I apologize, I know I've disappointed many of you with the long stretch of inactivity. Unfortunately, there were too many things going on in my life to focus completely on this, or invest time in new sessions. The good news is, I now see the light at the end of the tunnel... hallelujah (or however you spell that!)
I'm currently working on two new concepts for sessions. I've seen limited materials on each idea, but in talking directly with others, I've found similar ideas that have worked in the past. My first new test is using on-demand amnesia. There are two triggers as part of this. When I say the first trigger, it acts as a marker for that instance in time. When I say the second, the subject forgets everything that happened between the two triggers. Others I spoke with already had success with similar amnesia ideas. When you think about the way the brain handles amnesia in trance (everything is remembered until the trance ends) and dreams (where you remember the dream immediately after waking up, but forget over the next hour), the brain has the amazing ability to erase. This doesn't even include factors such as drugs or alcohol.
The second idea is using the idea of brain plasticity and visualization for behavior modification. Brain plasticity is rewiring of the brain based on experience. For each experience you have, your mind forms new pathways. The more times you have the same experience, the more your brain strengthens that pathway. In many ways, it's like a mental rut, although it can be positive as well as negative, depending on the experience or action. Hypnosis is already great at creating links between new items and existing pathways. For instance, your brain has a pathway for creating an orgasm, and now we create a link that says anytime I rub the back of your neck, you will have an orgasm. While similar to this, I'm looking to take it a step further, and use visualization to close off a pathway. So let's take a woman who always orgasms when using a certain vibrator. I now block that pathway, so her brain now must figure out a new path to get to the end result (orgasm). In addition, I can also seed the new pathway, such as orgasm through g-spot stimulation, making the new pathway easier for her to create from scratch. By removing the known pathway (vibrator), and beginning the new pathway (g-spot), she then learns to get orgasms through g-spot stimulation. This is different than normal hypnosis, which ties the g-spot to existing pathway. Instead, she now has a new behavior for having an orgasm, and this behavior will quickly become permanent. It'll be easier to explain once I have a working example, so I'll leave it off here for now. I have created a poll to get some opinions on the subject in the meantime.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
A little hiatus...
Unfortunately, life has become a bit too hectic lately, so I need to cut back a little. As a result, this blog will be on hiatus until February 10, 2008. Sorry about that!
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Pushing past the wall...
I've hit a wall with my current subject. Due to an incredibly hectic schedule, we've only done a couple of sessions over the last three weeks. These sessions had to be kept short, which may have affected the quality.
In the sessions, I was focusing primarily on a couple of things. First, she has been getting frustrated because of the resolution of some bad habits. The biggest one is nail biting. I've finally gotten her to the point that she stopped biting her nails, but she was unhappy that this was solved through hypnosis, not through her own will. So in these sessions, I told her that the strength to stop was actually her own, and that she would continue to let her nails grow through her own ability. This, of course, has now failed miserably, because she believes the strength to stop flowed through me, not her, so left to her own, she felt the need to bite again.
The second area of focus was more of a confusion plan, and is more effective. She is still having a hard time visualizing and reacting to some triggers. In her trance, I had her believe she was awake multiple times, and each time had different triggers and visualizations. These included clothes disappearing and reappearing, boob growth, and people in and out of the room. Since she has full amnesia after each session, I reinforced the memory of each of these events, so she would feel that she was awake for them. The result, while not fully developed yet, has been a much more consistent response to the triggers while awake. I'm thinking that this is due to the logic check portion of her brain ignoring them more, but I'll need to study further.
As always, I'm up for any suggestions. I'm also working on a basic induction, trance, awake file for a different subject, so I'm looking forward to that challenge and some good results there.
In the sessions, I was focusing primarily on a couple of things. First, she has been getting frustrated because of the resolution of some bad habits. The biggest one is nail biting. I've finally gotten her to the point that she stopped biting her nails, but she was unhappy that this was solved through hypnosis, not through her own will. So in these sessions, I told her that the strength to stop was actually her own, and that she would continue to let her nails grow through her own ability. This, of course, has now failed miserably, because she believes the strength to stop flowed through me, not her, so left to her own, she felt the need to bite again.
The second area of focus was more of a confusion plan, and is more effective. She is still having a hard time visualizing and reacting to some triggers. In her trance, I had her believe she was awake multiple times, and each time had different triggers and visualizations. These included clothes disappearing and reappearing, boob growth, and people in and out of the room. Since she has full amnesia after each session, I reinforced the memory of each of these events, so she would feel that she was awake for them. The result, while not fully developed yet, has been a much more consistent response to the triggers while awake. I'm thinking that this is due to the logic check portion of her brain ignoring them more, but I'll need to study further.
As always, I'm up for any suggestions. I'm also working on a basic induction, trance, awake file for a different subject, so I'm looking forward to that challenge and some good results there.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Isn't This Work?
Sorry everyone, I haven't been able to post for a couple of weeks. Work sent me all over the country, which tends to mess up your schedule. Since I only do face to face hypnosis, it makes it really hard for me to do any sessions. I'll have a new post later this week. Also, I know some of you do sessions online. Any suggestions for IM, webcams, and how to handle the lack of visual feedback would be greatly appreciated!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
If You Could Be Anyone...
Based on a comment by Lex, I decided to try a different experience with a current sub. So, when she was deep in a trance, I had her strip completely naked, and instructed her that when she opened her eyes, she would now have her best friend Lee's body. She wasn't coming out of trance, just opening her eyes and reviewing her new body.
I had no doubt that this would work, since she has hallucinated various things in the past, but only in the trance. She's seen and touched everything from phantom piercings in her body to entire rooms around her, filled with people that didn't exist.
When commanded to open her eyes, she looked up and down over her new body. I asked her if she wanted to touch it, and she gave me a short "no". I asked her if she liked the change, and she gave me a more forceful "no", sounding like she was nearing tears. I didn't take into consideration the concept of self-image, or her true image of Lee's body (as opposed to what she says). Lee is about twenty pounds heavier than her, with a "mushy butt" and small chest. This is the opposite of the subject, so she was very upset to see this as her body, especially since she's been working so hard at the gym.
After putting her back in her own body, granting her the memory of the experience, and waking her up, she told me how upset she was to have Lee's body. She never wanted to do that again, but surprisingly, she didn't want a better body either. She said that she'd then be disappointed to be put back into hers.
One other observation from the experience comes from having her look in the mirror while in Lee's body. I figured the mirror requires a deeper trance, so I wanted to see if it worked. It did, about 99%. When she looked in the mirror, she saw Lee's body, but she noticed her own belly button piercing. She later told me that she found that odd, since she didn't think that Lee had a piercing. She then started to feel angry that her friend got a piercing and didn't tell her! The fact that her brain was justifying its existence isn't surprising. My theory is that she saw it peripherally before her brain was able to hide it, and once it appeared, she couldn't make it disappear. I'd love to hear other thoughts on this! And as always, send in any suggestions!
I had no doubt that this would work, since she has hallucinated various things in the past, but only in the trance. She's seen and touched everything from phantom piercings in her body to entire rooms around her, filled with people that didn't exist.
When commanded to open her eyes, she looked up and down over her new body. I asked her if she wanted to touch it, and she gave me a short "no". I asked her if she liked the change, and she gave me a more forceful "no", sounding like she was nearing tears. I didn't take into consideration the concept of self-image, or her true image of Lee's body (as opposed to what she says). Lee is about twenty pounds heavier than her, with a "mushy butt" and small chest. This is the opposite of the subject, so she was very upset to see this as her body, especially since she's been working so hard at the gym.
After putting her back in her own body, granting her the memory of the experience, and waking her up, she told me how upset she was to have Lee's body. She never wanted to do that again, but surprisingly, she didn't want a better body either. She said that she'd then be disappointed to be put back into hers.
One other observation from the experience comes from having her look in the mirror while in Lee's body. I figured the mirror requires a deeper trance, so I wanted to see if it worked. It did, about 99%. When she looked in the mirror, she saw Lee's body, but she noticed her own belly button piercing. She later told me that she found that odd, since she didn't think that Lee had a piercing. She then started to feel angry that her friend got a piercing and didn't tell her! The fact that her brain was justifying its existence isn't surprising. My theory is that she saw it peripherally before her brain was able to hide it, and once it appeared, she couldn't make it disappear. I'd love to hear other thoughts on this! And as always, send in any suggestions!
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Poll and Sexuality
I've posted a new poll today, and have added this posting for comments. As I mentioned in the previous post, Inhibitions and Morality, I've found that a lot of people view things as morals that are really inhibitions, including sexuality. I've also found that inhibitions respond well to hypnosis, where morals (like no murder) won't change. However, I want to see what you think! Answer the poll, and use this section to post your comments and thoughts! I am also posting one other thing for further consideration in the comments, because I'd prefer that people answer the poll first.
Hallucinations, Part 2
Ah, the power of conversation! I continued trying, and failing, to get my current subject to hallucinate while awake. She's seen some amazing things while in a trace, but struggles to see the simplest of illusions while awake. I did have one success, in that I suggested that she would see a small cartoon character on the corner of any TV screen (by the station logo), but only if she wasn't looking directly at it. It worked a couple of times. I suspect that the reason it worked was due to it occuring outside her focus, allowing the subconscious mind more control.
In conversations with her, I've discovered that the big problem is fear. She spent most of her childhood with a sibling that suffered from a moderate case of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID, aka multiple personalities). Her sister had four alternate personalities that would be in control at various times. The part that really scared her was the blackouts. Each personality only remembers it's own actions, leaving huge holes in memory.
I have my own beliefs on DID that I won't cover here, but to a child growing up with someone who is showing these symptoms, this has to be very disturbing. Her fear has carried over to adulthood, where she is now holding back somewhat, trying in her own way to prevent this same affliction in herself. She does this by attempting to keep her mind "fully grounded", or in her words, "not allow anything that would be seen as crazy".
The other thing that I think is holding her back is the affliction of another friend. Her friend suffers from hypnagogia. In simple terms, when he is going to sleep or waking up, his brain will get into a state where he feels conscious, and can see and move, but he hallucinates. While I find this to be fascinating, and he handles it with good humor (along with some minor adjustments), she sees this as a potentially terrifying experience. So while she didn't specifically tie this to her explanation, I think it is also a big part of what's holding her back.
I'm now trying to assure her as part of the hallucination process, and working more slowly. Let me know what you think, and any suggestions are always appreciated!
In conversations with her, I've discovered that the big problem is fear. She spent most of her childhood with a sibling that suffered from a moderate case of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID, aka multiple personalities). Her sister had four alternate personalities that would be in control at various times. The part that really scared her was the blackouts. Each personality only remembers it's own actions, leaving huge holes in memory.
I have my own beliefs on DID that I won't cover here, but to a child growing up with someone who is showing these symptoms, this has to be very disturbing. Her fear has carried over to adulthood, where she is now holding back somewhat, trying in her own way to prevent this same affliction in herself. She does this by attempting to keep her mind "fully grounded", or in her words, "not allow anything that would be seen as crazy".
The other thing that I think is holding her back is the affliction of another friend. Her friend suffers from hypnagogia. In simple terms, when he is going to sleep or waking up, his brain will get into a state where he feels conscious, and can see and move, but he hallucinates. While I find this to be fascinating, and he handles it with good humor (along with some minor adjustments), she sees this as a potentially terrifying experience. So while she didn't specifically tie this to her explanation, I think it is also a big part of what's holding her back.
I'm now trying to assure her as part of the hallucination process, and working more slowly. Let me know what you think, and any suggestions are always appreciated!
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