Autohypnosis vs. Hypnosis — What's the Difference?

The act or process of hypnotizing oneself.

Hypnosis is a human condition involving focused attention (the selective attention/selective inattention hypothesis, SASI), reduced peripheral awareness, and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.There are competing theories explaining hypnosis and related phenomena. Altered state theories see hypnosis as an altered state of mind or trance, marked by a level of awareness different from the ordinary state of consciousness.

A self-induced hypnotic state.

An artificially induced altered state of consciousness, characterized by heightened suggestibility and receptivity to direction.

Hypnosis of oneself.

Hypnotism.

A sleeplike condition.

A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.

Any of various sleep-like conditions.

The art or skill of hypnotism.

Supervention of sleep.

The condition of being hypnotized or the process of hypnotizing a person; hypnotism{1}.

A state that resembles sleep but that is induced by suggestion