self-suggestion
Britishnoun
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"It seems probable," says Dr. Wingfield, "that all phenomena capable of being produced by the suggestion of the hypnotiser can also be produced by self-suggestion in a self-suggestive subject."
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
I passed out temporarily just as a result of self-suggestion.
From The Deaves Affair by Hulbert Footner
Increase your self-confidence in every possible way, and you can do this to a remarkable degree by the power of self-suggestion.
From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
Hypnotic agencies, according to Myers, may be simplified into suggestion and self-suggestion.
From Occultism and Common-Sense by Beckles Willson
Somewhat similarly I believe some persons can secure a cheap substitute for genius on stage or platform, evoking by suggestion or self-suggestion a helpful subliminal uprush.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
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