JackDrago wrote:I can relate to autism and hypnosis, I am Asperger's syndrome and I have a very odd hypnotic profile. I have a hard time trancing for anyone else, but I can put myself under pretty easily.
For me, trancing is easy and natural, but only by myself. If I make a file myself in my own voice with suggestions I wrote very often my subconscious will take the suggestions even before I formally trance to them.
The trick is to USE your autism instead of trying to emulate a normie's response. You will probably never be able to do deep mind work using the methods that normal people use; but in exchange you have a remarkable degree of access to your own inner life that they can never match and an ability to hyper focus in a way most hypnotic subjects would kill for and it's natural for people like us to be easily obsessed with things, which is one of the keys to making suggestions stick long term.
You will always have to do it your own way, but once you learn how the intrinsic advantages of autism will actually make you a better subject for self hypnosis than most neurotypical people are ever able to be.
If you have a microphone, trying to re - record a favorite file in your own voice may help a lot. The process will get your mind engaged with the content and help you accept it as something that comes from yourself.
I have asperger's but I have found myself able to trance, it's hard at first... it truly is.
The trick is to finding a file that you can accept mentally while concious.
If you like what you are hearing you are more likely to relax.
Also... one thing I learned. It is perfectly normal if your mind is racing during hypnosis. Just focus on the voice . Ignore your surroundings if you can.. It will help.
And repeated listening as well as choosing the RIGHT time seems to work for me.
I listened to one file the other night without any induction.. and at first I wasn't feeling it... I had to try listening to it three times and then finally I just let go... and it began to work..
It hit me so hard that it is still effecting me today and.. Oh I just realized I am still wearing panties right now .. and I did not even think about it.
One listen was all it took to.. Hm... But I was doing that before hypnosis to just not often. >.<
anyway then.. this morning I listened to EMG's Curse Enchanted Keyboard file again. I lost track how much I used it but I know I've used it enough for it to really start hitting me hard. I listened... and for the first time I actually felt my mind shutting down.. I was drifting in and out of awareness. That is rare for me when trying to use hypnosis..
So somehow.. something began to actually effect my mind.
I am quite happy with that but also the things I wrote down relating to the curse Enchanted Keyboard file seem to go away after a while.
I wonder why that is.. the file suggests they are permanent.
Permanent changes seem harder for me to achieve.
I think that is probably the aspergers... not sure? someone else comment on this.