What is the hypnotic state?
It is a relaxed state of mind and body in which the everyday world fades into the background and the conscious mind is put to rest. In some ways it is like the experience of watching a film or reading a book – we suspend disbelief and set aside our logical, critical frame of mind. Even though we know the film action is not real, we are swept along by it, feel involved in it, and react as if it were real.