hypnosis
an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion.
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How to use hypnosis in a sentence
She was brave and defiant, but also funny and stubborn like the time she accepted Dad’s challenge to quit smoking by listening to the hypnosis tapes he had given her for her birthday.
Like meditation practice, many people are capable of doing hypnosis on their own, Spiegel says.
Faubion notes that hypnosis and cognitive behavioral therapy have both been shown to be promising, probably because they reduce the anxiety associated with some menopause symptoms.
Collin had another plan — she made a virtual appointment with her therapist, scheduled a hypnosis session and deleted Twitter from her phone.
Managing stress: Company leaders face pressure, burnout just as employees do | Jessica Davies | July 12, 2021 | DigidayUsing research from cognitive neuropsychology and hypnosis, our recent paper argues in favor of the latter position, even though this seems to undermine the compelling sense of authorship we have over our consciousness.
Is It Time to Give Up on Consciousness as ‘the Ghost in the Machine’? | Peter Halligan | June 17, 2021 | Singularity Hub
In a deposition given under hypnosis two years later, he remembered that he “woke up, saw my death, and looked around.”
In addition, Bleckwenn used hypnosis to try to achieve a similar state.
Would Truth Serum Work on James Holmes in the Aurora Shooting Trial? | Kent Sepkowitz | March 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI believe that creativity requires a form of auto-hypnosis in order to work.
It was enough to feel, as one model came down the runway after another, a state of hypnosis coming on.
Marc Jacobs' Spring Summer 2013 Show: Walk The Line | Isabel Wilkinson | September 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe government declined her offer to undergo hypnosis to see if she could recall any additional information.
Originally, he endeavoured to reawaken the memory of the sexual trauma by means of the induction of profound hypnosis.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert MollWhat is meant by rapport in the group may be illustrated by a somewhat similar phenomenon which occurs in hypnosis.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. ParkIt must be traced in the literature of automatisms, hypnosis, divided personality, and the "subliminal."
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 | William JamesRepeated advertising of a tooth brush or a box of crackers is mild mental suggestion—hypnosis, if you will.
"Very well," I answered, feeling myself in profound hypnosis.
Amazing Grace | Kate Trimble Sharber
British Dictionary definitions for hypnosis
/ (hɪpˈnəʊsɪs) /
an artificially induced state of relaxation and concentration in which deeper parts of the mind become more accessible: used clinically to reduce reaction to pain, to encourage free association, etc: See also autohypnosis
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Scientific definitions for hypnosis
[ hĭp-nō′sĭs ]
A trancelike state resembling sleep, usually induced by a therapist by focusing a subject's attention, that heightens the subject's receptivity to suggestion. The uses of hypnosis in medicine and psychology include recovering repressed memories, modifying or eliminating undesirable behavior (such as smoking), and treating certain chronic disorders, such as anxiety.
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Cultural definitions for hypnosis
Placing persons in a drowsy, sleeplike state in which they allegedly become vulnerable to the suggestions made by the hypnotist. Hypnosis may also be used to tap into the unconscious and is often characterized by vivid recall of memories and fantasies. These properties make hypnosis a useful tool in psychotherapy. Hypnosis also has sinister implications, for subjects may be manipulated to perform embarrassing actions or be susceptible to carrying out the hypnotist's commands after the hypnosis session (posthypnotic suggestion).
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