August 15th, 2019 at 10:06 AM ^
To paraphrase the goose in Kung Fu Panda, all you need for something to be special is to believe it is.
Mental aspect is a huge part of sports. So whether it works in reality or not, if they think it works (and helps) then it does.
August 15th, 2019 at 10:12 AM ^
Mind Blown
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August 15th, 2019 at 10:27 AM ^
"If you think you're winning because you're getting laid, or not getting laid, then YOU ARE!"
- Crash Davis
August 15th, 2019 at 10:20 AM ^
Went to a hypnotism show recently. I was a skeptic in the past, but when they fully explained what hypnotism actually was and invited unsuspecting volunteers who I knew personally on stage to do it - that changed real fast.
It’s real, but you can’t get hypnotized if you don’t want to. It’s like a certain kind of meditation - it takes focus and volition.
August 15th, 2019 at 10:26 AM ^
I don't believe it works at all.
August 15th, 2019 at 10:33 AM ^
My wife is a psychologist at the VA and uses hypnosis as one of many techniques for her patients. She's gone to a ton of trainings on the techniques and is pretty sold that in certain circumstances it can help.
It generally isn't what it looks like on TV--more a deep state of quiet wakefulness, like you might get with meditation.
So, as often happens, it's neither complete bunk nor a cure-all (although it's those things for some people), but one of many ways of helping people calm their minds down enough to focus on some things.
August 15th, 2019 at 12:04 PM ^
See, here's where the Michigan Difference sucks, just ruins things. I want to believe that I could make someone strut and balk like a chicken, yet here you are interjecting an element of truth. Dammit.
August 15th, 2019 at 2:00 PM ^
I believe in magic, in a young girl's heart... But seriously, I have gone to a weekend CE training in hypnosis and saw it work first hand. The instructor convinced two nurses that their hands were numb and proceeded to poke needles through the skin of their hands without moving. Then we transferred the numbness to their jaw and I poke needles in their gums without them moving. Cool stuff.
August 15th, 2019 at 10:36 AM ^
I see a Big Ten Championship in FB for the Michigan Wolverines in 2019. We beat An Ohio St. And win BTC game.
# Buckle Up.
#Build the Steel Dam.
# Expect Victory.
August 15th, 2019 at 10:40 AM ^
I say you are an idiot.
August 15th, 2019 at 11:32 AM ^
pot something something kettle something something
August 15th, 2019 at 5:55 PM ^
I say you are a troll. Go back to 11W.
August 15th, 2019 at 10:56 AM ^
Can we hypnotize our players to believe they'll beat the shit out of OSU?
August 15th, 2019 at 12:40 PM ^
That's a great idea actually lol
August 15th, 2019 at 10:42 PM ^
Yes, and it probably would work.
August 15th, 2019 at 10:59 AM ^
Ok. Cool. Hook em!
August 15th, 2019 at 11:04 AM ^
Part of the "Welcome, Freshmen" events during my first year at Michigan had a hypnotist putting on his show at the League. It was legitimate...the one moment that stood out was he had a couple people speaking different languages. I think he told one of them that he was a stand-up comic and so the guy ends up trying to tell jokes in Chinese. Pretty funny stuff.
August 15th, 2019 at 11:10 AM ^
I suspect you understood the jokes in all languages?
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August 15th, 2019 at 11:05 AM ^
No logical way the mind could only be inside the body, this is becoming more and more clear as they try to create AI.
Therefore, if some of the mind must exist outside the body what happens if you focus all it there?
I personally believe our connection to the cognitive circuit has to be stronger than our connection to our electrified meat sacks.
But hey that's just me and Buddhist way.
August 15th, 2019 at 11:44 AM ^
That’s some Master Yoda Jedi Force shit right there.
I’m ready to see people move things through the air and choke each other out, using only their mind and a wave of their hand.
August 15th, 2019 at 12:54 PM ^
First off, don't need the "wave of hand" that's theatrics :)
Problem with "force choke" is you have to convince the other guy you are choking him and if he doesn't believe in it, it can't work; so the ignorant would actually be immune, makes it much less useful.
Force push is more difficult because your mind can only manifest the resonant pattern you still need some sort of highly charged electromagnetic energy to push /pull, attract/repel, gravitize /anti- gravitize ...etc. Maybe you could create an arena with a big EM field and lot's of conductive materials.
Of course, it's greatest power is perspective, thus making the Army game not so concerning.
August 15th, 2019 at 11:06 AM ^
My late father-in-law was a three pack a day smoker. He went to a hypnotist when he was 58, and quit cold turkey. Managed to live until he was 72 with emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis. Hypnosis/quitting smoking probably extended his life 10 years. That's all I know about hypnosis.
August 15th, 2019 at 11:28 AM ^
Hey, if they think it works, then go for it. Sometimes just thinking something works for you is advantageous, even if there's no actual physical benefit to go with it.
Maybe we should try it with our team the week before the OSU game. We've tried everything else, so what can it hurt?
August 15th, 2019 at 11:57 AM ^
But there actually is a physical benefit - it's physically rejuvenating.
You get rest equivalent to multiple hours of full sleep from getting hypnotized.
August 15th, 2019 at 11:32 AM ^
Hypnosis isn't what you see in the movies. It's just deep relaxation, not mind control. The stage-performance hypnosis stuff you see at clubs and whatnot is mostly something else-- similar to faith healing spectacles, it relies on the pressure of expectations to draw out the "act" of the volunteers on stage, who are mostly just following directions because they're on stage and open to it.
August 15th, 2019 at 11:52 AM ^
This is exactly it!
August 15th, 2019 at 11:34 AM ^
I believe the mind can do incredible things and whether you believe it or not, you're right.
August 15th, 2019 at 11:51 AM ^
Had a hypnotist come in when I was in high school, and I was one of the few chosen to come on stage. It was complete bullshit. I was told to go along with it.
August 15th, 2019 at 12:19 PM ^
Losing is a disease:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WN-aCYVVtyo
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August 15th, 2019 at 12:22 PM ^
I do not.
August 15th, 2019 at 12:33 PM ^
Yes, I have attended hypnotist shows and they're real. Some people respond to the suggestions of the hypnotist. Usually, it is pretty funny.
August 15th, 2019 at 12:37 PM ^
No, but I believe in suggestibility.
August 15th, 2019 at 12:42 PM ^
Has anyone here been hypnotized? If so... how'd it feel? I saw that video and I'm genuinely curious if hypnotism is real or not. The video was hilarious, though. The one kid seemed genuinely pissed when the hypnotist said 'thank you' lol.
I honestly don't know what to make of it.
August 15th, 2019 at 3:08 PM ^
There are usually two types of people - some people have spotty memory of it as if it's a dream and just "did what they did because it seemed like the right thing to do at the time", and others don't remember anything.
August 15th, 2019 at 7:30 PM ^
Interesting. I've always wanted someone to try hypnotizing me but there's something about it that would make me weary. Maybe the vulnerability of seemingly being under someone's control lol
August 15th, 2019 at 12:49 PM ^
Are we sure it wasn't the weed they were smoking prior to this?
August 15th, 2019 at 3:09 PM ^
I've tried it and it didn't work for me, but I've seen it work on others.
August 15th, 2019 at 6:19 PM ^
Hypnotism is real, but some people are much less susceptible to it than others. I've seen it in a mass demonstration where I knew the people it worked on, and I could very much tell that it was a different mental state for them, not fake, and not just them playing along.
August 16th, 2019 at 9:09 AM ^
“STUCK!”.
...just like M Football under RichRod and Hoke.