posthypnotic suggestion
Britishnoun
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The unconscious mind is a wonderfully accurate timekeeper, as posthypnotic suggestion demonstrates.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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."
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Be sure you give yourself the posthypnotic suggestion that the next time you hypnotize yourself, you will fall into a deeper and sounder state.
From A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Powers, Melvin
A special code phrase in the message had released "Stanley Martin" from the posthypnotic suggestion that had held him for so long.
From Anything You Can Do! by Garrett, Randall
Using this technique, with each subject carrying out a posthypnotic suggestion, intensifies the responses of other subjects.
From A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Powers, Melvin
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