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How does hypnotism work and do you remember anything after being hypnotized?

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There is quite a bit of myth about hypnotism. Basically it's about relaxation and putting irrelevant thoughts out of your mind. Most people aren't as suggestible as is described in some of the sensational-seeking write ups. With a quiet mind you are able to remember things that happened, discover things about yourself and even learn to control pain. If you don't want to do what you are told, you won't. All of that stage stuff is just for the people who are natural exhibitionists. that isn't the real thing.
A person can have amnesia of the trance with and without it directly being suggested. Anything you can experience in a waking state can be experienced with hypnosis, such as its normal for a person in a waking state to forget something, where you put your keys or what your third grade teacher's name was.

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