As far as the limits of hypnosis, it's more or less defined by a few criteria : - the experience/suggestibility of the hypnotee. - the experience of the hypnotist. - the relationship between the 2 (meaning, time, trust, etc...). - the emotional state of the tee - the level of ethics if the tist.

First, I'll adress this phrase "hypnosis can't make you do anything you don't want to do" : there is a few caveats. 1. If you have someone who's extremely suggestible and have no knowledge of hypnosis? It is possible that they end up in a situation where they can't get themselves out in the moment, or at least where they feel like they can't (because once you go to sleep, those suggestions don' t stick). 2. Clue's in the name, "hypnosis can't make you do something you don't want to do", so, if you manage to make someone want to do something they didn't want to do? Or at least, it was something that they could be talked into? (like sending pictures for instance), it is possible with enough finesse on the tist part. 3. With enough time, more or less anything is possible. Cults don't need hypnosis to make people do extremely self destructive acts (sending all their money, to them being one of the few). Emotion al manipulation doesn't need hypnosis either, just finesse as well as a complete lack of ethics and empathy. 4. All of this compounds with your emotional state. If you're feeling down? It's a lot easier to make you do looooots of things like what I mentioned above.

So, here you go, that's my take on this sentence which is fundamentally lacking in context "hypnosis can't make you do something you don't want to do", which, may I add, is phrased stupidly, because the brain is unable to understand negatives, so, you should say "hypnosis is unable to make you do something you refuse to do".

That aside, your imagination is more or less the limit. Smell scents that don't exist? Sure, it's possible. Hallucinations, whether auditive, feeling based or visual? Yeah, go wild.

There is lots of fun that can be done, one just needs to remember that at it's core, it's a tool and it just depends on who's using it

The true limit of hypnosis is what you set for the limit to be that being said that it is possible to make you change what that limit is or may be but that often takes time and more than one session and would require complete trust in the 'tist of course to even put in trance you need to have some trust in them already. A 'tist may not modify or change a memory or a traumatic event you may have suffered in the past but may make it so you are not so stressed out by it and to be able to move on from it. Need to be careful in groups and such as many may claim that they are a 'tist but their only experience is they have either read a book or two on the subject of have found some scripts to borrow from others.

Most hypnosis relies on the placebo effect from what I can tell

So theoretically based on that it is possible to make someone think you have complete control over them, and thus it’s as if you do, but it would be very difficult and would practically require torture for anyone with a shred of knowledge on how hypnosis works

Think of it more like guided meditation. You wont do something you dont want to do.

The case of someone breaking up with their partner as a result of hypnosis is bullshit. They were just fishing for something to blame for the breakup so they could deflect from the real problem. Kinda cowardly.

No it can’t make you do anything against your will but under hypnosis you’re more susceptible to suggestions . And it can help you achieve some things in your life .

I'd bet good money the latter is simply a roleplay.

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