Hypnotised

I was hypnotised last night. I have footage.

I was at our office Christmas, er, Holiday party last night and there was a hypnotist for entertainment. Ever inquisitive, I decided to be one of the volunteers for what ended up being a scene of group hysteria. Either you believe me or you don't, so I'm not going to try to prove that it was real, I can only describe it this way:

You know when you are sitting, typing, reading, etc. and your mind begins to wander to a million other things, all the while you are still doing the same thing? That is your mind in its "normal" state, a lot of thoughts at once, but you are still in control of what you are doing, the other thoughts don't send you in new directions of action, otherwise you'd never get anything done. Well, under hypnosis, my experience was one where all other thoughts were emptied from my mind, completely, I didn't wander, and there was only the sound of the hypnotist's voice, telling me to fall asleep, drive a car, go fishing, pick flowers, etc. He gave directions and I followed, it wasn't that I was unconscious, but there was nothing else entering my mind, so it felt like I didn't have a choice but to accept and act on the input the hypnotist was giving. Very interesting.

Among many other things, I fell asleep on my boss, at one point another woman from the office applied suntan lotion on me, I crashed a car, and ended with a beautiful ballet scene.

Afterwards, I "awoke" on the floor, our office manager keeled out on some chairs, my boss on the other end of the room, everyone else had their shoes off. It was hilarious.

I was told that I was very entertaining in particular, most likely due to my theatrical training. When he told us to do ballet, apparently I had the foot positions down and everything. I wish I could've seen it.

This experience got me to thinking about the state of the mind, and if it is possible to similarly clear my mind for other activities, while not "under the spell" of a hypnotic state. I'm sure I can, I think there has to be willingness to let go. Something I don't feel particularly safe doing these days.

Has anyone else had such an experience? Either with a hypnotists aid or not? A time when their mind was blank and actions and decisions felt easy?