de·hyp·no·tizedor British ; de·hyp·no·tised; de·hyp·no·tiz·ingor British ; de·hyp·no·tis·ing
: to remove from hypnosis
Variants of DEHYPNOTIZE
de·hyp·no·tize or British de·hyp·no·tise (audio pronunciation)
Chapter 4 of Psycho-Cybernetics deals mainly with dehypnotizing yourself from negative or limiting beliefs.
Negative beliefs, according to Dr. Maltz is a form of hypnotism you are doing to yourself.
In the beginning of Chapter 4, Dr. Maltz gives the example of a fellow
doctor friend of his, Dr. Alder. In Dr. Alder's youth as a young
student, he had difficulties in mathematics. His teacher become
convinced that he was "dumb in mathematics" and then convinced his
parents who also believed the teacher's claim. His grades started to
reflect this belief of being "dumb in mathematics". Then one day, it
occurred to him that he had a sudden flash of insight and wanted to
solve a math problem that his classmates could not figure out. When he
walked in front of the class and begin to solve the problem, he himself
and his whole class were amazed! Then he began to understand how
arithmetic works and went on to be an excellent student. This story is
to illustrate that Dr. Alder's belief that he was "dumb in mathematics"
was a form of hypnotism he had done to himself. When he dehypnotized
himself of this belief, he became an excellent mathematician.