If a Hypnotized Person Is Told Not to Feel Pain

Multiple Choice

If a hypnotized person is told not to feel pain during surgery without anesthesia, which of the following outcomes is most likely?

A) The pain sensations still occur, but they are not emotionally distressing.
B) The pain receptors do not respond to the cuts.
C) The pain receptors carry a message as far as the spinal cord, but the message stops in the spinal cord.
D) The person feels the same pain as any nonhypnotized person, and reacts to it as strongly.