Today's is going to be a short one,
So this week I got to try a little bit of role reversal.
Since I have been playing with Scorpio, she's always been very much into learning all about hypnosis and not just what it feels like to be have fur and want nothing but to chase string. I enjoy being a teacher myself, so decided to take on the task of teaching her. Aided by hypnotically enhanced memory, she has proven a very quick student, and after a few mishaps and stumbles, I have decided to provide myself as a willing subject for her to practice on.
If there is one thing I learned by through this side of my life, it's that after reading about hypnosis and theory for many years and thinking I know all about it, I found that the moment I began hypnotizing others, was the moment that I began to really understand how people react and what is really going on.
After a few lessons, we decided it was time to give it a try. Scorpio prepared a script for her trance, a very helpful way to keep yourself on track when first starting out. I on the other hand took some time to relax a bit from work and put on some headphones and music to let me really sink into this experience.
I have to admit that with trance, I've tried many times, and I seem to be one of those people that always has a little voice, or other activity in the back of their heads, even while feeling a fairly strong trance. It leads to my mind always being aware, breaking down, trying to figure out anything around me. Makes it easy to learn new things but very hard to just let go.
So, with boosted confidence (some hypnotically) and a couple false starts, we began the session outright.
I am not sure what to describe, about how it felt, Scorpio's script was pretty good, long and thorough and overall I found I went fairly deep ...for me anyways... part of me was always awake as I said, and I think I understand why some people react the way they do. For example I found that having to blink constantly due to the relaxation makes it very hard to read rapidly appearing lines, and I was constantly trying to catch up on what had been typed. At one point I found that I would have spontaneous imagery unrelated to the trance, which is something I've had before (waking dreams) but only when extremely tired, my dreams tend to stick around a bit after I wake up, to the point of being able to go back in, if I feel a dream is particularly interesting.
Overall, this was a very good and successful trance, and though I want to try going much deeper, I was pleasantly surprised at least one post hypnotic trigger had worked, not strongly but just at all, as that would be the first time that has happened. Perhaps we will have many other trances to talk about in the future.
So a bit of house keeping, the chatroom is here, and I am still on schedule (updating Mondays and Fridays) it's not a lot, but I have a heavy work schedule as well, I'll be on the chatroom constantly, and the blog has a new color and layout which I think is an improvement. Nikki (the girlfriend) made herself known and she will update whenever she feels like it, since even through hypnosis she has a mind all her own.
Scorpio of course will also update on the same schedule so check back on Monday to see how our weekend turned out!
Sharky
See, the thing I think that might always hold you back is the very nature by which your flourish as a hypnotist - what I mean is, that your analytical mind, which likes more than anything to dissect, will never let you go enough to fall so deeply under, and either "not remember" or more likely in your case, remember without having to understand every nuance. I really think part of why I go so easily and so willingly is that for the most part, I'm okay with not understanding everything (though I do get frustrated by that) and it's the mystery and fancifulness of the process that makes me so eager to keep returning.
ReplyDeleteJust a thought. ;) You did so wonderfully, and I wanted to thank you again for letting me try my hand at this whole thing. It was a great and rewarding experience!