I’ve had a number of people asking about my opinions on hypnosis, so I figured I’d go ahead and talk a little about that for now. I am very aware it is not a cure all and I would never lie to somebody and say that it is. The best way I can think to describe it is getting into a relaxed and focused kinda’ zone to “chill out with a thought or two” as I’ve said to friends. Our minds have a lot of sway over the way we act, compare previously learned concepts, how our bodies feel and how we organize our day to day stuff. When people ask what it’s like to be in trance I’ll admit I give the normal answer of how many people go into trance doing day to day things like when you’re so zoned driving you go into that “road trance” or when you’re so into reading a book you tune out things around you. You can sorta’ place in certain ideas that you’re willing to with that relaxed state you’re not immediately thinking “Oh! Bullshit!” or something when you hear a suggestion or idea. (Well, not necessarily “Bullshit!” but part of that… “Oh, I couldn’t” or something like that works too.) Since… You’re focused and chill. You’re able to concentrate on feelings, ideas, take information to build upon concepts and be a bit more okay with notes in your “suggestion box” so long as they’re not too outside of what you’d be willing to consider. You can’t make somebody do anything truly against their will or morals. That does raise the “Bullshit!” flag. You can encourage somebody to do something that they may not always feel quite so brave to try or help link thoughts together which is fun in its own right.
I initially had looked at hypnosis for relaxation and helping to lift my mood while I was pretty frayed with what had been happening around me. I found that it had helped with the stress and some of the depression since… I’ll admit I have issues with depression and a lot of it tends to be a software problem and not a hardware problem. It helped me to relax and take the time to form those processes of “Hey, stop a sec, what you’re thinking is illogical and something somebody else said because they’re a cock.” (I know, such a kind way to put it, but… It’s true.) Being able to have that breathing space and listen to things that I did know where true but had difficulty accepting due to strained circumstances or fear.
So I started looking more into it and played a bit with my boyfriend, Mjao, finding ways to use certain connections to convey particular feelings and ideas. It was fun. I made a friend who was also cute and into romantically peculiar things, including hypnosis. I did mention to him I was also into it, but… So many “hypnodommes” are such… I think I said it best that the way they talk about their “power” makes Criss Angel look downright humble. Yeah, I could talk more about how I had been reading NLP books and stuff like that, but really the best thing I could think to do was just start using the images, concepts and my own thoughts and… Weave them together through the kind of emotional experience I wanted to share. I liked being able to synthesize my own thoughts together to guide my loved ones through an experience or give little notions here and there to keep me on their minds. Our minds do so much to generate their own abstractions, compare ideas, form new bonds between concepts bit by bit as you go from one well-traveled place to the next in your mind you start finding the lesser-known roads and taking note… You start forming that connection in your heart to sights, sounds, scents… Letting your imagination and perception of reality work together to create unique pieces of information and processes to your own critical thinking. (I don’t know if that’s coming off like another person evangelizing about “it’ll heal you!” or if that’s getting especially touchy-feely over the idea of looking to practice hypnosis as a means to more adequately communicate my love for people.)
I also love using my voice. I used to do musical theatre, voice over stuff and I stopped doing it when I went to college. After the years of ignoring it for what I assumed were more “grown up” things my voice just… Wasn’t as flexible. Even just speaking wasn’t the same! I got a new microphone and with the encouragement of Mjao and my cutie who I often refer to as “My Experiment”, my sister who also did voice over stuff with me… I decided… Why not? If I can just pick up a microphone and tell people how I feel like this… It’s worth doing.
I’ll split up a number of ideas I’m wanting to sorta’ throw out there. As I said, there are going to be a number of things that are sexual in nature, but I’ll admit I don’t intend on getting too bawdy about it without having something cheerful to share. (So far I’m trying to keep this work-safe enough.) There’s not enough happy-sexy out there! This is just as much about romance and stuff as it is about sex!