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Originally Posted by deliquesce
it is more difficult, yes, to hypnotise someone who is not willing to 'go under', but that is not to say it is impossible. master hypnotherapists can do it with the most unwilling subjects, and get them to do things like act like a chicken, or things they would otherwise find repulsive (lick the floor). it takes a certain amount of skill & mastery, however. so it's not the case that you need a good amount of time (unless an hour or two is excessive?) nor that you need a willing person.
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Since hypnosis is basically a deep state of relaxation, I don't exactly see how one can do it on someone who isn't willing to allow for the relaxation. I'm sure that if it is possible, then it would involve other techniques to get the person to be more willing.
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Originally Posted by deliquesce
the other part - about "all" psychological disorders having a biological component... that may very well be true, but it's not the case that you thereby need to change the biological component (in all cases) to cure the disorder.
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Looking back on the post I made, I probably should have worded it so as to say that you can change the biological component but you don't necessarily need to change it in order to cure the person.
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Originally Posted by deliquesce
the success of approaches like CBT to treat anxiety & depressive disorders attests to this. at most, all that researchers have been able to show is that certain people have biological vulnerabilities to specific disorders - but this is in no way predictive of actually developing a specific disorder, or even developing any psychological disorder at all! so if people with biological vulnerabilities do not develop psychological disorders, then it isn't necessary to "fix" this component in order to cure the disorder.
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That isn't what I intended to say nor is it what I did say. I never mentioned the predisposition or vulnerabilities that someone may possess. I said the biological component when the person has the disorder. To make this clearer, take schizophrenia for example. Someone can have a predisposition to it but not yet have it. This is NOT what I was referring to. What I was referring to was when someone DOES have a disorder and there is a biological component to that disorder. I'm not sure what gave you the impression that I was referring to biological vulnerabilities or predispositions.