Have you seen the movie Avatar in 3D? Well, you were truly immersed in that alternative world on the screen; basically you were watching Avatar in hypnosis. It allows you to accept a world you are reading or watching a movie about, even though that world may have different rules or foundations than your own.

This happens for most of us when we’re engrossed in a well written book or watching a good movie. Its responsible for the light hypnotic state that we go into during these experiences, and makes the story more impactful and emotional for us. Most of the time that just means that you cry, laugh, or get angry as you identify with the protagonist of the story.

Add the very realistic 3D effect of Avatar, and some people are apparently experiencing suspension of disbelief on steroids. The internet forums on Avatar, the movie, are being flooded with comments by thousands of viewers who are feeling depressed, even suicidal, because they so strongly identified with the protagonists of the movie, the Na’vi of the planet Pandora. They come out of the movie desperately craving something better, to escape this planet, and find themselves depressed.

On Avatar Forums, the topic to cope with depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible, has over 1,000 posts. On another site, a user posted “When I woke up in the morning after watching Avatar for the first time yesterday, the world seemed grey. It just seems so meaningless. I still don’t really see any reason to keep doing things at all. I live in a dying world.”

Why are people feeling this way from just a movie? Well you need to understand an accepted fact that the subconscious mind cannot tell the difference between something you imagine in hypnosis and a real event. Many scientific studies have been done on this, all pointing to this same conclusion: events imagined in hypnosis are accepted as real, and the memories created are just as valid in the subconscious mind as any other experience. Still, there is a lesson in their experience for all of us, even if we aren’t as deeply affected as they.

Have you been affected this way? My recommendations, if you are really concerned, are to watch the movie in traditional 2D, which will prevent the hyper-reality of the 3D effect and allow your critical factor to stay more engaged. Another way to keep your critical factor engaged is to ask questions during the movie. Ask yourself things that question the realism or practicality of what you are seeing, like, that could never happen could it? It defies the law of gravity! That will help to keep you out of a hypnotic trance.

Your feelings always follow your thoughts–if you think about how bad things are, then you’ll feel bad. If you think about how good things are, you’ll feel good. If you experience your best life scenarios in hypnosis, your mind will accept that as your reality, and you will feel and behave accordingly.

What I appreciate about this Avatar effect is that it illustrates this exact principle happening in ordinary life, and this can help people understand how it really can impact your feelings. If this can happen to you unintentionally just by going to a movie, imagine how powerful this can be in your life once you harness this phenomenon with intention.

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