by Jacoburline » December 1st, 2010, 5:22 pm
Hah, one viewing of such a thing is not going to have a drastic effect. I wouldn't worry about it. Hypnosis just involves putting the mind in a more suggestible state; that does not mean that it accepts any suggestions without question whatsoever.
Think about it this way: you have years and years of "programming" through the mind forming and various degrees of socialization that occur by being brought up in this society. Certain neural pathways form, and the brain achieves an understanding of the world. While the brain does have a remarkable plasticity, one small period of time under hypnosis in which undesired suggestions are made is simply not going to change all that much within the brain. It would be exceedingly difficult to suggest and have a brain accept that 2+2=5, even though it has known (and applied the knowledge throughout the majority of its existence) that 2+2 actually equals 4. I am not saying that it is impossible for this to happen, but the subject has to desire this change, and has to probably undergo many hypnosis sessions as well as rationalize the fact that 2+2=5 in some fashion.
So, essentially, you have no problem right now.