A hypnotized person knows all about his/her problem and also knows how to solve it. Talking to a person while he/she is in a trance helps to find out what the cause of a person’s problem is.
In a normal state of your mind, you see only a problem; you know that it bothers you, and you want to get rid of it; you want to make it disappear. When you are hypnotized, it’s easy to talk to your subconscious mind that holds all info and data. It’s just like a computer that can scan itself and find the issues and then fix them.
Even if you are a smoker, your inner mind knows why you smoke and what should be done to stop smoking if you want to stop smoking. The hypnotist’s task is to make it easier for your subconscious to tell you how to deal with your issues. It’s less effective ordering a hypnotized person to stop smoking or to lose weight because that kind of suggestion will be rejected easily.
Think of it as talking to a kid. Will a little kid listen to you if you order him/her to obey you? Of course not. But if you ask them kindly to explain what is going on, they probably will tell you everything. So, when you are hypnotized, you know a lot about your problem’s solution.
A hypnotist kindly talks to you, and both of you, as a team, work together. A hypnotist doesn’t heal you; you are healing yourself. In a case of cigarette smoking, a hypnotist doesn’t make you a non-smoker; you are making yourself a non-smoker.
A hypnotist is a successful coach that kindly and carefully talks to your subconscious mind. All healing power is within you.