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Elements of Bimbofication by sleepingirl
Elements of Bimbofication by sleepingirlBimbofication is one of the most popular tropes in hypnokink content, and for good reason -- it has an established “canon” that is easy and appealing to play with for many people. It is easy to play in its rhythms, pick and choose elements to enjoy, or sub...
PSYCHOSPIRITUAL: A Hypnokink/Spirituality Essay Jam is coming and you're invited to write something!
Hi everyone! I'm really exited to share this new event/project! A bit back, I was thinking a lot about how I knew many of us in hypnokink were spiritual in some way, but the intersection of those two things is something we don't really discuss at length.I had the idea to run an essay jam whe...
All Types of Utilization
All Types of Utilization by sleepingirlLanguage evolves within hobbies and subcultures, and especially with something like hypnosis that spans varying demographics. The word “utilization” gets thrown around us a lot, and can refer to several totally distinct ideas. It has its origins in Erickson...
Dolly in the Art Gallery: A Charmed 2025 Scene Log/Recap
Hi everyone! Most of you know Charmed was last weekend and it's been a very long time since I've written a proper scene writeup, but this was a very special experience for me and I wanted to share it. Enjoy! Regular articles returning next week. :) --“Art is how we decorate space, and musi...
You are a Wizard, so Pour Over the Tomes
This is a little motivational piece (for you and me!) as I gear up to teach "Analyzing Erickson" at Charmed. It's something I feel really passionately about, and I wanted to share it.--------------------------------------------------------------Hypnosis is magic. It is not just “the cl...
Distraction or Dreaming? An Exploration of Erickson
Distraction or Dreaming? An Exploration of Erickson by sleepingirlHypnosis is young -- at least, the western discipline that we call by that name. Despite only being in the public consciousness for a couple of centuries, it’s gone through an enormous amount of evolution. Even in the last 50 years ...
Next Article Poll (Ends 12/5)!
It's that time again! :)"Distraction or Dreaming?": I'm rereading Erickson's Hypnotic Realities and really struck by just how often Erickson expects his patients to be daydreaming in trance. This is in contrast to our modern community idea, surely! This would be a source-heavy ar...
sleepingirl's BIG HYPNOVEMBER MAGAZINE is out now!
Hi everyone! Happy December! And right on time — my magazine is out and available right now!This was a labor of love and a challenge to finish it in just one month for Hypnovember, but I'm really happy I did!Inside you’ll find:15k words. 77 pages. So much art. Word games! Kitschy magazine-st...
Run Your Own Hypnosis Text Study!
Hi everyone! I’m hard at work on a big Hypnovember project -- a magazine with tons of my writing, art, and other stuff! Here’s a new article that I wrote for it :) My goal is to have it finished by the end of November, so I’ll keep you updated when it’s available!By the way -- I'll be ru...
Guided, Erickson-ish(?) Scenarios by sleepingirl
Guided, Erickson-ish(?) Scenarios by sleepingirlThis may be a “me” thing, but nowadays I always have a tiny knee-jerk reaction when someone references Ericksonian storytelling. “There’s so much more to Erickson!” I think to myself. “Copying his storytelling is fun, but a lot of it is abo...
I'm back and working hard :) Updates!
Hi everyone. I can't thank you enough for the supportand well wishes over the past chunk of time that I've been unwell. It meant so much to me and especially I think I saw some community members here recommending my Patreon? I'm just getting my bearings but I got emails about that which ...
Suggest topics for mini-essays! + UPDATES
Hi all. My health is really not great, BUT there are times when I'm lucid enough to write, so I want to write!I probably can't as easily do my 5k-word monster essays, but I should be able to do more concise articles.I need your help with topics :) Please suggest any questions about hypnosis ...
Updates (less cool)
So, I was in the ER yesterday. I had sudden severe vertigo on Wednesday accompanied by heart palpitations and headache, and it was getting pretty scary.Good news: my heart is fine, they sent me home.Bad news: we don't really know why I'm feeling this, and I am basically non-functional.It cou...
Adding cool tier updates! + I need your input!! :)
Hi everyone! 1) I'm happy to say that my chronic migraines are lessening, and we'll get an article going for next week!2) I'm finally doing an update to the benefactor tier that I've wanted to do for a long time! + More tier updates???I know this is a bit long but please consider rea...
Some Stuff About (Limiting) Beliefs and Evaluation
Some Stuff About (Limiting) Beliefs and Evaluation by sleepingirlPeople are always making judgments and evaluations about what is happening to them and around them, and those evaluations are based on their beliefs. We intuitively understand that beliefs can change a lot about how a person experience...
KADOSH Zine
For Hypnokink Zine Week 2! PDF on Itch or on this post.
Two updates!
Hi y'all! Two quick things:NASTY migraine made me lose the vast majority of the day today -- the "Beliefs" article is VERY close to done and I'll finish it up early next week!You won't be empty-handed though -- in a few minutes I'm going to upload the mini-essay/zine I made f...
Next Article Poll!
"What IS Kinesthetic?": Our sensory systems are complex and have a TON of overlap -- an experience/suggestion is never just drawing on one sense. Kinesthetic stuff, however, is the most distinct among them in that it is insanely broad and nearly impossibly to separate from the other senses. ...
A System Affecting Itself (aka, What On Earth Do I Title This Essay)
One of the first things we teach hypnotists -- and subjects who are new to hypnosis -- is that hypnosis is not an external, unnatural force that acts upon someone. But pinning down exactly what it is or how to explain it can be challenging.Trance is a natural state, but it is one that people often n...
This week's article :)
Hi y'all! I meant to set up a poll last Friday but I was rushing around and EXHAUSTED and the day slipped away from me.This week I'm going to write a smaller/candid article about the concept of "hypnosis is utilizing the mind to affect itself" and how oddly complex and paradoxical th...
Effective Fixation/Focus (Article)
Effective Fixation/FocusObtaining focus and fixation is one of the most universal ingredients in hypnosis. Depending on how you define trance, we might say that fixation is even inherent or necessary. But if we try to open up what hypnosis exactly is, we might start to question what the role of inte...
Next Article Poll :)
"What IS Kinesthetic?": Our sensory systems are complex and have a TON of overlap -- an experience/suggestion is never just drawing on one sense. Kinesthetic stuff, however, is the most distinct among them in that it is insanely broad and nearly impossibly to separate from the other senses. ...
"Female Gaze" Hypnosis
“Female Gaze” Hypnosis by sleepingirlThe terms “male gaze” and “female gaze” are not my favorite. They are gendered, generalized, heteronormative, binary. However, they attempt to describe something very important to me. I grew up as a fandom teen, entrenched in writing and reading fanfi...
Article poll :)
WE'RE BACK TO USUAL ARTICLES BAYBEEEE"Feminine Gaze Hypnosis": If you follow me on Twitter, you might have seen I had a thought about something I feel is missing in the discussion of how to do hypnosis. I don't mean "hypnosis catered to women" but instead "how to sexualiz...
Brainwashing and Blankness
(Hi everyone! I hope you've enjoyed these more free-form articles over the last few weeks -- I'm quite a bit more recovered now from COVID and family stuff, and I should be getting back to regular articles very soon :) Thanks for your well-wishes and patience!)Brainwashing and Blankness by s...
Models, Suggestions, Hypnosis (Article) by sleepingirl
Models, Suggestions, Hypnosis (Article) by sleepingirlUnfortunately, in order to teach something, you have to define it.Hypnosis operates very heavily based on HOW you define it. By that I mean it’s partially placebo effect -- if you tell your subject that it works via some mechanism, that’s sug...
Updates
On top of still not being fully recovered from COVID (which is now kicking up some chronic health stuff), over the weekend, we had a death in the family.My plan right now for here is to work on smaller posts as I am able -- instead of my usual ~4k scheduled articles, I'll be posting shorter piec...
Milton Erickson and a Rabbi Walk into a Bar… (Article)
I am still definitely recovering from COVID (ugh), but I finally had enough energy and brain to do final edits on this essay I’ve been working on for a couple of months. It is long and covers a lot but I think it tells a cohesive story about connections I’ve been making between hypnosis, Judaism...
I have covid :(
ICYMI on Twitter I did not successfully dodge the covid in my household and I'm sick and it sucks. Got a prescription for paxlovid so hopefully that helps but it'll probably take this week to recover. Want to get back to writing ASAP, I'll let y'all know 🤒
Inherent, Intimate D/s
(My heat is finally back on and I was able to finish this in time :) I hope you enjoy it! I think there's a lot more to explore here and would love to do more in another essay.)Inherent Intimate D/s by sleepingirlThere is a quality of experience you can achieve with hypnosis that straddles the l...
