Parents Blamed for Hypnotic
Delusion
Dec 2004
Parents and caregivers were today accused of deluding children for their own
advantage. In the run-up to Christmas many adults will participate in
Delusional Hypnosis by telling their off-spring that they will not receive
Christmas presents if they do not behave themselves.
Children as young as a year old are led to believe
in the mythical figure of Santa Claus and warned that he will not visit them if
they are naughty, reported a spokesperson for the Anti Santa Society.
This is seen to have serious later implications for the youngsters who, when
discovering that Santa does not really exist, will be susceptible to the
influence of subsequent untruths, learn to distrust the people in whom their
security and well-being most depends on and find it difficult to distinguish
fact from fantasy.
"In the adult world bribery and blackmail are seen
to be serious crimes and yet children are unwitting subjects because their
parents, relatives, teachers and other adults who should be responsible for
teaching truth and integrity to tomorrow's generation want a bit of peace, quiet
and orderly behavior" reported the ASS spokesperson. "We are concerned
that children who are lied to in this way will have no respect for the law and
become materialistic, grasping adults with no regard for the feelings of their
fellow human beings".
Hypnotic Delusion refers to the implanting of
false ideas or suggestions into the subconscious mind. Creating a fantasy
figure like Santa Claus is rather like asking a subject to visualize a beautiful
scene, something that many Hypnotherapists do in order to instill a feeling of
safety and comfort with their subjects before offering suggestions which will
later be acted upon.
It is known that aesthetic surroundings (decorated
Christmas trees, lights around windows and doors, shop displays, etc) can
enhance hypnotic susceptibility and coupled with the fact that children have
been long known to be excellent hypnotic subjects, this type of delusional
hypnosis is seen to be unethical and unnecessary.
The ASS spokesperson will be addressing the Green
Garden Management Association tomorrow regarding the abolition of gnomes.
