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In <1992Nov17.155537.7439@cis.ohio-state.edu> myers-g@sunfish.cis.ohio-state.edu (garrett myers) writes:
>I don't hold much stock in the regression or memory therapy hypnosis 
>purports to be capable of because I have heard many reports that say
>the patient, under hypnosis, is so driven to please the hypnotizer that
>he/she often just makes stuff up to please the hypnotizer.

The proficient hypnotist has ways of eliciting information without
providing clues as to what is expected, and then eliciting differing
perspectives in subsequent sessions to validate the information first
elicited.  You *can* validate the data.

>	I am, however, very interested in something I have heard more than
>once, and that is that an hour of hyponosis is worth 8 hours of sleep.

IME, it works well when never abused.  If I need to be especially alert
after a short night's sleep, I can make a pact with my unconscious (a form
of self-hypnosis) to get that alertness in return for, say, a promise to
be in bed by 10 pm that very same day.  You can also do this before-the-
fact, on the evening before you know you're going to have a short night's
sleep.

IMO, it is not ecological for the entire person to try to reduce sleep
hours to (say) 2 hours a night from a normal 8 on a regular basis; there
are important functions of REM sleep, etc., that are essential to well-
being.  So, use it as a temporary expedient, but don't attempt it as
a long-term practice.
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