Our furnace kicked off randomly yesterday and we're still waiting for someone to come fix it :( I am cold and exhausted, and I'm not sure how feasible it will be to finish up this week's essay today as my house gets colder! I'm really hopeful it g...
2024-01-26 15:41:40 +0000 UTC View PostI'm back from Charmed! It was very intense and we had a lovely time. Time to get going on a new essay!
"What IS Kinesthetic?": Our sensory systems are complex and have a TON of overlap, but kinesthetic is distinct among our ...
2024-01-19 17:13:54 +0000 UTC View PostLearning Deep Metaphor by sleepingirl
We incorporate different topics in our trances to add flavor and description to the way a person feels as they’re being hypnotized. We might use the idea of a placid lake to do a long ...
2023-12-22 18:09:08 +0000 UTC View PostOK y'all I got a couple interesting choices for next week's article! One really out there/experimental, and one that's more of my norm, so folks can pick.
Milton Erickson, Torah Study, Intimacy, and Ritual Walk into a Bar…: 2023-12-15 16:50:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Patterns by sleepingirl
A common induction style that people learn early on is the “pattern interrupt” -- usually shown as involving some kind of surprise and shock to the subject that somehow gets them to instantly drop...
2023-11-17 16:59:30 +0000 UTC View PostIt's time! cc's birthday is next week so this one may come out in 1.5 weeks but I'm aiming to get it out next Friday as usual :)
"So You Think You Know Pattern Interrupts": What actually IS a pattern? What are the benefits of interrupting it...
2023-11-10 16:36:18 +0000 UTC View PostPersistent Suggestions by sleepingirl
Giving effective suggestions that feel intense in the moment is a goal that we work towards a lot as erotic hypnotists, but much of the time we are interested in what hypnosis offers out...
2023-10-20 20:10:12 +0000 UTC View PostHi all! Here's the vote for next week's article!
"Stickier Suggestions": Tips and tricks for making suggestions more impactful and long-lasting!
"So You Think You Know Pattern Interrupts": What actually IS a pattern? What are the benef...
2023-10-13 17:00:49 +0000 UTC View PostHi, and surprise! I’ve been working on this piece to submit to projectMSMR’s upcoming hypnosis zine and wanted to make sure it was available for y’all here :) It’s partially Frankenstein’d from bits in a few of my other articles, but...
2023-09-15 16:18:48 +0000 UTC View PostDepth as a concept is inextricably linked to hypnosis -- the vast majority of us who play are interested in “deep” trances. Even people who take a completely non-state approach to hypnosis often pl...
2023-08-18 18:27:48 +0000 UTC View PostNext article time! This time around we have:
What is "going deeper?": We use the word "deeper" a lot, and we also understand that it's kind of a metaphorical concept. How can we make it more concrete, effective, immersive, e...
2023-08-02 18:20:18 +0000 UTC View PostSustaining Trance
Many subjects have issues “staying in trance” when they are hypnotized, especially if they are instructed to do something more active. If they are newer to hypnosis, this can even give the illusion that...
2023-06-30 13:58:53 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! Here's the poll for the next topic. Interesting stuff...
BTW, this article will come out sometime in the next two weeks -- life is absolutely nuts but I want to get started on it as early as possible and just bang it out as quic...
2023-06-19 14:49:55 +0000 UTC View PostMindlessness (Personal Essay) by sleepingirl
Mindlessness: The holy grail. The final frontier. The thing that ostensibly seems so simple and guaranteed from being hypnotized, and yet… it ain’t.
Not to start with a ...
2023-06-02 15:25:57 +0000 UTC View PostWheeeeeeeeeee
- Building Mindlessness (Personal Essay): An essay similar to my "Amnesia" one -- exploring breakthroughs I've made over the years with blankness/mindlessness and how I've gotten pretty good at it
Progressive relaxation inductions (or “PMRs,” for “progressive muscle relaxation”) get a bad reputation. It’s often seen as the mark of a beginner to lead someone through a lengthy process of focusing on their body, piece by piece, to re...
2023-04-21 15:58:44 +0000 UTC View Post- Progressive Relaxation Inductions (and Deepeners!) that Don't Suck: What it says on the tin, it will be awesome
- Thoughts about Mindlessness (Personal Essay): An essay similar to my "Amnesia" one -- explo...
2023-04-16 21:40:51 +0000 UTC View PostNote: The vast majority of this article was written while in various stages of vestibular migraines(?) which are a “fun” thing I get almost every day now, and they usually make me loopy and occasionally weirdly giddy. It was also finished ...
2023-03-09 21:02:09 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! Here's some options for next week's article:
- Progressive Relaxation Inductions (and Deepeners!) that Don't Suck: What it says on the tin
- Building Trance Vocabulary: Learning how to loo...
2023-03-02 17:19:40 +0000 UTC View Post
You can do self hypnosis in 2 minutes
And it will help your hypnotic responsiveness
And you don't have to go into trance
What many of us desire from hypnosis is surrender. It is the allure of letting go -- letting go of the feeling of control over ourselves and our experience. Even when hypnosis is less about submission in an erotic sense, trance itself can feel muc...
2023-02-10 19:21:29 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! Setting up for the next article :) I've been thinking about a lot of subject-oriented topics lately, so here's a couple potential ideas:
How to Surrender: An exploration of the "sensation" of surrender/submissio...
2023-02-06 00:05:24 +0000 UTC View PostNon-Visual and Non-Sensory Suggestions by sleepingirl
One of the first things we learn as beginner hypnotists are suggestions that rely on imagery. Imagery suggestions are at the core of our first metaphors, our first guided...
2023-01-20 21:06:44 +0000 UTC View PostHypnosis can feel like true magic. A few words or even the right look or touch can invoke powerful feelings of control, submission, and sex. But in the pursuit of wielding this magic, sometimes we are caught up in the “formula,” and it holds u...
2022-12-23 18:54:43 +0000 UTC View PostHi all :) Getting started on next article. I solicited ideas from the community so there's a bunch, and you can vote for however many you want. If you submitted one and you don't see it on the list, it's probably because I don't feel like I can wr...
2022-12-09 18:44:17 +0000 UTC View PostHi all! My health has been yucky but KNOCK WOOD I've been having some times where I'm more functional, so I want to start working on articles again ASAP, even if I have to go a little slow.
I have a list and I'll put a poll soon, but now is ...
2022-12-08 15:13:01 +0000 UTC View PostOriginal thread: https://twitter.com/h_sleepingirl/status/1599809214280392706
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Explorations with Ch*tGPT and hypnosis:
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Hi everyone! I hope hypnovember has been kind to you all. I've been taking the month to focus on finishing and working on a TON of projects which I did a little thread about here: 2022-11-30 18:26:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Amnesia is a complicated topic in terms of hypnosis. I am always very cautious about categorizing hypnotic phenomena in the sense of how “difficult” or “easy” they are -- everyone has a different experience,...
2022-10-21 14:20:47 +0000 UTC View PostHi all! Here we go!
- Growth in Amnesia: A personal essay about my journey with hypnotic amnesia, what has helped me achieve it, ending with talk of some recent intense experiences.
- Hypnosis 101: I'm...
2022-10-13 14:41:04 +0000 UTC View Post