Are persons in a trance physically defenseless and dependent upon the hypnotist?
In hypnosis there is no impairment of mental discrimination or the ability to detect threatening stimuli. The instinct of self-preservation does not leave the hypnotized person. If a fire broke out or some other threat developed while the person was in the hypnotic state, his reactions would be similar to those prior to the trance and he would do his utmost to save himself.
In hypnosis, there is no impairment of mental discrimination or the ability to detect threatening stimuli. The instinct of self-preservation does not leave the hypnotized person. If a fire broke out or some other threat developed while the person was in the hypnotic state, his or her reactions would be similar to those prior to the trance, and he or she would do the utmost to save himself or herself.
