autohypnosis
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“There is a quality of trance, of autohypnosis, in her style,” Parul Sehgal wrote.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021
There is a quality of trance, of autohypnosis, in her style.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2021
Pain has been abolished through some kind of autohypnosis; local surgeons operate without anesthesia by drugs.
From Time Magazine Archive
He trained patients to anesthetize themselves by autohypnosis; they jabbed needles into their arms without feeling it and, by means of posthypnotic suggestion, remained indifferent to the pain even after they "awoke."
From Time Magazine Archive
In hypnosis or autohypnosis the subject's mind and body are degenerate; in sanctity, where at times may be displayed certain effects that resemble autohypnosis, there is always a sound mind.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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