This is maybe the only time Scott Adams did explicit hypnosis on his show. It was an evening "swaddle" show early in the COVID lockdowns. You can use this video two ways: 1. Learn the techniques (I labeled a few of them) 2. Just listen tonight and get some... amazing sleepshow more

I miss him so much! Everything that happens, I wonder what perspective he would have had. There is no one like him.

A very unique talent stack (economics, business, humor, drawing, hypnosis) created an equally unique perspective on the world.

I have an extremely active mind, and find it difficult in most situations to keep focus or motivation for very long. I've never undergone hypnosis (in the sense that Scott is talking about here) - but I just, very cautiously, allowed myself to follow along most of the way through with my eyes closed, sitting alone in my comfy office chair with Bose headphones, and... Lightbulb. I get it. Suddenly, I get it. Everything bad that I was told about hypnosis by my ultra-religious parents, like "it's witchcraft," or "you're opening yourself up to evil," was wrong. This is the clarity and state of mind I have been wanting to achieve for a long, long time. This means I can tune out the intrusive thoughts. I can find the focus necessary to carry out tasks that I normally can only do at 3 AM when I'm too tired to do anything else but focus. I can control my own mind. This is probably the most important thing I have done in the last 5 years. Incredible. Thank you for sharing it. Now on to learn how the techniques work so I can internalize them and bring them back up on command!

That's awesome to hear. The reality is, we're constantly drifting in and out of various "hypnotic states" all day long. I was thinking about something this morning, just leaning back in my office chair looking up at the wall, thinking, and -- huh! -- I realized I'd been zoned out looking at the wall for 10 minutes. "Nice little mini-trance," I thought. Happens all the time, no magic or witch-craft about it! 😁

God I miss him 😢

Sigh. Yeah.

Inject this into my veins

Would you accept straight-to-the-brain injection instead? 😁

Wonder if would be helpful for @akirathedon to make music based on this.

@akirathedon Maybe! Music does add an extra layer of hypnotic quality.

This is great content. Thanks for posting and the annotations.

You're welcome, I hope it's useful!

It most certainly is. I think annotated videos like this would be welcome from Scott, Bandler or other hypnotists, politicians, news readers, etc. This calls out the tricks in real time which helps a lot when you encounter it next time.

Thank you

Wow. Didn’t realize how much I’ve missed him

I hear you

He changed my respiratory rate multiple times. And I miss the daily shows.

Ain't that the truth? 😞 Keep the lessons alive.

Nearly oozed off my chair.

Save it for later tonight!

I did, can’t wait as it is also clean sheets night as well

There's something extra-magical about knowing there are clean sheets awaiting.

Scott saved a lot of people's sanity in those dark days.

I was one of them

Same.

I remember an energy word given to me and others in a group hypnosis event when I was in my 20s. "Akamai." I just used it to perk myself back up after that great relaxation session by Scott Adams that you posted. Still works.

He did it the day of the 2016 election on periscope

Someone else said the same thing (actually, they said election eve), but I've not been able to find that. 🤔

Periscope - he kinda brought everyone down and calmed us from the stress of it all. And it worked it was mid morning or early afternoon east coast if I recall. Even remember where I was standing when he did it.

@BowTiedTrance That's exactly what I remember. I was so stressed and couldn't imagine going to sleep. But I slept like a baby and got the results the next morning. It's toward the end, go to 11:30

@BowTiedTrance That wasn’t it

@BowTiedTrance He probably did multiple short periscopes that day. This is the one I remember from that night.

@BowTiedTrance Everyone was so anxious so he did a whole session. It was helpful for a few hours! 😂

What does it mean if I just got agitated and kept yelling - "Oh for Pete's sake, stop talking and just count!" 😀

It means you didn't squeeze your hand hard enough during the tense-relax part. 😂

Legend.

So effective

Like a pro. Which he was.

🎯💯

@leslie_hileslie I sure miss Scott❤️

I love the teaching focus of your content - showing, disaggregating and explaining. Thank you! P.S. I do not remember that t-shirt of Scott's. It must have been rejected by Christina (or pushed by her :)).

Collapsed about mid-way. 😂 Maybe it was too close to bedtime for me.

I just fell asleep at the dinner table but woke up because I have to clear the table and do the dishes. How do I get rid of these chores? I’m sending this to my husband because he won’t relax. I miss Scott Adams so much!

I watched this just to see what it was without doing ANY of what he said. Am I imagining it or did I end up more relaxed anyway? 🤣 I miss Scott

I miss him.

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thank you for sharing! Scott got me through Covid Insanity .... glad his videos live on!

Nice. Thanks

Could you send the post number and Date?

It's at the end of episode 924 (@AmericanDebunk's favorite episode, "The User Interface for Reality").

@holzie @AmericanDebunk Also here:

@AxolotlMania @holzie @AmericanDebunk Ah! That's the one I was originally trying to find! I knew there was an induction for sleep that he did on-the-spot because someone in the chat asked for it. But I couldn't find it anywhere! THANK YOU!

That’s a big bookmark ratio

So many people getting good sleep ...

I listened to it last night and it really helped relax me and i slept well

I closed my eyes, listened and got relaxed instantly. It is evident, he was an experienced healer. By the way: This tense and relax your muscles all over your body (in a special manner) is a standalone deep relaxing technique itself. It is called PMR acc Jacobson.

😯

Womdering why he couldn’t heal himself from self-hypnosis? Heard many saying that it can alter brain and body chemistry to improve health and healing

It can alter brain and body chemistry and improve health, that's true, but it's not unlimited power. Even the Master Wizard, Milton Erickson, could only help a terminal cancer patient manage their pain and get their appetite back -- he couldn't heal it.

Scott read my friend Richard Nongard’s books. He even cited him in the notes of one of his books. Richard has been studying hypnosis for decades.

@grok Identify and list all of the times explicit hypnosis was used in the video by the subject. Explain the impact to the audience. Explain the ethical/moral related concerns.

Those were some special shows.

The evening shows were my favorites

I remember this episode. I still use the counting technique to relax when I can’t sleep.

How much of hypnosis is tone and tamber? Everyone who does it all have deep voices where the words are almost secondary. But what about us without that (ik you can slightly deepen your voice with exercises).

I have to say, I've noticed a lot of hypnotists do have almost naturally soothing voice. Tone and timbre seem quite important -- imagine the sound of a typical football play-by-play announcer's voice trying to do this. I wouldn't characterize it as a "deep" voice, though. Scott's voice was in a higher register, as is Derren Brown's. But those are "soft" voices, gentle, and I think most people can do that much. (Except for the play-by-play announcers, maybe 😁)

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I used to do something similar with my kids when they were younger and had trouble sleeping.

I have taught my students this to relieve test anxiety

I would imagine their test scores got better, on average!

Yes

Relaxed brain is calm brain is flexible brain -- and that's a brain that can take exams easily. 💪