The Surprising Truth About Hypnosis and Memory Improvement

How Cool Would It Be If You Could Hypnotize Your Way To A Better Memory?   Well, good luck. As you’re about to learn, there’s no scientific basis or reason to believe that hypnosis can cause memory improvement. But to look at this issue, it will be helpful to focus on one area where hypnosis has been used in the attempt to improve memory: court cases. So our question is, can hypnosis really improve the memory of witnesses? Read every word of this post if you want to learn several key ways that you can still make strides with your memory improvement goals even if hypnosis turns out to be a dud when it comes to enhanced memory.   Would You Believe That Hypnosis For Memory Improvement Goes This Far Back?   Hypnosis in the courts has a long history. If we can focus solely on America, I've read that hypnosis to improve the memories of witnesses was first rejected in 1897 by the Supreme Court of California. After that, there's a dark spot until after World War II. Given all that happened during this war, officials wanted reliable ways to enhance the recall of witnesses. But despite all kinds of testing, to this date, no meaningful evidence supports hypnosis as a reliable means of improving memory. Especially not for providing testimony in a court of law. Let's break this issue down into parts so we can get both a broad and specific perspective.   This Is The Truth About Memory And Hypnosis The TV Shows Don’t Want You To Know About   First off, hypnosis of this kind sets itself up for failure. Why? Because you can't improve something that mostly doesn't exist. Think about it. You're walking down the street and you see a crime. You weren't expecting anything would happen, but then something does happen. The memories you do form are based on information that you have learned incidentally. For example, I was riding my bike last Sunday to the Mauerpark. There's a wonderful Flea Market and I was going to look for some cool postcards to send new members of the Magnetic Memory Method Masterclass. I usually find something cool there, often old cards with interesting buildings are memorable art that helps stimulate creativity. Anyhow, I was stopped at a light when all of a sudden two guys ran into the street in front of a car. They asked a group of maybe three people, "This one?" and the group of people said yes.   Rage-Fuelled Vengeance On The Streets Of Berlin!   Then the two guys approached the doors of the car. One went to the passenger side, the other to the driver's side. I think the car was blue, but I don't quite remember. It may have had four doors. What I do remember is that the guys opened the doors and started yelling. The driver and the passenger were clearly in shock and didn't know what to do. Finally, the passenger pulled out a wallet and in a Russian accent, the guy standing in the street said, "Give it me!" He ripped the wallet out of the guy's hand and slammed the door. As the other guy slammed the driver's door, the colliding air created a puff of ash from the ashtray. After the two men got back onto the sidewalk, the light turned green and the car sped off. It might seem amazing that I remember all these details, but actually stress and memory can fuse together to help you remember more in certain circumstances.   Which Of These These Facts Prove That Hypnosis Has No Chance When It Comes To Improving Memory?   What I've done just now is to recall an event that I "learned" incidentally. As I'm telling it to you, there are oodles of things I'm not telling you because there aren't enough words in the universe to explain: * The urgent voice in the back of my head telling me to get the hell out of there. * The fact that the two guys in the car were either Turkish or Syrian. * The hot girl on the bike in front of me with people who may or may not have been her brother and father. * My thoughts following the event,