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There are two types of hypnosis: the 'episode of saved by the bell where zach hypnotized kelly to love him' type of hypnosis, and the hypnosis preformed by trained psychologists. Obviously you cannot swing a watch in front of someones eyes for a minute muttering, "You're getting sleepy..." and hope that they will do your bidding. It's normal, however, for people to go into trances every day. Remember driving home from work yesterday? I'll bet you don't remember the whole trip. It's like an auto-pilot for your brain, so that you aren't always completly focused. A therepist that is properly trained can watch for when a normal trance comes over a client, or can help them into a trance state through conversation. This is to be carried out for the benifit of the client.
While in a trance state unconscience thoughts come to the surface and mental and emotional healing can take place.
The power of suggestion (i.e. the vegas hypnotist making somone bark like a dog) is real, however audience members are usually cooperating on some level. It's also possible for this form of entertainment to be destructive to the participants. Usually these entertainers don't bring out their diplomas, so I would not reccomend trying this.
Bottom line: there is such thing as hypnosis.
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