Hypnosis is a responsive state in which a person’s attention is usually focused on the hypnotist and his suggestions. Some people are easier to hypnotize than others, but everyone has some degree of hypnotizability. Those who can hypnotize themselves respond to being hypnotized by other people. Among the answers that are usually seen in the hypnosis state are: increasing or decreasing motor control, memory distortion through post-hypnotic dememorization, retrograde, pain reduction.
One of the beneficial uses of hypnosis is in the treatment of burns and in midwifery, dentistry and surgery.
