how does Hypnotism work?

Answer 1

No one is absolutely sure how it works. It's thought to be a state in which the "hypnotizee" is highly suggestible, but it involves a certain amount of trust, in that you are following the hypnotist's suggestions. (No, you can't be hypnotized into doing something absolutely against your moral code. However, it's pretty easy for a hypnotist to induce you to "remember" something that never happened.) Most people are moderately hypnotizable, a few are extremely so, and a few can't be hypnotized at all. You have to believe it works, first.

One theory is that people aren't really being hypnotized, but are unintentionally or intentionally faking it so as to please the hypnotist. Another says hypnotism does exist, and it's in terms of a "divided state" of consciousness, in that one part of the mind is quite happily responding to suggestion, but another part (called the "hidden observer") knows what's really going on.

Basically, to finally answer your question, there is disagreement on whether or not there is hypnosis, and if so, how it exactly works.

Answer 2

Hypnosis, in the psychological sense, is highly dependent on the person being hypnotized and is somewhat dependent on the ability of the therapist to make the person comfortable and relaxed.

Hypnosis is a function of a person's openness to the experience. If the person makes a conscious effort to be hypnotized and to experience suggestion, then hypnosis is possible. However, too much effort or too little effort makes the experience futile.

Remember also that hypnosis is not a method to "put other people under your power", it is a diagnostic and treatment method used by clinical psychologists to tap into a person's subconscious to flesh out details that would otherwise have been disclosed from the therapist.

Hope I helped.

Answer 3

it doesn't