self-suggestion
Britishnoun
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A dream-figure may indeed seem to conform to optical laws; but that will be the result of self-suggestion, or of organised memories, and will vary according to the dreamer's visualising power.
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It yet remains doubtful how far close proximity really operates in aid of telepathy, or how far its advantage is a mere effect of self-suggestion—on the part either of agent or percipient.
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Suggestion exerted by the circumstances is about the same as what is often called "auto-suggestion" or "self-suggestion".
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I passed out temporarily just as a result of self-suggestion.
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You were mentally tired, there was some self-suggestion for sleep.
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