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autohypnosis
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autohypnosis /au·to·hyp·no·sis/ (-hip-no´sis) the act or process of hypnotizing oneself.autohypnot´ic
autohypnosis
Etymology: Gk, autos, hypnos, sleep
the self-induction of hypnosis by an individual who concentrates on one subject to attain an altered state of consciousness. It may also occur in a person who has become habituated to the process by undergoing hypnosis a number of times.

autohypnosis [aw″to-hip-no´sis]
self-induced hypnosis; the act or process of hypnotizing oneself.


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However, the clinical reality is that DID patients' autohypnotic efforts, often directed toward maintaining their dissociative adaptations, are far more potent than the heterohypnotic interventions the clinician can bring to bear.
One could also cite the autohypnotic glossolalia of Matt Mul-lican; or Frances Stark's confessional PowerPoint presentation, in which the artist relates her ambivalence about writing and her longing to "think with [her] body"; or even the looping of Bush's immortal line "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job" in Spike Lee's 2006 Katrina documentary, When the Levees Broke--a lone stutter in the film's otherwise stately narrative progress.
Spontaneous autohypnotic age-regression in a nocturnal dream.
 
 
 
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