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 that you give yourself a posthypnotic suggestion that the tingling, light or numb sensation will disappear as you continue to count to 15.
From A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Powers, Melvin
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
He was given a posthypnotic suggestion that such an event happening again was exceedingly remote, and this was amplified by suggestions of confidence that he would immediately start slugging as well as ever.
From A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Powers, Melvin
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