>>94371691>I think a lot of this comes down to hypnotism being dependent on the hypnotized being willing to go into a trance state and take commands, and their ability to HOLD a trance state.You're talking about overt hypnosis. Covert hypnosis is still a thing though. You can induce trance in someone without them realizing and consenting to it if they aren't incredibly resistant to it and you use a subtle technique. Fuck's sake people go into trance while driving all the god damn time. I think I've seen my entire immediate family and a few friends do that shit at least once. I once went into a trance state while playing DDR (and I got a AA on Freckles while I was fucking at it). As for the taking commands bit, you can phrase shit to be fairly innocuous.
tl;dr You can totally implant hypnotic suggestions on some people without them realizing it, but you were totally right about the hold trance bit.
Fuck's sake I once posted instructions for self hypnosis on /x/ along with a few harmful suggestions disguised as a summoning ritual to trick people into mindfucking themselves. Too bad I bitched out and gave a warning a few minutes later.
