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bavi 03 октября 2013, 02:57 в посте Metapractice (оригинал в ЖЖ)

The hypnotic subject, who will be called Sue here, was not entirely a naive hypnotic subject. A stage hypnotist had tried to hypnotize her and rejected her, giving her the idea that she was a poor hypnotic subject. Dr. Erickson reports, “I met her for the first time at Dr. M’s. I looked her over and nodded to Dr. M that she would make a good subject, and I indicated that later I wanted Dr. M to work on her. This was done by signals that Sue could not see. I went ahead on this occasion to work with another subject, and then I asked Sue to sit down in a chair beside me. I asked her if she’d like to be hypnotized, and she said, ‘Yes, but I’m not a good subject.’ I told her I thought she was a very good subject. I took hold of her arm and tested it for catalepsy. At the same time I tried to get some eye fixation. There was a fairly responsive eye fixation, then she shook her head and said, ‘I don’t think I can be hypnotized.’ I asked her if she wanted Dr. M to work on her, and she did, so Doctor M had her look at the reflection of the light on the doorknob. Dr. M worked quite hard with her and produced practically no results. There was closing of the eyelids, but no catalepsy, no hand levitation, and rather restless behavior. When Dr. M told her to arouse, she explained that she wasn’t so sure she had gone into a trance, but that she had tried very hard to cooperate. Perhaps she ‘cooperated too hard.’ She didn’t think she would make a good subject, even though Dr. Erickson said she would. She thought that perhaps I had made a mistake. The next time hypnosis was attempted was in her home. I had two good subjects there, and Sue really watched both of them. She was the hostess and was answering the telephone and worrying about the children making a noise. She said, ‘I’d like to be hypnotized, but I’m afraid I can’t be.’ I asked her to sit down and be a subject. She sat down, and I tried to hypnotize her. She was restless and said, ‘I can’t be hypnotized, I’m no good as a subject. I’m really not listening to you. I don’t think I could be a subject, but I’d really like to be one.’ That was the second effort. This recording constitutes the third attempt.”