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Hypnosis is frequently used as a clinical or investigative tool to either induce or lift amnesia, as evidenced by its role in accessing buried memories [1], its use in comparative witness analysis [2], and its correlation with reported dissociative experiences {fact:1, fact:3}.
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Research on Hypnosis for Experiencers - Kathleen Marden kathleen-marden.com 3 facts
quoteDr. Benjamin Simon stated: "Hypnosis is a useful procedure in psychiatry to direct concentrated attention on some particular point in the course of the whole therapeutic procedure. In cases like the Hills,’ it can be the key to the locked room, the amnesiac period. Under hypnosis, experiences buried in amnesia may be recalled in a much shorter time than in the normal course of the psychotherapeutic process. Nevertheless, there is little produced under or by hypnosis that is not possible without it. The charisma of hypnosis has tended to foster the belief that hypnosis is the magical and royal road to the TRUTH. In one sense this is so, but it must be understood that hypnosis is a pathway to the truth as it is felt and understood by the patient. The truth is what he believes to be the truth, and this may or may not be consistent with the ultimate nonpersonal truth."
perspectiveUFO investigators should not use hypnosis to determine if an individual has been taken to a non-human environment and developed amnesia for the event.
procedureTo perform a comparative analysis of independent witness statements, a hypnotist should lift amnesia during sessions and then reinstate post-hypnotic amnesia in the witnesses until all hypnosis sessions have concluded.
Altered states of consciousness – Knowledge and References taylorandfrancis.com 1 fact
claimDissociators reported experiencing amnesia during hypnosis and perceived suggested imagery as real.
State of New Hampshire Supreme Court, Hungerford v. Morahan fmsfonline.org 1 fact
claimT. Dittburner and M.A. Persinger found that the intensity of amnesia during hypnosis is positively correlated with the estimated prevalence of sexual abuse and alien abductions.