Originally posted by ModernAcademia
You HAVE to consider when this is happening
Around all of this gun control brouhaha
It's hard to believe it's just a coincidence.
Hypnotism?
Hi everyone! Long time lurker; first time poster.
When I saw someone had posted this story, I knew there'd be talk of hypnosis and Manchurian candidates. While I'm FAR from being the foremost
authority on the subject, I AM a professional certified hypnotist and practicing hypnotherapist. If you'll indulge me, I'd like to explain a little
something about hypnosis.
First and foremost, to achieve a Manchurian candidate effect on a person, you have to severely change their environment. We're talking about
depriving them of sleep for days, distorting their reality with drugs and changing the way their brain processes information. It is a LOT of hard work
to achieve those results. Then there's the hassle of planting the suggestion in the super-conscious mind via hypnosis. Something like that could take
numerous sessions with a hypnotist to embed a "kill so-and-so then revert back to normal/forget what you did/kill yourself". Even then, there's
only a small chance it would actually stick.
Why? Because, even under hypnosis, the subject is in full control of their actions. If they're given a suggestion that they don't agree with or are
asked to do something they wouldn't normally do, they aren't going to do it. In fact, that's usually enough to break a subject out of their trance.
I'm not saying this kid from the story wasn't hypnotized or isn't a Manchurian candidate. I'm just trying to illustrate that it's highly
unlikely.
In the end, there's probably hundreds of reasons why this happened. Raging hormones from puberty setting in. A past filled with abuse; either
physical or mental. Bad wiring in the brain. Only time will tell.
Oh, and to the poster who suggested head shots are a sign of a professional, you may be right. But with today's resurgence of zombies in games and
movies, I think everyone knows to aim for the head if you want to effectively kill someone/something. Even as a child watching movies, I always
wondered why people didn't go for the head shot or, at the very least, shoot the bad guy in the head AFTER he had fallen down.
Well, after a wordy first post, I'd like to reiterate that I'm not the leading authority on the subject of making Manchurian candidates and am not
looking to step on anyone's toes. Just trying to help shed some light on hypnosis.
Of course, there's always exceptions to everything; rendering my entire post moot should one of those exceptions apply here.
