Hypnosis is constantly being used in television commercials. Have you ever watched a television commercial and at the end of it felt like you needed that product? Or maybe even you pick up the phone to call the number for a product that was advertised on the TV screen. Television commercials suggest (sometimes not so subtly) that you need a certain product, and if it's a well-made commercial, it will even give you the suggestion that you need it right now. It will suggest to you that supplies are limited and you must pick up the phone and call right this very moment. Television ads use many forms of coercion. They lead you to believe that operators are standing by, that you must purchase a product now or you'll lose your opportunity forever, that millions of other shoppers have purchased it and are in the smart or popular group, and even if you are not satisfied they will give you double your money back and you can keep the free gift for yourself. If you are in a frame of mind that is open to suggestion, these promises can be very alluring.

Television advertising, in addition to convincing you how great a product is or how popular you will be if you purchase it, will also prey on your fears. Some of the most successful and popular advertising campaigns on television today are from pharmaceutical companies. These commercials ask if you have experienced any one of a myriad of symptoms that could cover pretty much anybody who breathes. Then once they have stated all of the symptoms that you may have, they conveniently mention that they have the solution for your problems in a pill that is supposedly a miracle drug for these symptoms. Then they urge you to call your doctor and tell him that you need this pill. It's amazing that, as a result of these commercials, patients are calling their doctors and asking for a certain pill to cure their self-diagnosis.

You are also being hypnotized on a daily basis through radio, billboards, magazines, and virtually any place else where there is advertising. You have been hypnotized your entire life through suggestions from your family, school, government, church, military, work, and any other type of group that you attend. It happens any time that your thought process is changed, enhanced, or coerced.

Hypnosis can be found everywhere in virtually every walk of life. Think about the major conditioning sources in your life: school, religion, government, television, military, and family. Each one attempts to teach you or lead you in a certain way of believing or thinking. Some of these organizations condition you to slant your thinking toward their agenda or purpose.