This case report describes the dangerous side effects of stage hypnosis in a 35-year-old male combat veteran who had previously been injured by an improvised explosive device (IED.) In the year following the injury, the veteran had been treated for transient right-side paralysis and chronic neuropathic pain. He had no previous psychiatric history before the injury, and was receiving no psychotropic medications other than gabapentin for pain control. The veteran was married with two children, and rated his marriage as “way above average.” Approximately one year following the injury, the veteran took a rehabilitation trip for injured combat veterans....
