So I know that both hypnosis and brainwashing are in some way connected to the mind but can someone please what the difference between them is like what makes the two different terms?
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Hypnosis is more of a temporary trance like state. You basically relax the person to the point where “resisting,” suggestion would require effort, and therefore they go along with stuff. It’s very similar to the state you’re in seconds before falling asleep, where you’re relaxed and don’t want to be woken up. Hypnosis is a voluntary process, and someone who doesn’t want to be hypnotized is almost impossible to hypnotize.
Brainwashing is more of a long-term process of psychological manipulation for the purpose of changing how someone thinks. It’s usually done through things like isolating a person from views that contradict the ones that are desired, exposing them to positive things alongside the views you want them to express (such as eating delicious meals while listening to propaganda), exposing them to negative things alongside things you want them to dislike (making them do hard labor while listening to the opponents viewpoints), and many other psychological tricks that range from mild suggestion to extreme physical/psychological abuse. Brainwashing is mostly done involuntarily, and is used to various degrees in everyday society, from advertising to military boot camps.
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