# Hypnosis

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypnosis/98446>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 15, 2002, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypnosis/98446 "2002-03-15T11:22:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypnosis/98446/21 "2012-07-12T19:26:28Z")

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Willingness to go along might explain why being hypnotized and quitting smoking worked for me but not for a co-worker. Our employer wanted a non-smoking office but wanted it to be painless, so they paid for the sessions. At the time, I badly wanted to quit, but my co-worker didn’t. “Jackbooted thugs!” I quit after the first session; she was still smoking after five sessions, but not in the office.

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**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypnosis/98446/22 "2012-07-12T23:06:05Z")

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> [@runner pat](#):
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> You are getting sleepy. When I snap my fingers, you will forget all about the SDMB.
> 
> _snap_

I hope this works. 😉

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