I've been thinking about how much of a hypnosis session happens before the actual induction even starts. Putting on headphones, getting comfortable, opening a familiar file, seeing a recognizable visual, hearing the same opening phrases...

How much do you think these rituals contribute to the trance itself? Do you think the ritual becomes a conditioned cue, or is it more about expectation and attention?

What is your opinion on using hypnosis to treat social media addiction? I’m addicted to social media, and I honestly don’t know what to do anymore.

I’m trying to follow the index on the Joseph Murphy sub that says to get into self hypnosis but won’t tell you how at all. I tried lots of ways but they say you have to feel so relaxed you can’t move and like your about to fall asleep and I don’t so I guess I’m doing it wrong? So how can I do it right and not mess it up? On the JM sub they tell you if you didn’t manifest anything you probably messed up your sh so how can I not mess it up? I already tried all the ones I found on Google ChatGPT YouTube TikTok and instead and I research for hours and hours and hours for a year now

Hi everyone! I found this video from 2 weeks ago featuring this hypnotist Luke Mindwalker and he mentioned not being able to show the full induction because of a “hypnotism act in the uk”? I did some googling but all I found was that you have to get permission from a local authority to do it in public.

Anyone know anything about this? Is this why there’s been fewer hypnotists with a uk accent posting induction on YouTube?

Hello fellow redditors!

Me and my fiancée were talking about hypnosis and we became curious if it is truly possible to hypnotize another person and make her/him do things or change or anything. We have zero knowledge and we are curious so where can we learn from the basics and how can we use it for each other to improve. We are thinking (Like I said don't know much about it) that we could use it to improve in some part of our life like being less stressful or so. Is it possible to use hypnosis like that to improve?

Heyy, I haven't been hypnotized irl before but I can get hypnotized and fall in trance if I listen to a hypno file. but I have never forgot my name or experienced anything that involves amnesia. I am looking for files that will send me deep in trance and let me experience something mind blowing. I also wonder if you can experience hallucinations through audio or video.

So, what's your favorite hypno file that you really felt amnesia?

Hi,

I received certification in Ericksonian hypnosis from a school earlier this year (more than 200 hours of instruction). And ever since I finished the program and started my own practice, I’ve been feeling kind of strange, as if I’m not doing what I’m supposed to do the way I was taught...

The fact is, I turned to hypnosis because I’ve always been passionate about psychology and Erickson’s work, on which I’ve read extensively. But figures like Jung are also highly regarded. Ever since I was a child, I’ve had a strong inclination to help people understand their problems and see things differently so they can feel better. I naturally, in my daily life, use metaphors and analogies, reframing, and a lot of questioning to challenge assumptions and broaden the scope of experience and perspectives.

So it was only natural that I turned to Ericksonian hypnosis, which I believed was the perfect path for what I’ve been doing instinctively every day for so many years, all while pursuing my career and learning more, so that my approach would also be more structured.

But...

Ever since I graduated from that school, and ever since I've been observing what all the other practitioners of Ericksonian hypnosis are doing, I've felt completely lost. The fact is that, on the one hand, I use a lot of Ericksonian techniques, but on the other hand, I'm not at all comfortable with the protocols I was taught, the inductions, or even hypnotic phenomena... I find all of this “artificial.” To be honest, I've never really been into signaling, you know, using hand gestures to say yes or no...

But since I feel like I have no right to call myself a hypnotherapist when all I do is talk, using analogies, reframing, and questioning, I force myself to try to tie everything together: induction, levers of change, tools, post-hypnotic suggestions, and that’s exhausting and very stressful, because it doesn’t come naturally to me...

So now I feel completely lost... I don’t know where I stand. And I feel like, in the end, I help people more in my daily life when they come to confide in me, and I naturally use Ericksonian tools like reframing, questioning, and analogies without any induction at all, than when people come to see me for a session and I force myself to follow a hypnotic framework with induction, hypnotic phenomena, and so on.

So either I don't understand hypnosis at all, or I'm practicing hypnosis without realizing it, and naturally don't need all the tools I was taught, or I chose the wrong path and should have become a professional in a different type of therapy, though I don't know which one...

Thanks for your help...

I've been into hypnosis for a few months now, and after a lot of practice I have reached a point where I can be more confidently hypnotized. I was previously someone who believed I could never be hypnotized, due to ADHD, Autism, and C-PTSD, as they all affect my processing, focus, logical reasoning, and trust. But, I just stuck to the same few files and the same hypnotist and over time I have gotten much better at falling into trance. Triggers still don't quite work on me, but, they're getting there which is exciting!

Now that I am more confident in my abilities to be hypnotized, I want to start exploring things I don't normally do with hypnosis. Currently I just do basic therapy stuff, like confidence boosting, relaxation, mindlessness, lucid dreaming, and deepening my coping mechanisms like age regression. But now I want to try out something more fun, or useful, that isn't fully standard

Has anyone here tried self-hypnosis to become less shy and more confident socially?

I'd like to be more comfortable meeting new people and starting conversations without overthinking everything.

Have you noticed any real results? Are guided hypnosis recordings effective, or is it better to work with a hypnotherapist?

I'd love to hear your experiences.

Can’t believe my self hypnosis training actually worked. C’mon, dude let’s goooo

There's a hypnotist named John Milton that sales autohypnosis audiotracks for self improvement such as help for quitting addictions(tobacco, alcohol,drugs) among other ones like self discipline for exercise or diets as well as boosting confidence. I'm only interested in the addiction part of I'm being honest. They are not that expensive. 40 dollars more or less a month. It's a subscription service. I'm wondering if anyone has had any positive experience with this kind of hypno therapy. For your help thank you.

So yesterday my girlfriend (19f) said she was pretty sore so she asked me (18m) if I could massage her and whilst I was massaging her legs I decided that it might be fun to try and hypnotise her to make her relax even more. I asked her if she was okay with it and I just started talking about how each of the body parts I was massaging was slowly sinking into the mattress and going to dreamland. This ended up going on for about 10 minutes when I got to her head and I started describing what dreamland was like. I told her she was on a fluffy cloud surrounded by other clouds in a beautiful blue sky. I told her that she loved the clouds and that everytime I said dreamland that the cloud would take her a little deeper down into dreamland. I just started saying soothing things to her and made sure to use dreamland a whole bunch. At this point I wasn’t really sure that it was working she seemed so relaxed (even snoring softly) so I thought she’d just fallen asleep. I also mentioned the fact to her that anytime she wanted to come back to dreamland she’d only need to ask me and that i would tell her: Welcome to dreamland. If i said that phrase she’d instantly go back into trance. I still wasn’t sure if anything was working so when i got back from the bathroom and she was still lying there i woke her up.

Surprisingly she was pretty much aware of everything and found it really nice and relaxing. She even named the cloud which I found so cute. We were just talking and I wanted to see if that trigger worked so I randomly threw it in our conversation and lo and behold it ACTUALLY WORKED it was so incredible she just immediately closed her eyes and became so so calm anyway yeah it was really cool and my gf said she wanted to do it again where do I go from here

I am very difficult to hypnotize even though I’m willing.

Question: Is there a way that a hypnotist can use combination key words prior to the subject actually being hypnotized that create a sense of comfort, security, trust and openness to suggestion so that when the hypnosis begins, the subject is more willingly and easily hypnotized? Hopefully these words can later be used by a trusted non-hypnotist to lure the subject into peaceful submission or obedience.

After some good T*C I was chilling and resuming watching the Steins;Gate anime. It was Season 2, Episode 10, and there came minute 9 with 11 seconds. It was a hilariously similar to a typical hypnosis video.

i’ve never been a great sleeper but recently it’s been worse. i get like 3 or 4 hours sleep a night and i’m absolutely exhausted. my friend recommended hypnosis but it’s not something i ever looked into or believed would help but i’m all out of ideas so i’m willing to try anything

Hello everyone, I hope you're all doing well!

I've had quite a few experiences with self-hypnosis: easing localized pain, relaxing tense muscles, shifting emotional states, and more.

There's something I've been curious about lately, and to me, curiosity is the fire that drives growth, whether it leads to success or failure.

Do you think hypnosis can promote healing in specific body tissues? Could it speed up the healing process, for example with an injury or a superficial skin condition like an infection? (Of course, anyone with a health issue should see a doctor. I'm only mentioning these as examples.)

What are your thoughts? And if anyone here has personal experience with this, I'd love to hear about it.

Have a great day, everyone!

I’m genuinely wondering if anyone has ever tried hypnosis to forget someone they loved, or at least to stop feeling so much whenever they think about them.

I don’t necessarily mean erasing every memory of that person, but getting rid of the emotional attachment, the flashbacks, the intrusive thoughts, and the feelings that come back no matter how much you try to move on.

If you’ve tried it, did it actually help? Did you notice a difference, and was it worth it?

Hello all. I am an adult hypnotist living in Ottawa. It just feels lonely as ever since covid much of my work has been online and I am trying to reach out for some IRL stuff. Was wondering if there are any real life hypnotists in Ottawa or any groups I can become part of.

Thanks in advance

Hello,

I am a recently discovered system of sorts (in therapy but currently undiagnosed), and I was curious about the ways that hypnosis could be used for grounding, helping alters with their own experiences, and improving communication between alters.

I am well aware that this type of hypnosis must be done very carefully, as it has the ability to harm more than help. However, I believe that there are some useful applications of recreational hypnosis for multiplicity/DID/OSDD/etc.

Some of the ideas I had were:

- Small, easily accessible, and self usable triggers to help ground when dissociating. E.x. a trigger that helps us pay attention to our body, our thoughts, or general sensations.

- Using recreational hypnosis sessions to help alters see and be able to experience themselves. This is an idea I had because for my system (with a grain of salt), alters very much desire to be able to see themselves the way they imagine. So, doing a hypnosis story that allows them to see a reflection of themselves would be great for just comfort and perhaps for discovering more of what each alter enjoys physical appearance-wise (as this can help us all make decisions about our actual appearance as well).

- Finally, improving communication between alters is a big step for me right now. Not finding new ones, and not sharing memories or trauma, but rather just opening some physical or auditory line of communication to make it easier to coordinate.

What do you all think of this concept? Are there very specific things I should avoid or aim towards (besides general safety)? And do you all have any additional ideas that may be helpful for all kinds of systems?

Hi 15m here, I want to know if hypnosis can make you less shy or more brave overall?

The other day I was discussing with a hypnotist about something I noticed when I hit a certain level of trance and how I described it was whenever I'm feeling relaxed and heavy, my thoughts tend to do sort of like a flipping channel thing, where I see feeds of different things, sometimes it just things Ive seen before, maybe experiences I have had in the past, and it's funny because to me I thought that was my mind ignoring the hypnotist and starting to do its own thing, but what he mentioned was that's actually a good sign, it means that my conscious is taking itself offline but the subconscious is still intaking the words that are being said. What's rather interesting to me is it will do that for a few seconds and the snap back, its like my brain panics a bit and thinks "Oh crap, im not paying attention, go back to listening" when I feel like that is actually the wrong thing to do. I can't really control snapping back, but it was just an interesting thought about how sometimes it happens and it feels like its wrong, but its just a natural reaction, has anyone else had experience with this before as the volunteer or hypnotist? Is there something I could in particular to not scare myself into thinking im doing something wrong? Also just a side note, it doesnt actually pull me out of the trance, its just like my inner monitor realizes im not hearing the words, and so I become aware of the talking again.

I don’t have access to a professional hypnotherapist at the moment so i was wondering :are there any free recording/ videos online that worked for anyone? And if there is a way i can check how hypnotizable i am. Sorry if this is a repeated question i am new to hypnosis.

I am clinically-certified but now years later I can see that that additional training was broadly defined and was just scratching the surface. I had my first Vet client last week and want to see more of this population that could really benefit from hypnosis. I've also dug around on the internet and have a better understanding of what Vets are dealing with. They can have sleep issues, pain issues, nervous systems are stuck in high arousal states, not to mention PTSD. There is a bunch of training out there so I thought I would post this in the community that might have so good, solid recommendations on getting more specialized in sleep, pain management, and PTSD. My scope is that I am a non-therapist, non-counselor.

Hello again!

Sort of piggybacking on my last experience, there was something else I noticed while volunteering for someone who creates hypnosis content.

There was myself and another volunteer who participated in the same video, and to keep it simple, we were both given a suggestion along the lines of "having the overwhelming urge to make chicken noises whenever a particular object came into view, and continuing until the object was taken out of sight."

What I found interesting was how differently we reacted.

For myself, it was a much calmer reaction, just little bursts of chicken noises coming out of my mouth, without any additional movements or expressions. What fascinated me was that it genuinely felt automatic, almost like the noises were already coming out before I had a chance to think about them. I was aware of what I was doing, but it still felt like something I couldn't stop.

The other volunteer, however, was much more animated. Along with making the noises, he was flapping his arms, moving around, and displaying mannerisms you might associate with a chicken.

And that got me thinking.

We both received essentially the same suggestion, yet our responses were noticeably different. I'm personally a very literal and analytical person, so I wonder if that influences how I interpret suggestions and why I didn't naturally add anything beyond what was suggested.

But I'm curious, when someone receives a suggestion, can their mind spontaneously expand on it, adding behaviors or mannerisms that weren't directly suggested? And could someone who's naturally more literal respond differently simply because of how they interpret the wording?

I'd be interested to hear perspectives from both hypnotists and volunteers who have experienced something similar.