Subliminal messages are said to be messages or signals that
surpass the conscious mind and directly goes to the unconscious mind of human
beings. What makes some people doubt the
effectiveness of subliminals is that they don’t really “feel” or “experience”
the detection and interpretation of the subliminals.
But what can they expect from messages that are meant to
target the unconscious, right? Do
subliminals work? What are the proofs
that they do or they don’t?
Several debates and controversies have risen in lieu of the
power of subliminals messages. Some
would say that they were just duped by subliminal messages and nothing really
happened to them when they listened to the subliminals. Some would even go to the extent of saying
that subliminals are one of the greatest rip-offs of all time.
On the other hand, a number of people also claim that
subliminals have played a big part in their success in life and that they
wouldn’t mind receiving future subliminal “treatments” for further success and
increased optimum performance.
Subliminal Suggestions: More Powerful Than Ordinary
Suggestions?
Subliminal messages expand their latent power/influence from
the belief that they may be able to get round the crucial functions of the
conscious psyche. It has also been
repeatedly discussed and argued that subliminal suggestions are generally more
influential than common suggestions.
This road to persuasion or influence would be similar to
hypnosis or auto-suggestion wherein the subject is suggested or somehow
encouraged to be calm and relaxed so that suggestions can be aimed to deeper
parts of the human mind. Some observers
have proposed that the unconscious mind is unable of critical rejection of
subliminal or hypnotic suggestions. Numerous studies and research findings do
not maintain the conclusion that subliminal messages are markedly influential.
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