Hypnotic Interruption
Technique -
Polarity Play
Polarity plays involve enacting more dramatically and congruently a dominant behavioral pattern of the person, thereby interrupting the person's ability to continue with such behavior.
This particular hypnotic interruption technique is used extensively in a branch of hypnosis / therapy called "provocative therapy". There were instances where years of psychotherapy wouldn't bring any benefit to the person and where a daring therapist would get the person out of his dysfunctional state in a matter of hours or even minutes. The process sometimes seems humorous, other times cruel, but the point is - it works.
Here are few examples:
One person was in a catatonic (motionless) state for almost 16 years. The therapist figured if the person has chosen to act like a piece of furniture, he may as well threat him as such - so he got all the students on the premises he could get and asked each one of them to sit on this person for about 20 minutes. It only took several students, before the catatonic didn't want to play that game any more and came out of catatonia.
And then there was a humorous story about a woman who was stuck in the mental hospital because she was telling everyone that she is dating Jesus. The therapist chose to play her game and found one very beautiful student and sent her to this woman to tell her a story that she is also dating Jesus and that, as a matter of fact, she is her favorite girlfriend and was getting ready to go on a date with him. It didn't take long before the first woman became enraged with the student's preposterous claim and came out of her delusion.
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