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[Karlis]

weirdnews.aol.com said:

A Florida high school principal defied school orders to stop hypnotizing students and lied about casting spells on two students who later committed suicide and another who perished in a car crash, according to a report. Read more...

[Eldorado]

That whole story is mind-boggling.  Especially the school district being okay with a hypnotist teacher in first place.

[mattryan209]

What the heck?Were these kids troublemakers and the Principal found the only solid way to get rid of the problem was to get rid of them?Or was this a case of hypnosis accidentally gone wrong?

[Red Zombie]

Hope they punish this dude.

[aquatus1]

"casting spells"

[voidla]

Apparently, you can't hypnotize someone to kill themselves or to kill them, so I am curious as to why people are writing "punish" him or thinking the hypnotism went wrong.

[Gorrak]

You cannot hypnotize someone to do something they don't already want to do. killing themselves or anyone else included.

[FlyingAngel]

I want to learn hypnotize like him

[Mieuwie]

he has great powers to be able to hypnotiz up to 76 people and evn make sme commit suicide........non-sense story
bah...

[jaguarsky]

Hypnosis is a bit tricky and someone who wishes to practice it safely needs some pretty intense training. No, you can't make someone do something that they would not normally do, at least not with standard hypnosis. But, you must be very careful with your words.

Hypnotic suggestion is very real and if not done properly can lead to, in most cases, some odd and oft times funny consequences. Like telling someone during a session to "chill out" and then have them feeling cold for days afterwards.

Without knowing what he said to the students during their one on one time there is no way to deduce what he might have happened to exacerbate the angst that teens already have in abundance. That is why reputable hypnotists keep at the very least an audio recording of each sitting.

This is a very sad story and unfortunately suicides in young people often come in clusters. Group-think. It is entirely possible that his actions had absolutely nothing to do with the sucides, that it is only a horrible coincidence.

[ShadowSot]

So of the 75 people he hypnotized, weeks or months later, three died?

Of the 35 people in my graduating class, 2 people died within a few months of graduation
Does graduation cause death?


Now, if he was told to stop by the school, and then continued, that is another matter.

[little_dreamer]

I can see this as being similar to doing psychotherapy on children/teenagers without a medical license.

[Antnanna]

I personally feel, that the parents are trying to find some sort of closure or reasoning for their children's deaths. It's sad when someone takes their own life. To know they felt there was no way out is a very hopeless and overwhelming feeling of helplessness. They should look at the home life first, before pointing fingers.

[ThePhantomFlanFlinger]

god our teachers just used to cane us for being naughty...no wonder so many grew up with fetishes

[Robert1]

Antnanna, on 01 July 2011 - 03:53 PM, said:

I personally feel, that the parents are trying to find some sort of closure or reasoning for their children's deaths. It's sad when someone takes their own life. To know they felt there was no way out is a very hopeless and overwhelming feeling of helplessness. They should look at the home life first, before pointing fingers.

My thoughts exactly.  It seems to me someone is looking for a scapegoat.