute. You are fully aware of EVERYTHING around you but you dont care. Ever had like your mom talk to you and you were hearing her talking but you were not listening? Thats trance.

[jaffarm]

@MChav7 yes. its BOLLOCKS.

[allaboutconor]

@MChav7 yeah i think thats exactly what the thing is. they just make it seem like hypnosis

[The1234philly]

@MChav7 hypnosis is a state of mind where your totally relaxed and in trance, it doesn't literally mean controlling the person, If you get what I mea!:-) This hypnotist put that man in a state of relaxation calmness and told him to recall a past memory to put him in a calm state.

We all fall into hypnosis every day, watching TV, playing video games are just some basic examples of how we fall into trance everyday!

I hope this ans your ques!

[4543563]

@MChav7

This guy is a damn scam.

[MrPIROCAS]

@MChav7 yup, open minds

[abs0lutepr0]

1:18 the guy in the reds like " maybe if i just adjust my seat a bit i could get lucky " lol

theroux is such good value

[jaishalattacks]

lol nah man he's not he's like 'what the **** is going on?' he's as uncomfortable as louis!!

[MusicMadSuperAwesome]

What does he mean he's not sure? Surely you'd know if you were hypnotised?

[JB91UK]

See, now that's either a bad choice of words or he's subconciously voicing his weekend activities "I want you to experience all the pleasure of that young, six year old kid" "the pleasure of the kid you are feeling right now". Saw it on TV and I was like... yeh...

[actionmanmilla]

that guy in the red is like ...... exscuse me .. get off me :)

[Abdul1223]

wtf louis he should of been like "what are you doing" or some shit and exposed the guy lol

[GirlPlayXSoCal]

He is such a dork, but an awesome one you know? :P

[LozBanger]

haha that the funnest clip ever... he is so dorky!

[hardkicka]

Louis is one hell of a joker...anyone can tell he was faking it...check him out at 1.12 swallowing saliva!

[BrendanIsCool]

IT'S SEMEN

[StephanieAnn1234]

haha hardkicka, you're so right, you'd think that if someone were hypnotized they wouldn't even notice they have saliva in their mouths and that they would begin to drool..

[vitusvivi]

haha louis is faking it!!! LEGEND

[0FindGlory]

he's pushing

[ApexBozo]

that guy doesn't look too comfortable with louis' head in his lap

[thomasloyens]

hahaha yeah

[taranph]

i got hypnotised with a group of people and i think i was the only one not under,

it made me feel like a looser.

[Konversekid]

Don't worry, you weren't.

[Crowrocker71]

LMAO@ Louis

[Everworld2662]

I didn't think embarrassment = hypnotism, though, Nimnoms. Don't get me wrong, I believe it's possible, but I'm not sure you're meant to feel sheepish when it's happening. >>

[omnivorous65]

I volunteered to be hypnotized on stage. I really wanted the experience but never got into a hypnotized state, not even remotely. Are there certain types more or less likely to be hypnotized?

[babyroof]

definitely. some people are more or less suscebtible to the power of suggestion.

[Konversekid]

No.

[SKERRIESSCUM]

yeh simple ppl fall for it ,stronger ppl dont ,well thats my poinion anyway haha never worked on me eiher but my idiot friend ran round the stage cluckin like a chicken hahaha

[waori]

lol I don't think it's simple versus strong. Although it doesn't work on me either apparently the better you are at visualisation, the more likely you are to be hypnotised.

[Sportsmanshipfactory]

Hypnotism is a 100% social phenomenon as Louis kinda hinted at toward the end.

There are actually 2 types of hypnotism. The first kind relies on the subject having a codependent personality. These are usually the people going to hypno-therapy.. They sit in a nice room alone with you, listen to your problems, talk to you in a soothing voice, and suggest to you relaxing and happy thoughts to think about in your comfortable chair with your eyes closed.

[Sportsmanshipfactory]

So there's really no "magic" about it. If you don't need to see a therapist, you certainly don't need to see a hypnotist.

The second type relies on being done in front of a crowd because of the social implications involved. Not going along with the hypnotist's suggestions would make you look like a jerk. It singles you out and makes it awkward to refuse because people went there to see a show, and it would be rude to ruin everyone's fun or make the hypnotist look bad.

[quintroon]

You are entitled to your opinion, however Louis hinted at nothing. His reaction was actually quite common amongst people who've been hypnotised: "I could have resisted" but the fact remains, he didn't - nd neither do millions of other people who have experienced hypnosis. So why is that? Do you really think they're all afraid of appearing rude? Or maybe it's the critical faculty trying to provide some semblance of conscious justification for what just happened to them.

[Sportsmanshipfactory]

Yes, I think pretty much everyone who hypnotism works on is either willing to go along with it because they don't care, or they do not want to be rude by not playing along. This is why when someone DOESN'T play along a hypnotist will say something like "Oh looks like this guy is resistant to hypnotism" or something.

Tell you what, I'll go see ANY hypnotist you suggest, and for each one that is unable to hypnotize me, you pay me 1,000$ since you're so confident that it works.

[Sportsmanshipfactory]

And you honestly don't watch enough Louis Theroux if you don't get that at the end he was basically saying "I was too embarrassed to not play along, it didn't do anything"

Hell, when Louis is "hypnotized" he has an embarassed smile on face like "God this is stupid..."

[Nikon05]

he could still feel embarassed even if he was hypnotized. it doesnt make you emotionless

[nebyou]

yeah are you or use to be an athlete? athletes for some reason are harder to be hypnotized or so i hear

[nothintorollwith]

Hypnosis:

"An agreement between an operator and a subject to fantasize together." - Randi

[jasonkan90]

hahahaa had me there until the last line he said lol

[joshopsho]

I got hypnotized in my college freshers week last september. It was weird! I wasnt fully under i dnt reckon.

The thing going through ur mind is "why not?".

All my friends were watching, I felt if i ruined the act nd corpsed I'd look worse then if I went along with it guardedly.

After being made to pretend I was in a porno I made sure a got a seat at the edge, then wen a guy was made to giv birth on the floor. I buggrd off to the bar! lol I experienced it, it's gash but it works on a level.

[Calokthedark]

Hypnotism works weirdly, Your still consious while your sub-consious is manipulated

[andotoldo]

Maybe he'd just bought beer for his children

[Cogentesque]

cool :)

[Nimnoms]

That's what exactly what hypnotism is. He was successfully hypnotized.

[dragstrom]

C'mon Louis, you're our man out there!, were you gone or not? or were you just a journolist?

[joewhittles]

he's pretty gonzo as they come so he's probably playing along.

[DEF90JAM]

that's what he said, he was to embarra

ssed not to play along

[shawk4]

load of bull

[WoWlvl60]

didnt look hypnotised.