There was a period of time where I experimented with hypnotism. You could go so far as to say I ‘dabbled’ in it. I am far from an expert, but I did learn a few things.
1. Hypnotism does work.
2. How well you respond to hypnotism depends on several factors, not the least of which is personality (surprisingly, it is the imaginative strong-willed type that tend to make the best subjects). Other factors include the setting, desire, and rapport with the hypnotist.
3. Hypnotism *cannot* force you to do anything that goes against your moral code – but you may find yourself doing things you had not thought yourself capable of. The subconscious is a very tricky beast.
Aside from the obvious (setting of control), hypnotism shares one important element with Domination: it provides a place of freedom. While hypnotized, there is a freedom from conscious constraints, a freedom from burdens.
In this freedom is born the sometimes beautiful, often comical, and occasionally erotic, unmonitored activity of the human mind.
I first started playing around with it at seventeen or so. Friends of the family were staying at the house and they had a daughter the same age as my oldest sister. One late evening I convinced them both to let me attempt to hypnotize them. It worked to a small degree with my sister’s friend, but my sister slid under quickly and deep. Her trust in me made her an ideal subject and I focused my attentions on her.
I tried small things at first – having them recite the alphabet backwards without hesitation. Successful here, I moved onto slightly more complex post-hypnotic suggestions (such as laughing when a particular word was said). I placed restrictions on each suggestion (to have them fade after a few hours) and before bringing them back up I would instill a sense of relaxed refreshment that would last long after the other suggestions faded. One curious after-affect of the process was the development of a surprisingly strong trust bond between my sister and I. Each session increased this bond until, towards the end, her attachment had the taste of dependency. This faded after a week or so.
I continued to experiment with hypnosis with various degrees of success for the next several years. My attentions turned inward and I practiced self-hypnosis and meditation. Eventually my attentions were turned towards other areas and I stopped thinking about it.
Until recently.
Because now I’m seeing it in another light. Might not there be other aspects to this hobby? I’ve always been fascinated in the boundaries we create. My hunt is one of testing, nudging, driving, taking others over these lines. Physical lines of pleasure and pain. Mental lines of vulnerability and freedom.
Where can you go when you slide that deep? How similar is this place, under hypnosis, to the place my submissives live in when I own them with my words, my will, and my hands?
That’s an interestng thought, D’jaevle. I’d think someone who already trusts you enough to be your submissive would also make a perfect subject. You’ll let me know if you need a guinea pig won’t you?
My apologies to your study carpet ( I just looked at if Yen’s blog) but if you want to see what I call crimson, maybe cranberry (crimson sounds so much more erotic), go look at my HNT this week. My bedroom is a study in crimson.
I had hypnosis done by my therapist a number of years ago before surgery. The object was to reduce the experience of pain and speed up my recovery. I had worked with him in therapy off and on for several years and had developed a lot of trust with him.
One of the things he said that I was able to recall later was that “Pain is a signal. When you have attended to the signal and acted, the pain is no longer necessary and can go away.”
Several years later, I had a very difficult experience with my daughter that caused me a lot of emotional pain. As soon as I reached a decision about what to do and set the plan in motion, the emotional pain cleared. I’ve also had several additional surgeries (I have serious arthritis) and the surgeon and nurses are always amazed at my recovery and minimal use of pain meds. That’s a post hypnotic suggestion that seems to keep reinforcing itself. A good thing, too. I’ve moved half a continent away and he’s now retired!