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(It was, I believe, after my own recovery that Jane’s first symptoms, unrecognized by us as to their potential severity, began to show. And now under hypnosis Jane said the second important thing: she told me that if she got sick, I wouldn’t be sick any longer. [...] However I have two symptoms carried over from that period, that still must be dealt with, and I feel these are directly related to Jane’s symptoms. [...]

(I had wanted to hypnotize Jane for some time, but had been hesitating even though my pendulum told me I had nothing against the idea. [...] That moment came today, from an almost casual remark Jane made this afternoon, and which I am not even able to quote. [...]

(I believe Jane was a little nervous at the idea of being hypnotized, since I mentioned it at supper time. [...] The fact that Jane was a willing, even eager, subject was of course a great help.

[...] Jane lay on her back with her hands crossed. I began to induce a general relaxation, following techniques I had read, and which Jane had used with me several years ago. [...]

[...] I am not used to speaking so steadily, although Jane later said that she too had noticed a voice stain in her first session with me, until she became more relaxed and used to the idea. [...] Jane said she was aware of this, and that the break almost snapped her out of the relaxed state she was entering.

(I told Jane before we began that we would not stress tests to prove hypnosis, that these could come later if we chose. [...] Once Jane’s eyes closed at the start of the session they remained closed until I told her they would open at the end.

(One was to regress Jane to a period of two years ago, chosen at random. [...] Jane appeared to accept my way out without question.

(I began to tell Jane that she was now going into a deeper trance. [...] Jane said she had no particular feeling of entering a deeper state, but when I brought her out of it at the end of the session she had a very definite feeling of rising, of leaving it to return to full consciousness.

[...] I did not correct it, for it seemed we were getting to some material that was emotionally strong for Jane in recall. By now I had begun to tentatively mention the symptoms, and to ask Jane what she could say about their origin. [...]

[...] [I had cried in the car as we drove out of Sayre on the way south, but had, I thought, regarded this as natural enough at the time.] Jane told me that it was her fault we had chased around the country, that her spontaneity had done nothing but get us into trouble. Jane described how she had become very frightened in Florida over the job situation, and that I had been forced to get a job anyhow even though I had told her most emphatically that I didn’t intend to do this. [...]