Does hypnotism actually work or is it just acting?! TOP GEAR...?

Question

just watched top gear where richard hammond got hypnotized...

honestly is it real or is hypnotism just people acting

how does it work?

Answer 1

If you doubt hypnotism is real , speak with a hypnotherapist or one of his patients.

Answer 2

I have been hypnotized, and the only way I knew it is because the hypnotist requested all of us remember the funniest joke we ever heard.  

I was doubled over laughing... and the joke is not that funny.

It works because I relaxed so deeply that my unconscious mind was able to process information quickly and remember, not just the joke, but the circumstances of when I heard it.  

Once you are that deeply under, you are free of many barriers, but you will not do something that you would not normally do.

best of luck.