Article: Hypnosis; Overview.

Hypnosis is a medium or modality through which you may become more alert to your own thoughts and feelings. But it's not all that different from being absorbed in thought or reading a book.

With hypnosis, you are far more open to suggestion, at least to suggestions compatible with what you are motivated to achieve. It is a form of intense receptive concentration. Accordingly, hypnosis often is used to modify behavior and overcome phobias and bad habits--it can help you make changes that you've been unable to make otherwise.

There's no definitive explanation for exactly how and why it works, and experts debate what's involved when you are in a hypnotic state. What seems ...

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