If you have heard about stage hypnosis or begin to learn stage hypnosis, you might think is stage hypnosis dangerous, especially after you watch many stage hypnosis shows. Ok, but I will tell here that stage hypnosis in itself is not dangerous. People hypnotized on a stage are not doing anything that is not already built into their own mental mechanisms. Stage hypnotists do not create anything new-we’re only building from what the volunteers already know and do. I have heard many rumors on certain dangers of hypnosis, but after further investigation, they turn out to be false or overly exaggerated.
The most frequent one that I have heard is the volunteer’s inability to come out of trance. This is simply not true. A person can come out of trance at any time he or she wants. It might be, though, that the person just is so relaxed or having so much fun or is liking the change of reality that he or she just doesn’t want to come out of trance. The best suggestion to give to such a person is to say that at the count of three (or whatever cue you want to use) that person will become the prime example of a person who is wide “awake” as opposed to “you’ll be wide awake by the count of three”.
But let the beginning stage hypnotist beware. Your show is unique in that you are using people from the audience who you have most likely never met before. The more shows you do, the higher the chance you may run into a volunteer that will act very strange (e.g. display totally unrelated emotions like crying, hysterical laughter, etc.). An experienced stage hypnotist will know to remove these people before they start to have the abreaction or what to do if they’ve already started to have the abreaction. For these type of people, stage hypnosis is just a mechanism that jump starts the abreaction, but most likely that person already had the problem to begin with-hypnosis just gave them the chance to bring it out.
If done properly, stage hypnosis does not create a problem. A stage hypnotist works with a large group and may not be able to spot these people all the time. And, in this day of lawsuits and ignorance about what hypnosis truly is, you may find yourself in a very difficult predicament in trying to explain to a court that stage hypnosis was not the cause of a person’s own problem. On top of this, you will also have to make sure that volunteers don’t end up hurting themselves on stage by accidentally tripping on something. (It is very difficult and expensive to get insurance for a stage hypnosis show since insurers are not really sure what stage hypnosis is.)
Also, be aware of how you word your suggestions. If you give a person the suggestion “Whenever you here the word ‘blue’, you’ll laugh uncontrollably” and you don’t nullify the suggestion before the show if finished, that person may continue to laugh uncontrollably for days, weeks, or months even if someone else says the cue word. Volunteers will take your suggestions very literally. So, be careful on how you word your suggestions during a stage hypnosis show.
With all this in mind, for those who still want to join this very intriguing and entertaining field, I wish you the best of luck. Remember, you’re not just a hypnotist up on the stage but you’re also a showman. Always perform with the intention to entertain while keeping in mind the welfare of your volunteers.
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