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suggestion /sug·ges·tion/ (sug-jes´chun) 1. the act of offering an idea for action or for consideration of action. 2. an idea so offered. 3. in psychiatry, the process of causing uncritical acceptance of an idea. hypnotic suggestion one imparted to a person in the hypnotic state, by which he is induced to alter perceptions or memory or to perform actions. posthypnotic suggestion implantation in the mind of a subject during hypnosis of a suggestion to be acted upon after recovery from the hypnotic state. hypnotic suggestion Etymology: Gk, hypnos, sleep; L, suggerere, to suggest a suggestion implanted in the mind of a person under hypnosis. hypnotic suggestion Psychiatry The modification of unconscious thought through hypnosis, which may be useful for specific/simple phobias, but rarely for agoraphobia, social phobia, or anxiety and panic disorders. See Hypnosis. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Paraliminal hypnotic suggestion has come a long way in the past twenty years. Hypnosis has also been useful, by determining the precipitating cause of pseudoseizures and then abolishing it by hypnotic suggestion. He claimed to have been helped in his own mental difficulties by a professor's use of hypnotic suggestion and tells a personal anecdote about how this phenomenon worked over "a great distance. |
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