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Mindset Health (YC S19) raises $1.1M to develop hypnosis apps

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Re: Mindset Health (YC S19) raises $1.1M to develop hypnosis apps

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Hypnosis is simply a state of heightened focus and suggestibility, nothing more. The misconceptions you're familiar with are unfounded but understandable. We work with respected doctors and researchers and are evidence-focused (Nerva is based on an RCT and we're in the early stages of our own study). I do think our website is pretty respectable: https://www.mindsethealth.com

Save your pitch for someone with a weaker filter for nonsense.

I might be a bit sceptical about the benefits of a hypnosis app, too, but you're being unnecessarily harsh. It's not like hypnosis itself as a phenomenon is automatically nonsense. It attracts people who are into woo, so there's probably lot of nonsense being thrown around, but AFAIK the phenomenon is real and has been used with some success.

So maybe don't buy all the hype, but from your comments I get the vibe that you automatically dismiss the whole thing because of the h word. That's not necessarily right either.

Re: Mindset Health (YC S19) raises $1.1M to develop hypnosis apps

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not sure if they have a session prior to competing but I know they use it to train and get through 8+ hours of practice.

It's not every day you hear a strong a testimonial for hypnosis :) Can I hire a hypnotist or something to try this on me, or is there a book which describes the process? I imagine it's something like getting into a flow state on command & staying there.

I wouldn't know since I haven't really prodded them on the details. I wouldn't want to give any advice on something I don't know too much about, I'm sorry!

Re: Mindset Health (YC S19) raises $1.1M to develop hypnosis apps

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Hey HN, I'm Alex. I’m the co-founder of Mindset Health, a digital health startup that makes hypnosis-based management programs for chronic health conditions. Hypnosis get’s a bad rap but it’s essentially just a state of focused attention and absorption where you become more suggestible. It’s an experiential learning state that amplifies therapeutic techniques, from CBT to visualization and direct suggestion. If you’r…

I will gladly hand over my money for an app that will hypnotize me to stop procrastinating and make me like my job.

I'd dare say you see the problem up-side down: the problem isn't to "make you like your job".

You have to instead see how much you hate your job. And that you will either spend your entire life hating it, or you will change it.

Re: Mindset Health (YC S19) raises $1.1M to develop hypnosis apps

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Hey HN, I'm Alex. I’m the co-founder of Mindset Health, a digital health startup that makes hypnosis-based management programs for chronic health conditions. Hypnosis get’s a bad rap but it’s essentially just a state of focused attention and absorption where you become more suggestible. It’s an experiential learning state that amplifies therapeutic techniques, from CBT to visualization and direct suggestion. If you’r…

I will gladly hand over my money for an app that will hypnotize me to stop procrastinating and make me like my job.

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Re: Mindset Health (YC S19) raises $1.1M to develop hypnosis apps

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Clicked on the link on my phone and hitting the back button just refreshed the page over and over again. Had to long press the back button and select hackernews to escape. Stop overwriting the back functionality of the browser please!

Sorry was this our site or TechCrunch?

TechCrunch, sorry!
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