I don't know about you, but I've always been terrified of being hypnotized. Sure, it looks cool — but I'd be scared of revealing some deep, dark secret, like my double identity or the fact that I ...

Although hypnosis can help with a number of medical conditions, it doesn't work for everything. Paula Connelly/iStock via Getty Images Plus We’ve all seen it, typically on television or on stage: A ...

Smith discusses how hypnotism works and why it can't be used for mind control. He also comments on audio hypnosis, remote hypnosis, mass hypnosis, and other hypnosis techniques. Visit Insider's ...

When you think about hypnosis, what do you visualize? For many, it’s a clock-swinging magician or a comedy act that forces an unwitting volunteer to make embarrassing public admissions on stage. But ...

Hypnotist Barbara Stevens of the Chakra Garden in Colonie often illustrates the power of hypnosis with a story about one of her clients. The client was at her wit's end because her daughter just ...

The premise of the CW's Hypnotize Me, based on the UK series You're Back In The Room, is both simple and hard to believe. Each episode, hypnotist Keith Barry puts four contestants into a hypnotic ...

Funny things happen when I snap my fingers. On a stage in Syracuse, a grown man fell instantly and deeply into a state of total relaxation and collapsed onto the floor. At a training event in ...

Self-hypnosis is a process that involves using certain techniques to enter a hypnotic state. While in a state of intense relaxation, people often try to visualize certain goals. Self-hypnosis has its ...

If you could resolve your school-age or teenage child's anxiety, chronic pain, insomnia, bedwetting, or other health issues with a treatment that has no side effects, would you use it? Most people ...

What is the science behind hypnosis? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Colin Gerber, ...

Students at college face several challenges including keeping up with their classwork, studying efficiently, planning their future careers, maintaining a good balance between achievement of academic ...

A years-long case involving a teacher’s use of hypnosis on students and staff members at a Florida school was back in the news this week when the case was settled before going to trial. Since it was ...