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Classic Hypnotic Phenomena
As part of the trance induction Erickson would develop various hypnotic phenomena. This would help to demonstrate to the subject that they were indeed in a trance, but it would also provide important clues as to the direction of the eventual therapeutic suggestions.
There are twelve principle phenomena.
Hallucinations can be positive (something is there that is not real) or negative (something is not there that actually is) in any given representational system (sight, sound, touch etc.)
Anaesthesia Insensitivity to pain. Loss of feeling
Analgesia Reduction of sensitivity to pain.
Catalepsy Unable to consciously move but have a waxy flexibility if repositioned.
Ideomotor behavior As someone thinks about a movement or response it actually happens.
Ideosensory behavior As someone thinks about a sensory response they experience it
Automatic behavior Automatic writing or drawing. Just happens, no volition
Post hypnotic suggestion This is a suggestion that happens after hypnotic experience on a particular cue.
Time distortion Time can be experienced as longer or shorter (slower or faster).
Amnesia Forgets something that actually happened
Hyperamnesia Remembers very vividly something they hadn’t realized that they remembered.
Age regression The patient actually gets so absorbed in an experience that they begin reliving the experience.
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