Hypnotism
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In the run up to our daughter being born we had a course of hypnotherapy called Hypno-birthing. Its basically a way to pre-dispose your mind to being relaxed and ready to go through birth. Generally a lot of the pain associated with child birth is a result of tension and fear about the process.
Primarily its for the female, obviously, but if the father is going to be present they too need to be relaxed and in a good frame of mind, so the course is for couples.
We were hypnotised by a qualified hypnosis therapist once a week for 8 weeks. It definitely works, and we were both lulled into a maleable trancelike state every week.
The thing is, you are never unaware of where you are or what you are doing, and you would never do something you didn't think was okay to do, but you are far more susceptible to suggestion. If you've submitted yourself to the hypnotist's suggestions it does sort of feel like they are controlling you because if they say "lift your arm" you do, without really bothering to consider why.
You could easily refuse to lift your arm, but you have no reason to, so you just do it.
Its an odd sensation. A bit like a waking dream, or those moments in between sleep and awake when you are really exhausted or jetlagged.