#150 - World's Greatest Hypnosis Scientist Hijacks My Mind Live On Camera!

🧠 JOIN THE GIANT'S SHOULDER FAMILYBecome a YouTube Member for exclusive episodes, early access + ad-free viewing 👇https://www.youtube.com/@thegiantsshoulder/joinDavid Spiegel is the world's leading hypnosis scientist — fifty years at Stanford spent proving that trance is a measurable brain state rather than a stage trick, across thirteen books, four hundred papers and roughly seven thousand patients hypnotised personally. I told him to his face that I thought his entire field was a scam, so he ran the hypnotisability test on me live on camera, my left arm floated off the desk and stopped obeying me for the next forty minutes, and he scored me seven out of ten.Expect to learn what hypnosis actually is and the three components it breaks down into, how stage hypnotists secretly screen their audiences before the show even starts, what changes in three separate brain networks the moment you go under, why "suggestibility" is the wrong word and cognitive flexibility is the right one, how hypnotised subjects cut their brain's electrical response to pain by 50%, why one in four smokers quit after a single session, the two very different childhoods that both produce highly hypnotisable adults, why eight-year-olds are the most hypnotisable people alive, how Rory McIlroy used self-hypnosis to break a seven-year Masters curse, what it feels like to have your own arm stop belonging to you, and much more…SPONSORSTry Reveri, Dr David Spiegel's Self-Hypnosis App (use code SPIEGEL20 for your discount) - https://reverihealth.app.link/e/spiegelGet One Month Free of Consensus (The Best Ai Science Tool) - https://get.consensus.app/we00d2cmjpqeGUEST LINKSStanford Profile: https://profiles.stanford.edu/david-spiegelReveri: https://www.reveri.com/Reveri on X: https://x.com/reveri_healthStanford Center on Stress and Health: https://med.stanford.edu/stresshealthcenter.htmlTrance and Treatment (his clinical textbook): https://www.appi.org/Products/Hypnosis/Trance-and-Treatment-Second-EditionSKOOLWant a full breakdown of your own conscious inner experience? Join the Giant's Shoulder community: https://www.skool.com/the-giants-shoulder-6526/aboutFOLLOW EVANhttps://x.com/evan_mcglTIMESTAMPS0:00:00 Trailer0:02:27 Who Is David Spiegel?0:03:39 What Hypnosis Actually Is0:05:37 Why He Calls Stage Shows "Dumb Shows"0:06:29 How Hypnotists Secretly Screen The Audience0:09:08 The Student Who Relived Being A Newborn0:10:46 What Hypnosis Does To Three Brain Networks0:13:23 It's Not Suggestibility, It's Cognitive Flexibility0:16:12 Cutting The Brain's Pain Signal By 50%0:17:05 One In Four Quit Smoking In A Single Session0:18:33 The Meditator Whose Migraines Vanished0:22:36 Why Hypnotisability Is Partly Genetic0:23:54 The Two Childhoods That Make You Hypnotisable0:27:16 Hypnosis, Flow States And Peak Performance0:32:54 How Rory McIlroy Broke His Masters Curse0:38:05 Why You Can Forget Your Own Name0:44:29 Filtering The Hurt Out Of Pain0:55:00 The Hypnotisability Test, Live On Camera1:00:15 "It's Actually Going Up"1:08:52 Evan Scores 7 Out Of 101:18:42 Trying To Erase The Number Four1:31:04 "Please Don't Do This On My Other Arm".....Email for sponsorship enquiries: evan@thegiantsshoulder.com