Mike Lamp

Exploration of how hypnosis relates to behavior, habits, decision-making, and why people act the way they do under suggestion 🔍

Bridey Murphy Hypnosis: The Night That Started Everything On the evening of November 29, 1952, a man named Morey Bernstein held a candle in front of a young woman’s face at a dinner party in Pueblo, Colorado. Keep your eyes on the flame, he told her. And while I talk to you, you will become […]

Can Hypnosis Stop Nagging? You Are Not the First Person to Ask It happened at a live show. The performance was going well, the volunteers were responsive, and the audience was having a genuinely good time. Then a hand went up from somewhere in the middle of the room. The question, delivered with the deadpan […]

Hypnotized vs Daydreaming: Why So Many People Confuse the Two If you have ever zoned out during a long drive and arrived at your destination with almost no memory of the journey, you have probably wondered whether that felt a little like hypnosis. You would not be wrong to wonder. The two states share enough […]

Stage Hypnosis vs Therapy Hypnosis: The Surprising Truth About Both Stage hypnosis vs therapy hypnosis is a comparison most people have never thought to make, simply because they assume the two are the same thing. They are not. While both involve a hypnotist guiding someone into a state of heightened suggestibility, the purpose, the setting, […]

Hypnotized on Stage: The Amazing Truth About How It Feels If you have ever watched a stage hypnosis show, you have probably asked yourself the same question everyone in the audience asks. What does it actually feel like to be hypnotized on stage? Is it real, is it acting, and would you remember any of […]