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Recent Examples of self-hypnosis
After six weeks, the researchers found that individuals in the self-hypnosis group had about a 53 percent reduction in hot flash frequency and intensity.
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Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
17 Nov. 2025
Repeating them in front of the mirror each night has been a vocal warmup and a self-hypnosis for Matthew.
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Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
Then get into bed and start a self-hypnosis session meant for sleep.
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Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
5 Dec. 2024
When 'shifting' becomes a problem For those who do not suffer from a mental health condition, Sarkis likens the reality shifting phenomenon to a form of self-hypnosis, whereby fantasies can feel real and vivid.
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Charles Trepany,
USA TODAY,
17 May 2024
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
17 Nov. 2025
Repeating them in front of the mirror each night has been a vocal warmup and a self-hypnosis for Matthew.
—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
Then get into bed and start a self-hypnosis session meant for sleep.
—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
5 Dec. 2024
When 'shifting' becomes a problem For those who do not suffer from a mental health condition, Sarkis likens the reality shifting phenomenon to a form of self-hypnosis, whereby fantasies can feel real and vivid.
—
Charles Trepany,
USA TODAY,
17 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-hypnosis
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Where did the hypnosis fail to work?
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In December 2024, the National Security Archive and ProQuest declassified about 1,200 documents pertaining to the program, detailing the CIA's experiments with drugs, hypnosis and other mind control techniques during the era.
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Amid the incredible automatism of the stage production (and life in general), Left Shark’s choreography mistakes spawned a wave of internet memes that made Katy Perry unhappy — until her lawyers saw the value and attempted to trademark Left Shark’s design.
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Breton aimed to access the unconscious through dream and automatism, a surrealist technique of creating art without conscious control, allowing spontaneous expression from the subconscious mind, free from rational thought or aesthetic rules.
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This hypnotism is especially conveyed through the film’s costumes.
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Other topics of his lectures over the years that followed included animal magnetism, hypnotism, and the ether.
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“Self-hypnosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-hypnosis. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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