Hypnosis

MENTAL TRAINING: Making Use of Self-Hypnosis

Published on: 1st February, 2002

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By Paul Schienberg, PhD Self-hypnosis is a technique that is often used by athletes for the purposes of pain management, anxiety reduction, or maximizing exertion. Hypnosis is a temporary, trance-like state, which is characterized by the individual being exceedingly suggestible. If a hypnotized individual is told that he/she can not move his arm, then he/she [...]