This is an interesting discovery for me which solidified my belief that hypnosis can cause changes.
I had a dream last night that I was just sitting in a dining room reading a magazine when someone came in and started pushing me to get my hair cut. (It's been about 3-4 years since I last cut my hair so it's down to between my shoulderblades and I've been doing my best to take good care of it) Naturally I declined several times and went back to reading my magazine. After a while I went to the living room to avoid her while she disappeared to somewhere in my house.
when I finished reading the magazine I looked up and she was there with a cleaver like Knife and was walking towards me. Naturally I got up and backed as far away as I could from her, and she said If I wasn't going to cut my hair then she would, and started swinging the knife at me. I take tai chi regularly so instinctively I was blocking her strikes narrowly missing the sharp blade. after a mis-swing The blade came down along my neck. deep enough to bleed but shallow enough to not kill me.
Now the entire time this dream has been going on, it felt extreamly real to me. Every surface, movement, texture, impact I could feel to the point I actually believed it was real. So when the knife went across my neck, I felt the cut.
At this point I kicked the crazy lady away to the point she slid across the floor dropping the knife. As she got up she said "What are you doing? You need a hair cut!" I tried to answer that I don't want nor need a hair cut, but all I felt was air raising up my throat and out my mouth soundlessly. no matter how I tried I couldn't speak.
Freaking out, I ran outside out of range of the crazy lady at which point everything blurred and I woke up.
Immediately when I woke up I ran to the bathroom and checked the mirror where I saw a blemish of a healed wound right across my neck where I was cut in the dream. And it wasn't just me. Other people have noticed too to the point that I feared talking all day in case it wasn't a dream and I really am Mute. I STILL fear talking
It's also got me thinking if a dream can do that, then hypnosis can really do more than people give it credit.