Traumatic Rupture of the Pancreas

experience suggests that this type of acute anxiety reaction tends to occur more often during hypnography than in verbal hypnoanalysis.An inadequate, dependent young man was receiving treatment for loss of confidence.Whlen hypnotized he was given a crayon and told that his hand would draw something that represented his problems.With a rhythmical movement he made a series of marks on the paper.He became more and more preoccupied with what he was doing.The rhythmical character of the move- ment became more pronounced.His expression was very intense, and it seemed obvious that the drawing was a sexual equivalent.He begani to verbalize his thoughts, and the sexual nature of the activity was confirned.He abreacted a good deal of emotion.Hypnosis became lighter.He suddenly turned very pale and started to sweat.He woke from hypnosis spontaneously.In a shaky voice he said that lhe thought he had woken up and thought he was going to vomit.He became intensely tremulous; the sweating was profuse; his pulse was rapid and of poor volume.He looked alarmingly ill.He was immediately rehypnotized and given suggestions of calm and well-being.His physical condition was restored in ten to fifteen minutes.In subsequent sessions care was taken to maintain an adequate depth of hypnosis, and no further complications were encountered.