Psychologists irving kirsch and wayne braffman propose that many highly suggestible participants are just as responsive to suggestions when they have not been hypnotized as when they have been hypnotized. they note that hypnosis does not reflect a distinct brain state but rather individual differences in the degree to which a person is able to experience an imaginary state of affairs as if it were real. their explanation of hypnosis is called the:

the imaginative suggestibility view

Explanation:

This is used to suggest to a participant or a patient to imagine a certain scenario as if it was real which may help a patient with a particular psychological issue that they may be struggling with.

A person may be able to imagine something that is being suggested to them without being hypnotized and be able to experience this imagery state as if it was real happening .

For example a person who has been fantasizing about doing something evil but hasn't done it ,if they visited a psychologist and he suggested they imagine that scenario.

He may guide them through without hypothesis until they reach where they can actual do this act but if they can be able to stop themselves through this imaginary state (which may look like it's happening in real life) this could mean that they wouldn't real carry that kind of act in real life which may in return help them overcome those fantasies.