Hypnosis Is Like a Thing

"I don't understand hypnosis. Well, I don't think anyone really does," he says. "There's some evidence that can be used to reduce chronic pain in certain ways." Hypnosis has been shown to have some efficacy at treating addiction and PTSD. But as you said, hypnotizing does not mean that you're putting someone into a state where they will take commands and do whatever. It seems like the kind of thing that there's still a lot of like debate about, but like it is a thing.