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Do you think hypnosis is real?

Just always wondered.
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I can only speak to my own experience. I was hypnotized to quit smoking about forty years ago. The hypnotist instructed me to concentrate on the most serene, beautiful, calm landscape I could think of and I remembered an ethereal grove of aspen I’d seen on a family trip that went through Utah. The white trunks with the pale green leaves and the sun sending spears of light down into the grove.

The hypnotist told me to rub my thumb and forefinger together to summon up that serenity and peace.

I did not quit smoking, but to this day when I rub together my thumb and forefinger, I clearly see that splendid and soothing aspen grove.