subject: Man's Head Explodes In Barber's Chair' - The Power Of The Pattern Interrupt [print this page] Man's Head Explodes In Barber's Chair' - The Power Of The Pattern Interrupt
Many years ago a tabloid newspaper ran the with the headline 'Man's Head Explodes in Barber's Chair.' Sales skyrocketed? Why? When most people peruse the news stand, they aren't really paying attention, they are in a 'waking trance' and are super unlikely to be stimulated to break their routine, and buy something they wouldn't normally buy. This headline fixed that problem because it acted as an instant pattern interrupt. As you may know, the pattern interrupt is one of the most powerful covert hypnosis techniques around. Used correctly, and they will allow you to instantly jolt people into immediate attention, and get them to take action and do whatever it is you want them to! One of the most common examples of a pattern interrupt taught in covert hypnosis is the hypnotic handshake interrupt. Since shaking hands is such a natural, ingrained patter, interrupting a handshake by, say, lifting the other person's hand up towards their face, tends to cause them to go into an instant, albeit brief, state of trance. If you act fast you can utilize the window of opportunity create by your pattern interrupt to give a command or suggestion, or to deep and intensify the state you have created giving you the opportunity to give more suggestions. The story of the man's head apparently 'exploding' in the tabloid example is a perfect example of this. 1: attention is hooked by pattern interrupt
2: the story you tell holds and deepens their attention
