hypnosis vs nightmare

hypnosis

noun
  • Any of various sleep-like conditions. 

  • The art or skill of hypnotism. 

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

nightmare

noun
  • A feeling of extreme anxiety or suffocation experienced during sleep; Sleep paralysis. 

  • Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure. 

  • A very bad or frightening dream. 

verb
  • To have a nightmare. 

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