by Endo » April 19th, 2014, 4:36 pm
It's very real. It's very scientific and thoroughly researched.
But the first thing is this: It takes time. A lot of time, in some cases. One listening session to a single MP3 isn't going to do a whole lot of anything for most people. Nor will a single live session. That's for EXPERIENCED hypnosis users.
As a new user, what you need to focus on is the techniques. If you aren't relaxing fully, or don't trust the 'tist, you won't get any results. So here's what I recommend: Practice. Find an induction (just the induction, OR a beginner's training file) and listen to it once a day. As you get used to that specific induction, and you get used to going into trance, there'll be some nice conditioning going on. You will associate that induction with going down, which will make using that specific induction much more effective. You may want to try "Bubble" or "Blank", both of which take you down, and associate going down with a certain phrase. When that phrase is said, either by you or someone else or a recording, you will go down. It makes stuff pretty easy.
I will caution you on this now: Don't offer yourself to someone without doing some research on them. Don't choose someone who's new to the "scene" or someone who just pops up randomly. At this point, you are a novice on multiple levels. First, as I said above, your skills are weak. Second, your mental defenses and resistances are "stock". You may be susceptible to submission training/suggestions, which may help on some levels with getting you to continue with this path with a certain 'tist, but can also be dangerous if the person you choose is abusive. In the same vein, you also have no mental defenses. Almost anyone could come along and hijack your mind, should you have an induction trigger, like "Bubble" or "Blank".
So, here's what I'd do: Learn how to do all this stuff on your own. There are a lot of people who would be interested in teaching you self-hypnosis (myself included), and we would love for you to be self-sufficient, and keeping yourself safe from abusive people. If you do crave a submission aspect, there are ways to get that with self-hypnosis, some ways that require a partner, some that don't.
If you'd like, we can take this to PMs or emails.