Hi all! It was suggested that I write an article about my developing experience with amnesia as a subject -- something that I've always had mixed success with but seem to be reaching bigger capabilities with now.
Curious, if I pitched this for folks to vote on: Would you rather it be a direct first-person article, where I talk candidly about my past and recent experience and growth? Or, should I take a more educational tone and translate my experiences to the usual third-person "here's ...
2022-10-10 17:52:41 +0000 UTC
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Welcome! This post indexes all of my posts by type and content so it is easy to find. Check out my website for links to books, games, and other stuff!
DISCOUNT CODES/BENEFITS:
This is a mini-zine containing an Ericksonian, mildly Discordian, probably Other-Things-ian hypnosis story. It contains hidden, secret knowledge, and also some obvious and not-so-obvious morals! Wow!
Is it hypnotic? I don't know! What crosses the line into hypnosis? It is available here, or in nice PDF form or printable/foldable physical form on itch.io (preferred).
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2022-09-29 20:27:17 +0000 UTC
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This is a mini zine with a few hypnotic poems. It is available here, or in nice PDF form or printable/foldable physical form on itch.io (preferred).
I cannot guarantee that:
- You will or won't think they count as "poems"
- You will or won't think they count as "hypnotic"
There is no wakener and not much CW I can give because the zine's "effects" (such as they ma...
2022-09-29 20:22:58 +0000 UTC
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Original thread: https://twitter.com/h_sleepingirl/status/1481283542156025857
Article that expands on this: https://www.patreon.com/posts/introduction-to-72380359
I really think confusion in hypnosis is really misunderstood. There's this idea that confusion is a goal, and...
2022-09-29 20:01:56 +0000 UTC
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Original thread: https://twitter.com/h_sleepingirl/status/1434902357553332225
Full article based on this topic: https://www.patreon.com/posts/value-of-and-56290333
One of the biggest tips I have for (especially newer) hypnotists is to almost completely ignore the idea of ...
2022-09-29 19:57:53 +0000 UTC
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Original thread: https://twitter.com/h_sleepingirl/status/1438516146496409602
There's a discussion on reddit that's asserting that CNC can't be consensual unless there's a safeword in place. This is a horrifically bad take for a number of reasons.
CNC has two main definitions that tend to be used interchangeably and without specifying.
2022-09-29 19:55:35 +0000 UTC
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Original thread: https://twitter.com/h_sleepingirl/status/1305517099067076609
Hypnosis is not a magical state. We go through many different kinds of trances and patterns during our days and lives and there is nothing special about them beyond that we have different experiences for different things. Reading is a trance. Driving a car is a trance. Doing our jobs. We have d...
2022-09-29 19:41:43 +0000 UTC
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Original thread: https://twitter.com/h_sleepingirl/status/1529109974877716486
I see people posting all the time. "I can't stop my brain." "I can't relax." "I can't focus." "I can't cum hands free."
Just stop. Stop trying to do those things. They are not necessary for deep trance.
The biggest skill I tell people to learn as hypnotists is to go WITH someone's...
2022-09-29 19:29:40 +0000 UTC
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Original thread: https://twitter.com/h_sleepingirl/status/1567972659631386625
Don't get me wrong, I love the tropes and I think relaxation can be fun for hypnosis. But seriously if I could ban relaxation from trances for a week so that people had to get creative, I would.
Relaxation brings to the table:
- Focus (necessary ingredient)
2022-09-29 19:27:20 +0000 UTC
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Original thread: https://twitter.com/h_sleepingirl/status/1569793925115957250
❌ "Induce trance to make suggestions"
✅ "Make suggestions based on a person’s psychology in order to hack them"
Trance is not what makes suggestions happen. (Suggestions are what make trance happen.) Basing suggestions in truth/reality is part of what actuall...
2022-09-29 19:24:29 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! Here's what I'm working on:
- Porting over all of my free/public writings to here including reddit posts, twitter threads, etc (expect a bunch of those to show up in the coming days, I'm sorry for all of your email inboxes)
- A MASTERPOST/INDEX OF EVERYTHING that will be pinned so everything is legitimately easy to find
- More audio articles ASAP!
<3
2022-09-29 19:17:52 +0000 UTC
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Milton Erickson nears the status of a mythical figure in hypnosis -- indeed, some of the stories about him feel unbelievable. His style of therapy and suggestion have been the subject of intense study, especially as one of the pillars of NLP. But with this study and reproduction comes a sort of dilution or distortion of what we might call his actual techniques. All too often, “Ericksonian hypnosis” tends to imply a focus on metaphor, storytelling, and certain indirect language patterns --...
2022-09-23 16:20:26 +0000 UTC
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Hi yall I am SUPER sorry but I'm going to have to postpone this week's article -- it is really nearly done but here's what's going on:
- I am visiting my family for the first time in a year this weekend (which I budgeted time for!)
- Two big very exciting things that I can't quite talk about yet came up VERY SUDDENLY and they are on a short deadline
If it was one or the other, no problem. But BOTH leaves me pretty much with no time for anything else. I am going to be extreme...
2022-08-23 15:14:13 +0000 UTC
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Hi all! My schedule is WONKY the next month so I'm shifting around the timing of articles to come a bit earlier in the week. Here's the options this time around:
Subject skills: distractions. What can we do to handle different types of distractions in trance -- ones that come from our minds, bodies, or outside of us?
Ericksonian hypnosis. Erickson's methods were widely studied but often diluted. This article will be my take on what Ericksonian hyp...
2022-08-18 16:10:49 +0000 UTC
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Making Effective Suggestions by sleepingirl
While a goal-oriented approach to hypnosis is often not the best path, we still have desires as hypnotists to make suggestions that provoke an intense response. Hypnotic responsiveness is a highly dynamic and variable quality, but there are a couple of techniques we can use and ways of thinking that allow us to create suggestions that are powerful and work with our partners’ natural capabilities.
1) Set-Up/Sell...
2022-08-05 14:34:34 +0000 UTC
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Hey folks! I was curious -- recently, I've been experimenting with cutting a little length off of my articles in favor of (hopefully) making them more streamlined and easily digestible. Not sure if folks have noticed but I've been relying a lot more on things like sections, bullet points, and examples.
Do you like this? Or would you prefer I go back to a wordier approach?
2022-08-01 15:21:42 +0000 UTC
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It's that time again!
What makes effective suggestions? An article exploring different qualities of suggestions that can (broadly) make them "easier" to accept.
Subject skills: distractions. What can we do to handle different types of distractions in trance -- ones that come from our minds, bodies, or outside of us?
BTW -- audio articles coming soon! It's been hard to get consistent recording time, but they're on their way!
2022-07-29 15:59:56 +0000 UTC
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Emotional Sadism and Degradation by sleepingirl
A thrilling tool available to us in psychological play is the ability to influence our partners’ emotions. It can provide a sense of control and villainy that is both cutting and exciting -- how else could we best prove our power over another person’s mind than to make them feel something awful on a whim for our own pleasure? In this article, we’ll look at some ideas within this rich, intense activity.
As a c...
2022-07-15 19:01:15 +0000 UTC
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I have been feeling pretty rough over the weekend with some sort of maybe food poisoning thing, and am improving but still not great :( we'll see how the week goes but may need to wait and see how stuff goes. Sorry y'all! Want to get to writing etc ASAP!
Edit: I am feeling a lot better today and eating real food! Making great progress on the Emotional Sadism article and on track to finish it for Friday :)
2022-07-12 02:06:17 +0000 UTC
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Very cool that there's no way for me to make a legit poll on mobile, Patreon. Very cool.
I'll put the article options as comments -- please "like" the one you want and I'll check back on Monday :)
"Emotional Sadism": how to be mean and prey on someone's insecurities
"Subject Skills: Managing Distractions": how to worth through different types of distractions
2022-07-09 17:11:53 +0000 UTC
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Cool Tips 4 Hypnosis by sleepingirl
Sometimes going over the “big picture” of how hypnosis works is useful, but other times we’re looking more for little tricks and tools that we can pick up to add more to our trancing. In this article, we’ll be going over a few tips that are more specific and simple, but still work to teach some of the foundations of trancework between partners.
1. “You don’t have to do anything”
Many subjects...
2022-06-10 18:00:15 +0000 UTC
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It's time!
- Subject Skills: Managing Distractions: We could continue our exploration of subject-oriented topics by discussing ways to get past distractions: physical, external, or internal (psychological) with a few exercises and skills to work on in these areas.
- Cool Tips 4 Hypnosis: Been thinking of a grab bag of a few ideas that I think are really useful little tricks for making trances feel more smooth, intense, generally oomph-ier. This wo...
2022-06-04 22:38:39 +0000 UTC
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Try this on for size: "I have a cold so I can't read the cold reading article."
I'm mostly better from being sick, but my voice is still throaty/nasaly so the next audio article will have to wait! Should be next Friday <3
2022-05-24 19:34:59 +0000 UTC
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While the idea of “cold reading” may conjure connections to magicians, divination, and pick-up artistry, the underlying concept -- the ability to read a person without much knowledge of them -- is critically useful in hypnokink. For one reason or another, the hypnotic experience is drastically changed when the subject has confidence that the hypnotist knows what they are feeling. In this article, I’ll be going through some ideas about trust, suggestibility, and techniques to make a pers...
2022-05-20 17:01:42 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! Heeeeere's our article options for this week!
- Cold Reading: I truly believe the ability to "read" things about a person -- even if you know barely anything about them -- is one of the absolute most important skills in hypnosis, and I'd really love to talk about ways to do it. Telling someone that you know things about them is gamechanging in how they respond to your suggestions.
- Subject Skills: Managing Distractions: We could cont...
2022-05-15 15:10:58 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! Here's the audio recording for the More Double Binds article! I'll also be putting out another audio article next week :) Enjoy! As always, there's some unmarked hypnotic language examples, so be aware!
2022-05-06 18:34:18 +0000 UTC
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Subject Skills: The Active Mind by sleepingirl
By far one of the most common experiences reported by hypnotic subjects of all skill levels is the desire to shut off, slow down, or otherwise quiet their mental activity during hypnosis. Some people -- especially those new to hypnokink -- find thinking to be limiting during their trances; they feel that it causes them to not be getting the most out of their scenes. In this article, we’ll do a little mythbusting as well a...
2022-04-22 18:34:02 +0000 UTC
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- "Ericksonian perspectives on hypnosis" (from last round): I'm deeply enjoying my way through Erickson and Rossi's "Hypnotic Realities" and it's showing me more than ever that Erickson's hypnosis goes way beyond what people commonly think of as Ericksonian. I'd love to talk about his model from our perspective and how I feel it applies to erotic hypnosis.
- "Skills for subjects: working with the active mind": ICYMI, I'm starting to organize some writin...
2022-04-16 21:03:38 +0000 UTC
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More Double Binds by sleepingirl
We’ve discussed double binds in detail, including an exploration of where they came from, how NLP uses them, and ways that we can use them more broadly in hypnokink. But when we consider their function more than their form, we can start to see applications that may not be included in their original design. Let’s look from a specifically erotic lens and see what double binds have to do with obedience and mind reading.
Wh...
2022-03-24 17:55:44 +0000 UTC
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