Q&A: How does hypnosis really work?

Question by Carrot, the Peanut: How does hypnosis really work?
I want a PRACTICAL method of hypnotizing people. I have seen other similar questions and everyone seems to answer by defining hypnosis!! How do you hypnotize someone else or yourself??????
More practical….how do you do it? I don’t need to know the effects. What methods do people [...]

anyone else ever volunteer at a hypnosis show?

jessica asked: so i went with a few friends and decided to try it as it seemed interesting. i went up stage and he had us focus on some sort of shining crystal ball as he talked. he kept saying to relax and all of that. eventually i went under pretty good and it felt [...]