Is Hypnosis Mind Control a Form of Brainwashing?
Brainwashing has a shady history. Commonly when we think of the term, we’re likely to visualize cult leaders or even CIA spies who are intent on making other people bend to their will through a form of mental control. So is Hypnosis mind control a form of brainwashing? In essence, I suppose it could be considered such. After all, hypnosis mind control does intend to influence the mind of the subject and that is exactly what brainwashing does as well. But generally I think brainwashing has a lot more techniques involved than just hypnosis and its effects are longer lasting. While some of our government agencies are frequently accused of practicing brainwashing, and maybe they do, there’s no doubt that it is cults that are most known for practicing this form of mind control. Cults have many techniques designed to gain long term control over their members and ways of gradually changing them in such a way that they no longer think independently even when they are away from the cult. Techni
