The most easily recognizable altered state is the profoundness of relaxation the client experiences. Oftentimes, they emerge more deeply relaxed than they've ever felt before. This very fact has led to claims that hypnosis is nothing more than deep relaxation. Another definition of hypnosis holds that it is a heightened state of suggestibility. That explains nothing.
People agreeing to be induced into hypnosis, by definition, want to cooperate.
Naturally, they will accept suggestions. In the same way one suspends his disbelief while reading a great novel. Role Playing Some theorists say that hypnosis is simply role playing. That people think or do things in hypnosis because it's expected of them and by them. They are merely fulfilling a role.