If you have ever seen a television or stage hypnotist you may be wondering if it is really safe to be hypnotized to quit smoking.
After all couldn't the hypnotist make me do something I don't want to do.
Television has a lot to answer for.
Many people believe that a spy could really receive a phone call years after being hypnotized and be triggered by a single word to commit a crime.
If this is at all possible it would take years of mental programming and perhaps mind altering drugs.
On television the performer has ample time to choose subjects and carefully edit the results.
Also you only see a part of the process.
But the key is the participants must be willing.
It is similar for stage performers.
The subjects are carefully chosen and hypnotized of stage to allow for rapid changes on stage.
In the real world of clinical hypnosis the client must totally agree with the desired outcome.
To quit smoking using hypnosis a client has to accept all of the suggestions and want them to work.
The clinician will only make suggestions which relate to the desired outcome.
If during a hypnosis session I asked a client for their car keys they would immediately open their eyes and refuse me Hypnosis directs you to be very relaxed yet highly focused.
This allows for your sub-conscious to absorb the new positive suggestions to effect change.
You are safe in hypnosis, you are in control and you can easily quit smoking with correct advanced hypnosis.