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Ambulance called to woman who failed to wake from hypnotist's trance during live show
20/02/2017
A WOMAN who took part in a hypnotist's show in Madrid had to be attended by paramedics when she did not wake up from her trance – and even they were unable to rouse her.
She was a volunteer on stage at the Palacio de la Prensa in Madrid in the El Mentalismo en el Cine show, led by renowned hypnotist Pablo Raijenstein (pictured left, on his own poster advertising the event).
But she went under so deeply that the organisers had to call out an emergency SAMUR ambulance with life-support equipment when Raijenstein was unable to bring her out of her stupor after an hour of trying.
Then, even paramedics were unable to awaken her, causing increasing alarm – all of this happening live on stage in front of an audience.
In desperation, an emergency psychiatric team was called in and they were able to stir her to some degree, after which she was taken straight to hospital – conscious, but not completely compos mentis.
She is still in hospital, but is said to be in good health and now fully awake.
A worried Raijenstein said this is a very 'unusual' situation, which he has rarely seen before.
“If the participant is quite depressed, and not very happy awake in general, they tend to prefer to stay asleep,” he says, although admits he cannot fully explain what happened.
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A WOMAN who took part in a hypnotist's show in Madrid had to be attended by paramedics when she did not wake up from her trance – and even they were unable to rouse her.
She was a volunteer on stage at the Palacio de la Prensa in Madrid in the El Mentalismo en el Cine show, led by renowned hypnotist Pablo Raijenstein (pictured left, on his own poster advertising the event).
But she went under so deeply that the organisers had to call out an emergency SAMUR ambulance with life-support equipment when Raijenstein was unable to bring her out of her stupor after an hour of trying.
Then, even paramedics were unable to awaken her, causing increasing alarm – all of this happening live on stage in front of an audience.
In desperation, an emergency psychiatric team was called in and they were able to stir her to some degree, after which she was taken straight to hospital – conscious, but not completely compos mentis.
She is still in hospital, but is said to be in good health and now fully awake.
A worried Raijenstein said this is a very 'unusual' situation, which he has rarely seen before.
“If the participant is quite depressed, and not very happy awake in general, they tend to prefer to stay asleep,” he says, although admits he cannot fully explain what happened.
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