Nine Volt wrote:Look, friend, hypnosis is simply not that powerful. You can't just magically 'quit' smoking. It sounds like you've never had an addiction before, so I'll let you in on a little secret: quitting isn't nearly as easy as it sounds. You're making it sound like quitting is like a walk in the park; a simple decision and boom, no more smoking. It doesn't work like that. Simply put, even if you consciously decide to stop smoking, the psychological crving combined with the withdrawal effects makes it very, very tough; much tougher than non-smokers think it possibly could be.
Aside from that, hypnosis is and always will be a pseudoscience, very lightly tied to actual science. It's a sham, a joke, simply put. And even if it truly does work, it simply is not that powerful.
Actually you can, treating addictions is like the primary purpose of self hypnosis in modern medicine. It's not an easy thing to do, but it at least works on occasion. Just because you are a cocky kid doesn't mean you are right. Since when did YOU become an expert on psychological addiction. The condition is psychological in nature, so shouldn't a psychological practice maybe actually have an effect? Ever considered that. Hypnosis is not a pseudoscience, it's a legit technique that has been done for a long time.