self-suggestion
Britishnoun
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It is sufficient to point out that in order to make self-suggestion operative, no strong belief or enthusiasm, such as those schemes imply, is really necessary.
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Nor is it always necessary that the mind of the patient should be influenced by another person; self-suggestion is at times equally efficacious.
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Suggestion exerted by the circumstances is about the same as what is often called "auto-suggestion" or "self-suggestion".
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I passed out temporarily just as a result of self-suggestion.
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You were mentally tired, there was some self-suggestion for sleep.
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