Regression hypnotic

No depth. Five hypnotic subjects and the simulator completed this condition. All found it unpleasant, and the outside evaluator raised the question of schizophrenia in each instance. One showed disturbances of gait, posture, and movement, similar to that seen in catatonia a second felt that the people around him were inhuman robots, plotting against him one subject showed marked withdrawal and sleepiness, and two showed inappropriate emotional behavior along with regression. The simulator also became withdrawn and hostile. 

Allgulander C, Ljungberg L, Fisher LD. Long-term prognosis in addiction on sedative and hypnotic drugs analyzed with the Cox regression model. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1987 75 521-531. 

A subject in a deep hypnotic state, especially if it is deep along the archaic regression dimension, has developed considerable trust in the hypnotist. Indeed this trust has a magical quality to it, for some amazing things have happened just because the hypnotist said they would happen. Children have a similar deep trust in their parents. As we noted earlier, the parent often seems omniscient and omnipotent to the child, so this deep trust has magical qualities, and further opens the subject/child to further suggestions. 

Herman gazed into the wisps and eddies of steam coming from his coffee cup. How about hypnotic regression while using the SQUID he asked. 

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