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Can hypnosis block or make you forget a memoy or thought that you don't want to remember?

Hey I was wondering can hypnosis get rid of a thought or help you forget something that you do not want to remember so you no longer think of that thought anymore can it make you forget certain numbers or dates in your mind or even images?

like mean can you use it to make forget a certain date (mm/dd/yyyy) in your head if you want to or any thought that is in your head and you don't want to think about it anymore can you use it to get rid of it and can it get rid of an image you don't want in your head ?

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To add a note can you use it get rid of an image that you seen can hypnotists do that and suggest that you have never seen or heard of somehting or even think about it

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To add a note not trying to forget a person or a traumtic event or anything like that but can you use it get rid of an image that you seen can hypnotists do that and suggest that you have never seen or heard of somehting or even think about it

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    i dont think so

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Well, there is another method that can make you confront that image after which you may no longer have to think of it/recall it/look at it in your mind again. It is based on the bestseller book DIANETICS - THE MODERN SCIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH which is now obtainable as DVD too.

    If you don't want to look at a picture of something you have seen too much, that is exactly what makes you think of it over and over. It's fixed there.

    http://www.dianetics.org/

  • David
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Hypnosis can change your perception of a past event and by doing that, change how you feel about it in the 'now'. Because forgetting is a natural thing to do it is possible to 'forget' to bother thinking about a past occurrence.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    You can't just throw pieces of you away. You have to work through them. Not everyone can be hypnotized. You have to be open to it. Then a suggestion is planted. If you can find a person who is a PHD. or MD. etc.

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