by Blink » April 9th, 2006, 1:43 pm
gurlbidesign,
Just because you wake up and feel that you've been asleep, that doesn't mean that you fell asleep during the file. You could have been in trance and not known or you could have fallen asleep after. Quite a few people can't distinguish between trance and sleep, and almost everyone can transition from trance to sleep seamlessly. That's the reason that hypnotherapists use "convincers" with clients. People will pay a hefty hourly feel for deep trance with amnesia, but if they think they were asleep the whole time, they're not as eager to part with the cash. (Pros also set the stage with susceptibility tests, but this isn't a certification course, and I'm not a trainer. Not for free, anyway. ;))
I've recorded some custom work for a special submissive that includes a very permissive wakener. If he's listening during the day and needs to move on, he can wake feeling refreshed and renewed. If he's listening right before bed, as he usually does, he can put away his headphones and CD player and experience restful sleep. He has experienced varied effects from the disc, sometimes "missing" the induction entirely, sometimes being awake farther into the disc than he thinks he should and then getting a sort of trance-hammer blow to the head, sometimes thinking he was awake the whole time. But every time he wakes up in the morning and the headphones are neatly placed on top of the CD player with everything switched off, he knows what happened. I've worked with a somnambulist in the past who developed natural amnesias for trance and had to be specifically instructed to remember, if the memory was needed later.
If you define trance as a relaxed state of learning, then you really do need to relax. If, instead, you define trance as opening a direct line of communication with your subconscious, then you're already there, tense, relaxed or otherwise. Everything your conscious mind notices has been passed through your subconscious. For example, I'll mention your peripheral vision. Notice how yours just opened up? It was there the whole time, but your subconscious was filtering it out so you could focus more closely on your monitor.
Reassure yourself that your subconscious can get the message with or without the experience of trance and listen to the files. Find one that you can use as your own convincer, if you think that will help. Give it time before you test it. Once a day for a week is better than seven times in one day.
The flip side of this is that if you are falling asleep, the first few minutes after doing so are the best time for sleep learning. If you're using EMG's files (or the various versions of EMG's files on this site) without chaining them, they should be short enough to hit the window.
Best of luck with your continued play!
-- Blink