Of Quebec origin, Messmer (real name Éric Normandin) its passionate about hypnosis From the earliest age. Guest as part of the section The portraitof the show 50′ Insidethe famous hypnotist returned on the origins of his interest in this practice. He also told how he became aware of his abilities in terms of hypnosis. He first explained that when he was seven years old, his father had brought home a book dedicated to hypnosis that he had forbidden his children to consult him.
Exceeding this prohibition, the young apprentice hypnotist had read it in secret. To the questions : “When did you realize that it (hypnosis) could work? On a friend, I think? Today’s guest first responded: “A panic attack. The anxiety has arrived”. He then said that at the age of 8, he told a friend that his arm was “stiff” and he couldn’t bend it anymore. He then noticed that his friend could no longer bend his arm. “I saw the rising panic in his eyes… We were 8 years old… He started to cry”, he declared on the set of the show. After this event, Messmer realized that he had succeeded in putting into practice what he had read.
Worldwide recognition
Born in 1971, Messmer began performing at the age of 15. IHe owes his pseudonym to Franz Anton Mesmera big name in magnetism, reports Here is. In 2007, he acquired great notoriety thanks to his show Messmer fascinator. Two years later, he took his first steps on Canadian television. It was then recognized internationally. French viewers discovered it in 2011 in The Grand Journalthen in 2012, in Stars under hypnosis (TF1). The hypnotist regularly tackles records. In April 2023, he managed to hypnotize 854 people in six minutes, specifies Europe 1.
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