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Autosuggestion
Autosuggestion is a psychological technique related to the placebo effect, developed by apothecary Émile Coué at the beginning of the 20th century. It is a form of self-induced suggestion in which individuals guide their own thoughts, feelings, or behavior. The technique is often used in self-hypnosis.
Typological distinctions.
Émile Coué identified two very different types of self-suggestion:
- intentional, ""reflective autosuggestion"": made by deliberate and conscious effort, and
- unintentional, ""
(S.K.U.L. Associate, Series 5 Episode 4 "Total Eclipse"). An associate of Arthur Poopsberry, the creator of a hypnotic autosuggestion spiral that betrayed him and helped The Grand Master to start a war against Belgium in exchange for lots of money. He projected a spiral controlled by The Grand Master onto a solar eclipse that hypnotised thousands of people in Britain into doing The Grand Master's bidding (The Grand Master went to war with Belgium as Flopsy had fallen gravely ill aster eating a dodgy Belgian waffle!).