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Amnesia experience article question?
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 fir...
MASTERPOST/INDEX of Patreon content!
Welcome!This post indexes all of my posts by type and content so it is easy to find. Check out my websitefor links to books, games, and other stuff!DISCOUNT CODES/BENEFITS:Benefactor tier gets The Brainwashing Book and Kinky NLP ebooks for freeBenefactor tier gets Pacing, Leading, and Ambiguity vide...
ZINE: The Parable of the Novice Hypnotist | 8/21/22
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 ni...
ZINE: A Weird Hypnotic Poetry Zine | 7/26/22
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 ...
Twitter Thread: Confusion | 1/12/22
Original thread: https://twitter.com/h_sleepingirl/status/1481283542156025857 Article that expands on this: https://www.patreon.com/posts/introduction-to-72380359I really think confusion in hypnosis is really misunderstood. There's this idea that confusion is a goal, and to get there, you want t...
Twitter Thread: Ignore Suggestibility | 9/6/21
Original thread: https://twitter.com/h_sleepingirl/status/1434902357553332225Full article based on this topic: https://www.patreon.com/posts/value-of-and-56290333One of the biggest tips I have for (especially newer) hypnotists is to almost completely ignore the idea of "suggestibility". You ...
Twitter Thread: CNC, Consent, and Safewords | 9/16/21
Original thread: https://twitter.com/h_sleepingirl/status/1438516146496409602There'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...
Twitter Thread: On Safety + "You Are Kept Safe By Your 'Unconscious'" And Etc | 9/14/20
Original thread: https://twitter.com/h_sleepingirl/status/1305517099067076609Hypnosis 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. R...
Twitter Thread: Subjects, Stop Trying To Force Yourself Into Stuff That Isn't Working | 5/22/22
Original thread: https://twitter.com/h_sleepingirl/status/1529109974877716486I 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 ...
Twitter Thread: Beyond Relaxation | 9/8/22
Original thread: https://twitter.com/h_sleepingirl/status/1567972659631386625Don'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 ...
Twitter Thread: Suggestions | 9/13/22
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.) Ba...
Updates of things coming :)
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 pinne...
Introduction to Ericksonian Hypnosis
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 dilu...
Article is gonna have to wait but for VERY COOL REASONS
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 ...
Article poll! (early!)
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, ...
Making Effective Suggestions
Making Effective Suggestions by sleepingirlWhile 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 tech...
Question!
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, an...
Article poll!
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...
Emotional Sadism and Degradation
Emotional Sadism and Degradation by sleepingirlA 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...
FYI possible delay?
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 ...
Article poll!
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"...
Next Article Poll!
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 thin...
Audio article delay!
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
Cold Reading for Hypnosis
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 c...
Article topic poll :)
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 ...
More Double Binds Audio Article
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!
Subject Skills: The Active Mind
Subject Skills: The Active Mind by sleepingirlBy 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 ...
Next article topic!
- "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 l...
More Double Binds
More Double Binds by sleepingirlWe’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 ...
