hypnomania

Etymology

First discovered in the writings of Hyppolite Bernheim, the condition was originally referred to as a "morbid craving for hypnosis". The term hypnomania would be coined much later.

hypnomania means A condition where a previously hypnotized subject develops a morbid craving for hypnosis. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

HYPNOMANIA — [Noun] A pathological addiction to the hypnotic state itself, marked by a compulsive craving for repeated, often self-sought, trances. From the Greek hypno- (from hypnos, meaning "sleep" or "hypnosis") and -mania (meaning "madness, frenzy, or excessive enthusiasm"). Unlike hypersomnia, a disorder of excessive, passive sleep, or clinophilia, a general fondness for reclining, hypnomania is an active, psychological dependence on the surrender of agency. It is the glazed, anticipatory stare at the hypnotist's pocket watch, the frantic scheduling of appointments not for cure but for cessation of self, and the insomniac's dread of the exhausting work of unmediated consciousness. It is the soul's quiet rebellion, mistaking the erasure of the mind for a form of peace.

noun

A condition where a previously hypnotized subject develops a morbid craving for hypnosis.