n interaction in which one person temporarily assumes authority over another person. The hypnotist gives the subject suggestions to relax and focus, and to follow the directions of the hypnotist, to imagine situations such as an arm becoming heavy. Then the hypnotist gives instructions to follow suggestions meant to be therapeutic such as letting go of pain and imagining another sensation replacing it. In reality, however, almost any exchange imaginable that has been defined as hypnotic induction is little more than another word for a
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