I’m a trance=eyes closed guy a lot of the time. But I have used eyes open trancing much like you describe. As a convincer for myself that trance is more dynamic and flexible than assumed and definitely as a part of a fractionation session. “Are you sure you’re not in trance now?” sorts of games

Happy Holidays! You two are adorable!

In that case the play might feel more structured but I think theres still benefit to going in with that more playful mindset.

I think the only time these days I’d chose to think of it as “work” is in specific more business-y scenarios - paying a hypnodom, getting together to film kinky porn, etc.

Thanks bro 😉

Woah those look so cool! I’ve never seen shoes like that before. Are they comfy too?

And I haven’t necessarily settled on anything final yet, I think I like to approach that topic from somewhere like:

First: hypnosis is not magic. You always have a say in the goings on. You can’t be coerced into doing anything any easier than when you’re drunk, high, horny, etc.

I feel like the prevalence of that phrase is the hypno community still pushing against 100 years of pop culture sensationalized depictions of evil hypnotists. Svengali, Manchurian Candidate, insert any Saturday morning cartoon’s hypno villain.

Like many things the truth is nuanced like you said

...where you can forever feel like you're faking it waiting for the making.

And in the hypno context you're sort of back where you started, waiting for hypnosis to happen TO you, just with extra steps.

I like the framing it as a ramp. I've also seen the "boiling a frog" metaphor applied similarly

I agree with this whole heartedly and in fact this point here was on my mind while reading the rest of the thread. While I like "fake it til you make it" as a phrase (love a pithy rhyme), in any context, not just hypno, its an alright starting point but then quickly can lead to imposter syndrome...

Comments you say? 😜

Much appreciated 🫡😵‍💫

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Fun to know! Especially being able to get in and out yourself is a nice perk for me haha

I look forward to exploring it more!

Yeah that seems like a good way of describing it as well

I’m thinking of it as the ability to quickly, confidently, and seamlessly incorporate a new suggestion or other sort of hypnotic input into your reality.

Or otherwise not allowing things like confusion or over-analysis interrupt the flow of a hypnotic scene.

A “roll with the punches” type skill

Hmm 7 hypno wonders 🤔 (in no particular order)

- amnesia
- catalepsy (localized or full body)
- hallucination (with sub branches for different senses as well as positive/negative)
- waking trance
- automaticity
- post hypnotic responsiveness
- self justification of response

That looks so good! Congratulations!!

And its decorated for Christmas already haha