hypnoid state, n.All

A Hypnoid state (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a dreamy pocket of consciousness whose ideas never connect with the rest of the mind, and Breuer saw it as the root of hysteria.