Tests of susceptibility to suggestion are helpful for determining whether the test person is susceptible to suggestion. The majority of the time, people susceptible to suggestions are also easy to hypnotise, but as always there are exceptions to this rule. I would like to help you to determine level of susceptibility to suggestions, I will familiarize you with few of the most popular ways used for this purpose.
* Test of tightened hand.
It is favourite approach of many hypnotists, due to simplicity and the fact it can be used when hypnotizing groups of people. The person who is put to this test, is comfortably seated with his eyes closed. We start from commanding him to focus on the feelings drawn from one of this hands. We suggest him to clentch his hand on the back of the chair and make him visualize his hand is jaws of a clamp. Then, we suggest he is unable to open the jaws regardless of his efforts. After that we watch carefully, whether the test subject has troubles with opening his hand or not. The more troubles the individual has with opening his hand, the more susceptible to suggestions he is.
* Test of light hands.
During this test the individual tested is at the door, the outside of his hands are based on the frame. He has closed eyes. We command him to press the door frame as hard as he cans for about one minute. For the duration of that moment in time, we suggest that his hands are exceptionally light, so light they rise themselves up. Then we instruct him to do a step forward and watch how high he will rise his hands. The higher his hands go the more susceptible to suggestion he is. This test is a little bit tricky, given that the rise of the hands, is caused in part by loosening stress in subjects muscles. However it compensates that with a huge advantage - it strenghtens belief of the person, as to the powers of the the hypnotist, before the hypnosis even starts.
* Test of falling coin.
We place a coin on test subjects stretchened hand and ask him to close his eyes. We place a suggestion that his hand is starting to gradually turn and the coin is falling off: "There is a coin laying on your hand. As long as your hand maintains level the coin lays on it. But unexpectedly your hand starts to spin and coin is beginning to slide by the side of your hand. Your hand is turning, and the coin is falling on the left side. Do not allow her fall ...". Say this text a number of times. If the person has the feeling that the coin is falling off, he will react by turning his hand in opposite direction. If someone is reacting to this test, it means he is very susceptible to suggestions. Less susceptible individuals don't react to this test.
These are the most popular ways to test susceptibility to suggestions. However as I said before, being susceptible to suggestions doesn't incline susceptibility to hypnosis. Either way I wish you luck with trying these tests on real people.
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