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Pardon my general ignorance on the subject, but I remember a documentary saying that certain forms of hypnosis require a therapist to actually instruct patients to blink because they won't do it on their own. I know I wouldn't want my laptop to bluescreen in a middle of a session like this.

Hypnosis is usually done with the eyes closed -- people tend to visualize better that way, and I guess it prevents the eyes from drying out too.

Many people have used hypnosis tapes, CDs and MP3s, for decades, without the presence of a hypnotherapist, and I've never heard of anybody being harmed by it. If the recording cuts out halfway through, the client will eventually emerge from hypnosis, as though they were waking from a nap.

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