CHT Hypnotic Phenomena and Depth of Trance 2

Question 1

What does the term 'hypermnesia' mean in the context of hypnosis?

Accepted Answer

Enhanced recall of memories, sometimes of events not consciously remembered

Answer

Hypermnesia refers to an increase in memory recall during or after hypnosis, allowing a subject to access memories with greater detail than normal waking state recall.

Question 2

A 'negative hallucination' in hypnotherapy means the subject is:

Accepted Answer

Unable to perceive something that is actually present

Answer

A negative hallucination involves the suggestion that a real object or person is not there, causing the hypnotic subject to fail to perceive it — the opposite of a positive hallucination.

Question 3

Time distortion as a hypnotic phenomenon refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

An altered subjective perception of time — either expanded or compressed — during trance

Answer

Time distortion is a common hypnotic phenomenon where the subjective experience of time differs significantly from clock time — minutes can feel like hours or hours like minutes.

Question 4

In hypnosis, somnambulism refers to which level or state?

Accepted Answer

The deepest level of hypnosis involving full responsiveness to suggestion including positive hallucinations

Answer

Somnambulism in hypnotherapy is the deepest level of trance, at which subjects can experience positive and negative hallucinations, open-eye trance, and profound amnesia.

Question 5

What is 'automatic writing' as a hypnotic technique?

Accepted Answer

A process in which the subject writes responses that emerge from the unconscious without conscious control

Answer

Automatic writing is a dissociative hypnotic technique where the subject's hand writes material that arises from unconscious processes, bypassing conscious censorship or deliberate thought.

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CHT Hypnotic Phenomena and Depth of Trance 2