I found a video about covert hypnosis on the Internet that was deeply disturbing.  The hypnotist did a video to explain his method of using a suggestibility test in a covert manner.

Let me explain something to you:  Suggestibility tests are tools that are really designed as tricks.  They are designed to be used overtly in stage hypnosis or in clinical hypnosis such that when the subject “passes the test”, they conclude that they are very good hypnotic subjects.  The tests are designed in such a way that they pretty much cannot fail when used properly.  They are tricks, not tests. 

In this video, the hypnotist leads us through a completely usesless and silly explanation of how to do a suggestibility test covertly.  It’s hilarious because, in my opinion, it is totally useless and poorly done.  If you are studying covert hypnosis then you can watch the video as a lesson in what NOT to do.  Don’t do that test, don’t say “um” and “uh” so much when delivering hypnotic language, and don’t think that you can tell a story and embed full commands mid-sentence like this guy is trying to do.  Just don’t.

The best covert hypnosis should be based on Ericksonian methods.

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