So... I've hypnotized quite a few people now. This is a relatively big change in my life. Just a few years ago, I was an anonymous guy. I read MCstories, the various hypno blogs, . I loved it all but I never in my life considered being able to influence someone's inner thoughts, create a secondary personality or even set up an orgasm trigger.
What I'm trying to get at, is that I've now hypnotized quite a few people. A large majority of those people have enjoyed it and even came back for more.
Hypnosis is not all powerful, it's not magic, and it's not even all that effective all on it's own. What makes it effective is the care and the rapport that you build. relating to the people you hypnotize as people, friends, framily first and only second as your subjects to be played with is the key to having them have an enjoyable time the first time, and many repeat tries. When you play with hypnosis, you are leading people through an experience, holding their hands, you are their guide and if they dont have a fun time they wont take the tour with you the second time. no matter how well you led them, they have to enjoy where they go, they have to enjoy your company they have to enjoy what they feel when they go there and most importantly they have to feel safe. If any of those things are not true, then you will do nothing but first sessions.
I'm going to re-emphasize this point - Your hypno play is always about the other person. satisfying their needs and curiosity while keeping them feeling safe should be your first, if not your only priority.
Take a minute to re-read the above sentence before I go on.
Ok now ... what's the fun in that? well. trust is always the foundation of whatever you REALLY want to do.
you desparately get turned on by the thought of an alternate personality that is into the smell of fish and enjoys juggling fuzzy dice... by all means make that your goal... but, you have to find someone who is both agreeable to that, and feels that they trust that you would do nothing to their detriment.
Of course all of these are mutual and I will write a post about the faceless (genderless?) hypno addicts one day. But for now. all you budding hypnotists svengalis and mind controllers, your first job is to make others enjoy this little hobby of ours. if you'd like to have them return and tell their friends, be someone worth telling their friends about.
Till next time
- Sharky
on request - reference/lessons/etc
I was asked recently by a lovely co-twitterer NookieNotes about whether I've got some material to help with learning hypnosis, specifically reference, lessons and so on.
so, not to waste any time, I'm going to simply put some links here which should help folks find out how to get started.
I'd love to hear what resources other people have and what they use to find information and enjoy reading.
One thing I didn't mention are communities, this is where you meet the other people interested in this subject. There are quite a few but they are generally not hypnosis oriented, twitter, myspace, and the usual places you hang out at are probably the best, because the people who mention this interest along with their real life are most likely to be the trust worthy ones (they have little to hide)
Above all, have fun, learn, share, and be safe
- Sharky
so, not to waste any time, I'm going to simply put some links here which should help folks find out how to get started.
- YouTube: simple one, learning by copying is how I got my start. Just like any kind of complex skill, you have to master the basics before you can get fancy. Find a simple video of an induction, something you think you can follow, and watch it, over and over and over again. Then try it on your friend/lover/coworker/brother. Over and over and over again
Brian David Phillips - nice simple easy to follow inductions
katherine Anne: a bit fancier but shows you can start young.
learn the inductions, practice them on friends, then take them apart, start changing parts to get your own style and learn what works and what doesn't.
eventually you can move onto more complex stuff, NLP less direct inductions, once you get the feel for what people's minds are doing as you bring them down.
Derren brown's stuff is probably the more complex showy stuff, that you'd like to strive towards (and surpass ?) - Warpmymind: This one is a bit more interesting, if you'd like to experience some easy free hypnosis, there are a ton of (fetish mostly though not all) files here. most will not work as well as a live hypnotist, try the plain inductions (bubble induction, blink induction are both good starters) learn them feel them out, if they affect you, then Great! enjoy them. if not, they still affect others, nearly everyone can be hypnotized, but not everyone respond to common methods.
- Blogs!: You're reading one now! and there's also a few more in the "Other People" section to the sidebar here!... yes, go check them out... yeah I'll wait.
read a few? interested? good.
what these give you is a sense for what other people who are just in your position (just want to experiment / learn / enjoy it) are doing. I try to find the most interesting material and link it there, all stuff that I follow. I use an RSS reader like Google Reader to keep up with the slower updating ones (the faster updating ones I can check every day myself) there are others out there, if you find them out, I'd love to hear about them.
I'd love to hear what resources other people have and what they use to find information and enjoy reading.
One thing I didn't mention are communities, this is where you meet the other people interested in this subject. There are quite a few but they are generally not hypnosis oriented, twitter, myspace, and the usual places you hang out at are probably the best, because the people who mention this interest along with their real life are most likely to be the trust worthy ones (they have little to hide)
Above all, have fun, learn, share, and be safe
- Sharky
Hmm... A new name on the list?
Hello to all of Sharky's loyal readers! I'm sure a new post is exciting, seeing as he's been quite negligent as of late. And though it isn't from the big guy himself, I hope a new voice is just as exciting. :)
You can call me any variation of my alias (though Red is most preferred), but here I am!
I've actually been in contact with Sharky for four months prior to this intro. We've experimented with so much that I have to admit to forgetting half of what we've done. (Whether or not this is Sharky's doing, I can never be sure. ;) )
It all began with my insatisable curiousity about our favorite subject -- hypnosis. I'd been following several blogs and was thoroughly ready to experience some hypnofun of my own. Fortunately for me, I found this little site that belonged to a certain Curious Hypnotist. I read through the posts about twenty times, giving me plenty of time to gather up the courage to say a meek "hi". But Sharky was incredibly friendly and more than eager to try out his skill on another victim.
Erm...subject. I said subject, Sharky. :)
That night -- or a few later -- he brought me into my first trance through text. Since then, we've done most of our trances over videochat. This accounts for some of my memory loss, as there aren't any chats to go back and glance at. But, I'll be posting things as I remember them, so you should get a variety of amusing stories. At my expense. But hey, so long as we're all laughing. :)
I'm sure Sharky is more than willing to share stories of the embarrassment he's caused me, though. Never fear -- you shall hear all about our trances!
Anyway, that's all for now!
Hope this was a nice little intro for ya
Until next time
~Red
You can call me any variation of my alias (though Red is most preferred), but here I am!
I've actually been in contact with Sharky for four months prior to this intro. We've experimented with so much that I have to admit to forgetting half of what we've done. (Whether or not this is Sharky's doing, I can never be sure. ;) )
It all began with my insatisable curiousity about our favorite subject -- hypnosis. I'd been following several blogs and was thoroughly ready to experience some hypnofun of my own. Fortunately for me, I found this little site that belonged to a certain Curious Hypnotist. I read through the posts about twenty times, giving me plenty of time to gather up the courage to say a meek "hi". But Sharky was incredibly friendly and more than eager to try out his skill on another victim.
Erm...subject. I said subject, Sharky. :)
That night -- or a few later -- he brought me into my first trance through text. Since then, we've done most of our trances over videochat. This accounts for some of my memory loss, as there aren't any chats to go back and glance at. But, I'll be posting things as I remember them, so you should get a variety of amusing stories. At my expense. But hey, so long as we're all laughing. :)
I'm sure Sharky is more than willing to share stories of the embarrassment he's caused me, though. Never fear -- you shall hear all about our trances!
Anyway, that's all for now!
Hope this was a nice little intro for ya
Until next time
~Red
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