Intro to Hypnosis Flashcards
What is hypnosis not?
It is not controlling someone else
What is hypnosis?
Using your imagination
The acceptance of suggestion
Is hypnosis involuntary?
To a degree yes but you have to be willing
Define hypnosis
Preferential acceptance of suggestions at the expense of reality
Refers to any instruction or procedure that either explicitly or implicitly conveys to the participant that they are about to enter a specific state or condition
Define trance
The experience of feeling in an altered state where someone goes into a day dream and feels less connected with what is going on around them
What is suggestion?
QThe process whereby an individual accepts a pupation put to them by another without having the slightest logical reason fr doing so
When saying some is highly or lowly suggestible what do we mean?
Suggestibility is the degree to which an individual is inclined to wards uncritical acceptance fo ideas and propositions
What can hypnosis do in a dental setting?
- Can intensify the patient therapist relationship
- Facilitates creative problem solving
- Alter symptom eg pain
How can we use hypnosis?
- Relaxation
- Control anxiety
- Control sensations including pain
- Learn new habits and get rid of old ones
- Hallucinate (or dream)
- Remember or forget
