Understanding Consciousness and Hypnosis
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment.
What is consciousness?
Rapid eye movement. Recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur.
What is REM sleep?
Recurring problems in falling or staying asleep.
What is insomnia?
Caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, amphetamines, methamphetamine, and ecstasy.
What is stimulants?
A social interaction in which one person responds to another person's suggestions that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur.
What is hypnosis?
The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms.
What is circadian rhythm?
A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified. Occurs during NREM-3 sleep.
What is night terrors?
Alcohol, Barbiturates, Opiates.
What are depressants?
A split in consciousnesses, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others.
What is dissociation?
Waves that occur at NREM-3 sleep.
What are delta waves?
A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings.
What is sleep apnea?
Continued substance craving and use despite significant life disruption and/or physical risk.
What is substance use disorder?
A suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carries out after the subject is no longer hypnotized.
What is posthypnotic suggestion?
A pair of cell clusters in the hypothalamus that controls the circadian rhythm.
What is suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)?
A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times.
What is narcolepsy?
Alcohol use marked by tolerance, withdrawal, and a drive to continue problematic use.
What is alcohol use disorder?