...is a form of mind control. I have been hypnotized many times in the past many times and received beneficial results. I will never allow anyone to hypnotize me again.
Hypnosis is learned from a master and when you learn to hypnotize yourself you no longer need the master. Many people, such as I, are fortunate to have learned the process and "survived the experience" because they learned from someone that didn't actually understand the power that they possessed as your hypnotist, or even worse they did understand that power and used it to attempt to control them.
IF YOU CONTROL YOUR OWN MIND IT WILL BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO CONTROL IT FOR YOU. Hypnosis is one method of doing that.