<p><strong>Yes</strong> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js_unuMakWc" rel="nofollow">video example of Derren Brown making a man drunk</a>) with caveats:  </p>

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<li>Not for every person being drunk means loosing his inhibitions</li>
<li>You can't force people to do something they don't want to do (<a href="https://youtu.be/gygL_CXAZk0?t=16m27s" rel="nofollow">example by Anthony
Galie</a>)</li>
</ol>

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2016-06-17T12:18:24.937Z
And is this Derren Brown reputable?
AliceD
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2018-05-19T10:46:29.820Z
@AliceD very. But in fact he already demonstrated, more than once that **it is possible** to make people do something against their "will" so to speak - by convincing them they were in fact doing something else.
Marc.2377
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2019-03-21T22:27:29.890Z
@Marc.2377 - Derren Brown is a stage hypnotist.  Everything he does is staged.  As you pointed out, you cannot force somebody to do something against their will.
Chris Rogers
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2019-03-22T00:19:20.460Z
@ChrisRogers is it really so?
Marc.2377
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2019-03-22T08:45:02.747Z
@Marc.2377 Links to state you cannot be forced to do something against your will 1. [Psychology Today](https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/hypnosis-the-power-trance/201509/is-total-mind-control-possible) 2. [Australian Government](https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/ConditionsAndTreatments/hypnosis).  If you think it's ok in the first place you can be made to do it under hypnosis.  If you don't want to, you can't.
Chris Rogers
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2019-03-22T15:18:22.887Z
@ChrisRogers Thanks, but I meant to question if is it really true that _everything_ Derren Brown does is staged. Regarding hypnosis' ability to "force" someone to do something they normally wouldn't, have you seen the [Assassin Experiment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owootTAuxic)? In this demonstration, Brown trains someone to shoot at a person by making the subject see a shooting target instead of an actual person. I find that very credible.
Marc.2377
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2019-03-22T15:19:40.497Z
@ChrisRogers You can't use hypnosis to force someone to eat an onion, but if you make the subject to really think the onion is actually an apple, it's doable.
Marc.2377
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2016-03-18T21:06:07.617Z
Waldemar Gałęzinowski
<p>I was wondering if a person could be hypnotized to act drunk? That is, can a person totally lose all his inhibitions while in hypnosis (similar to being drunk)?</p>

<cognitive-psychology><social-psychology><hypnosis>
Can a person be hypnotized to act drunk?
guestgurtiuh
# Can a person be hypnotized to act drunk?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-07-12)

I was wondering if a person could be hypnotized to act drunk? That is, can a person totally lose all his inhibitions while in hypnosis (similar to being drunk)?

**Tags:** cognitive-psychology, social-psychology, hypnosis


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-18. Score: -2

**Yes** ([video example of Derren Brown making a man drunk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js_unuMakWc)) with caveats:

1. Not for every person being drunk means loosing his inhibitions
2. You can't force people to do something they don't want to do ([example by Anthony
   Galie](https://youtu.be/gygL_CXAZk0?t=16m27s))

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: And is this Derren Brown reputable?  
> **username_3**: @username_2 very. But in fact he already demonstrated, more than once that **it is possible** to make people do something against their "will" so to speak - by convincing them they were in fact doing something else.  
> **username_4**: @username_3 - Derren Brown is a stage hypnotist.  Everything he does is staged.  As you pointed out, you cannot force somebody to do something against their will.  
> **username_3**: @ChrisRogers is it really so?  
> **username_4**: @username_3 Links to state you cannot be forced to do something against your will 1. [Psychology Today](https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/hypnosis-the-power-trance/201509/is-total-mind-control-possible) 2. [Australian Government](https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/ConditionsAndTreatments/hypnosis).  If you think it's ok in the first place you can be made to do it under hypnosis.  If you don't want to, you can't.  
> **username_3**: @ChrisRogers Thanks, but I meant to question if is it really true that _everything_ Derren Brown does is staged. Regarding hypnosis' ability to "force" someone to do something they normally wouldn't, have you seen the [Assassin Experiment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owootTAuxic)? In this demonstration, Brown trains someone to shoot at a person by making the subject see a shooting target instead of an actual person. I find that very credible.  
> **username_3**: @ChrisRogers You can't use hypnosis to force someone to eat an onion, but if you make the subject to really think the onion is actually an apple, it's doable.  

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