THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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The person may find it easy to judge the passage of time.
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The person may have more control over emotions
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The person may be more open to suggestion
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The person may find that their powers of thought and reasoning are enhanced.
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Detailed explanation-1: -An altered state of consciousness is a change in one’s normal mental state as a result of trauma or accident or induced through meditation, drugs, some foods, etc. [1] The person is not unconscious.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness or awareness usually but not always involving relaxation, within which individuals experience heightened suggestibility. This state of consciousness is different from both the various stages of sleep and the normal waking state.
Detailed explanation-3: -"An altered state of consciousness (ASC) may be defined as a temporary change in the overall pattern of subjective experience, such that the individual believes that his or her mental functioning is distinctly different from certain general norms for his or her normal waking state of consciousness".
Detailed explanation-4: -Memory impairment, lowered problem solving ability, illogical and disorganised thoughts.