I. Hypnosis
Hypnosis
A. Is REAL
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Vocabulary:
SDP [Sleep Deprivation Psychosis]: when you lose the ability to differentiate
the difference between reality and dreaming, you start to see things, mirages
etc.
Hypnic Jerk: light jerk of your body – happens when all your major muscles
relax at the same time
REM Behavior Disorder: person who is in REM cycle, but does not experience
the immobilization or paralysis
Stages of Sleep:
1. Stage ONE: light sleep [REM only occurs here] (see: Hypnic Jerk)
4. Stage FOUR: deepest sleep (very hard to achieve and usually can’t stay here
long)
Types of sleep:
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When you wake someone up from REM sleep, there is an 85% chance,
that they are in some sort of dream
When you awake someone from NREM sleep, there is a 95% that the
person is NOT dreaming
REM Sleep:
a. Stage ONE
b. Dreaming stage
Sleep Disturbances:
1. Insomnia:
2. If you have worries, deal with them when you are awake,
hours before your sleep time, even if you can’t solve of finish
them, DEAL with them
o Meditation
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3. Sleep talking:
c. Later on, re-script the dream, but this time, remove the horrific
parts
1. ANY drug can cause one, enough of ANY drug can cause an altered state
Psychological Dependence:
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A. DEPENDENCE
B. ADDICTION
C. TOLERANCE
D. TOXICITY
Toxicity:
Meditation:
3. Receptive: Rather than focusing on ONE thing, just let your mind go, and
think about random things, around your environment, anything, just
anything, without thinking