Not really. If you study hypnosis, you realize that it is a trance state of heightened awareness, not sleep at all. When I am gardening, I go into a trance state where if I scratch my arm and it bleeds, I don't notice it. But the heightened awareness is of the act of gardening, which is a favorite of mine. So, there is no "sleeping" in hypnosis, nor do you turn over your will to another. I took a short course a long time ago, and was able to produce "glove anesthesis" in my subject. That meant I could use a needle to poke them and they didn't feel it. It's not like the stage hypnotists, who find very suggestible people and push them to make fools of themselves. That's all fake. But going into a trance is a normal, everyday occurrence.
Not really. If you study hypnosis, you realize that it is a trance state of heightened awareness, not sleep at all. When I am gardening, I go into a trance state where if I scratch my arm and it bleeds, I don't notice it. But the heightened awareness is of the act of gardening, which is a favorite of mine. So, there is no "sleeping" in hypnosis, nor do you turn over your will to another. I took a short course a long time ago, and was able to produce "glove anesthesis" in my subject. That meant I could use a needle to poke them and they didn't feel it. It's not like the stage hypnotists, who find very suggestible people and push them to make fools of themselves. That's all fake. But going into a trance is a normal, everyday occurrence.