AUTOHYPNOTIC AMNESIA

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N., Pam M.S.
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This is a Jungian term for repression. It was initially based on the observation that hypnotic amnesia may be induced by a person under hypnosis.

AUTOHYPNOTIC AMNESIA: "A person who represses may get a form of autohypnotic amnesia."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. POSTHYPNOTIC AMNESIA
  2. ORGANIC REPRESSION
  3. BRAID'S STRABISMUS
  4. TRANCE
  5. ROLE-ENACTMENT THEORY
  6. ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA
  7. SEDATIVE-, HYPNOTIC-, OR ANXIOLYTIC-INDUCED PERSISTING AMNESTIC DISORDER
  8. AUTOHYPNOSIS
  9. RETROGRADE AMNESIA
  10. BRAID'S STRABISMUS
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "AUTOHYPNOTIC AMNESIA," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/autohypnotic-amnesia/ (accessed April 20, 2021).
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