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Subscriber only The telltale ding of one particular text message tone still transports Kate Everett straight back to a spring day in 2017 driving along a country road with her teenage daughter Dolly. They were making the long trip into town from their remote cattle station near Katherine, NT, when they came into phone service and 14-year-old Dolly s phone began to chime with the sound of incoming text messages during the September school holidays. I remember it clear as day hearing that sound and then she just stiffened and I said what s going on and she said oh nothing, nothing , Kate said.
frenzy. announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is nightline, march 23rd, 2012. good evening, i m bill weir. for years, hypnotists were aassociated more with fairgrounds and variety shows, but the trans-like state has emerged as a more widely accepted form of behavioral therapy, from anxiety to smoking, they say they can change the mind. but what about tricking the mind into shrinking the body? here s abc s matt gutman. one. two. and three. close your eyes. reporter: clarissa delong is undergoing a radical weight loss procedure. she s hoping to lose 140 pounds by convincing her body that she had gastric bypass surgery. but without ever going under the knife. you can feel that it s time to put that band on your belly. reporter: it s called gastric bypass hypnosis. the cost is around $1,200, while the real surgery costs up to $35,000. what was the sensation like? it was surreal, al