A hypnotic trance is a sleeplike state. You are in control and there is nothing to fear. a registered clinical hypnotist is not a stage hypnotist and you will not do or say anything that you would not if you were out of trance. You go into a state of deep concentration that enables you to achieve things you would not otherwise manage to do. It empowers you to use you unconscious mind to overcome problems.
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