The claim: Image shows Fox News segment on "gay hypnosis" Fabricated screenshots of TV news stories have been circulating online for years. One recent addition is a purported screenshot of a Fox News ...

Hypnosis is a genuine psychological therapy process. A trained hypnotist or hypnotherapist induces a state of intense concentration or focus to help you open up to therapeutic improvement. It’s often ...

Look into my eyes. The phrase calls to mind images of a psychotherapist swinging a pocket watch. Or maybe you picture Catherine Keener in the film Get Out, tapping her teacup and sending an unwilling ...

The idea of drifting into a state of unconsciousness and waking up able to resist cravings and drop weight sounds too good to be true for most dieters. Hypnosis is widely used to help overcome phobias ...

Misrepresentations of hypnosis seem to pervade television shows and movies. For instance, they suggest hypnosis produces an unusual state of consciousness (trance) associated with loss of willpower ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) causes people to have recurrent unwanted or unreasonable thoughts or sensations (obsessions) or make them feel driven to do something repeatedly (compulsions).