I felt he was right for our experiment; he was referred to us by his physician. His records indicated he had phantom pain and although unbearable to him there seemed to be no medical reason for it. The patient was desperate for relief and even though he expressed displeasure for being under the care of a woman doctor, he enrolled in our experiment.
The above is what I wrote when Peter Hall came to us but what I thought of him I didn't dare put in writing. This man is, I should say was a misogynistic ass, his disdain for women was obvious with in the first five minutes of talking with him. Once under hypnosis his hatred of women was beyond the boundaries of a rational person and bordered on sociopath. He has a real problem with overweight women and has made it his personal goal to drive any female who appears to be heavy out of his company. At the present time, he has three lawsuits against him and is using all his legal avenues to stall the litigation.
I have published articles on the use of hypnotherapy for pain relief and that is my field. Lately I have been doing studies on the breaking of will through hypnosis. As this is not yet a medical field that is recognized by the AMA, I have not published any of my findings. I have to admit my feelings of disgust with this patient convinced me to experiment with his psyche.
It was quite easy once Mr. Hall was under for his pain therapy, to send him deeper until his will of independence was dissolved by the utterance of a key word. The selection of the key word was easy I chose the word 'MS.' as I noticed every time I called my assistant by that title he would rankle. My thoughts on this were that once he was out in the world, he would be humble to anyone who used that title with their surname.
I released Mr. Hall pain free and yet he failed even to thank me. As he was leaving, I called to him and gave him the key word as a test. He turned and asked what he could do for me. I told him my feet were tired and I needed a foot massage. He came to me and once on his knees asked me if I would allow him to massage my feet. I told him I was too busy to stop and he would need to get under my desk so I could work as he tended to his chore. He crawled under my desk and I rolled my chair up to him and put my nylon cover foot in his face. He actually gave a comfortable massage.
About two weeks after I had released Mr. Hall I happen to ride the elevator down with my neighbor's daughter Jocelyn. She is a pleasant girl of about thirty years of age her biggest flaw being she is around one hundred pounds overweight. She was bemoaning her weight to me, saying she would never meet a man until after she lost her bulk. The problem being her lonesomeness was the major cause of her overeating. I liked this girl and I decided to help her. I told her I could not only help her with her diet but I knew a man that would love to be with her as she lost her weight. I said this man would be hers as long as she wished and after she had slimed down she could leave him for a better person. I told her to be at my office the next day and then I went to work and ordered Mr. Hall to be in as well.
I put Hall under as soon as he got to my office; I put him to work doing menial tasks for my assistant. When Jocelyn arrived, I put her under to suggest a weight loss plan and then while still under I explained how to handle Mr. Hall. I then brought her around and instructed Mr. Hall to come into my office. I introduced her as Ms. and then asked him if he thought she was cute. They left my office arm in arm and he was beaming.