A question for the hypnotic subjects/hypnotees of the world! What is it that you enjoy about hypnosis, and being hypnotised? What kind of feelings are common for you? Which senses do you notice are stimulated most? Do you feel that exploring your interest in hypnosis has improved your life? - ThreadSky

sophanya.love • 24 days ago

A question for the hypnotic subjects/hypnotees of the world!

What is it that you enjoy about hypnosis, and being hypnotised? What kind of feelings are common for you? Which senses do you notice are stimulated most? Do you feel that exploring your interest in hypnosis has improved your life?

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ambrosiabun.pet•24 days ago

I know we've talked about this many times between the two of us, but I figure I may as well say my own two cents here too. For me the most important thing is being able to fully trust someone to let go of myself and explore whatever feelings or ideas we have together, like a dance between us.

ambrosiabun.pet•24 days ago

It's so important to me because I can just let that dance between us become my entire self, my world for a little while. It's something I've only been able to experience with you and when it's with someone I trust so deeply with my entire being it's easy to just sink into it completely.

ambrosiabun.pet•24 days ago

The depth that hypnosis can achieve with the proper time and attention feels nothing sort of miraculous sometimes. I can feel both mental and physical sensations completely due to suggestion and the more time has gone on the more intensely vivid they have become.

ambrosiabun.pet•24 days ago

Important to note that in our particular relationship we're able to explore a lot of more long term ideas and conditioning that opens up a whole world of sensations and expression between the two of us. There is truly nobody in this world I would rather be my hypnotist and I'm thankful every day.

ambrosiabun.pet•24 days ago

We've obviously explored a lot of the kinkier sides too and of course will continue doing so, but it's always been so much more than that to me. And importantly, because of the trust we have between us we are able to explore so many ideas safely and ethically that otherwise may not be possible.

ambrosiabun.pet•24 days ago

Hypnosis has improved my life, especially since I met you, in innumerable ways. I am able to have so much comfort and safety and relief with literally every session we do, regardless of the context, and even outside of full sessions the use of trance or reminders of those sensations do wonders.

sophanya.love•24 days ago

To start, I'll give my own answer:

I suppose the very appeal of hypnosis to me is that it allows me to explore feelings, ideas, concepts, etcetera, in a way that feels far more immersive than anything else. Having those things be my only focus, whilst the world around me needn't matter anymore.

sophanya.love•24 days ago

It's a form of relief I don't find myself getting from anywhere else really, and upon experiencing that relief from the world, even for just a moment, I feel... Free. Free to explore my inner self, whilst my mind floats away.

sophanya.love•24 days ago

It's worth mentioning also, that floating feeling can often be physical if I let it be. When I'm so focused that the rest of the world ceases to matter, it feels like I'm floating through an endless void, and to me that's rather soothing. I do this with self-hypnosis too for self-soothing.

sophanya.love•24 days ago

I've also noticed, that more than anything else my visual and kinaesthetic senses are far easier to activate than others. Whilst entranced, it can be surprising just how vivid a feeling of movement, a hand on my skin, or an imagined scene, can be. Of course, those are only a few examples.

sophanya.love•24 days ago

Hypnosis has definitely improved my life! Especially in regards to self-hypnosis. No matter what I'm doing it for, I feel that it provides me with the relief from my worries, stresses, and everything in the outside world such that my mind can figure that all out in the background,

sophanya.love•24 days ago

whilst my conscious mind isn't inhibiting or preventing that. Of course, the same kind of effect can be achieved with other things that can be "immersive"... But I find hypnosis to be far more effective for me a majority of the time, whether I'm being guided into trance or doing self hypnosis.

pocketsizedsatan.bsky.social•24 days ago

It takes my anxiety away

afrosquirrel.bsky.social•24 days ago

Big part of the appeal is calming the 'noise' of ADHD thoughts jumping around by having thoughts be guided (so, narrative style is very appealing). There aren't any particular universal sensations, definitely not the floating some people describe. And yes, it's definitely been a benefit!

sophanya.love•24 days ago

Having your thoughts guided in a narrative sense is super nice yeah! It's something I do quite a lot as a hypnotist as well -- directly or indirectly pointing someone's thoughts in a certain direction by creating a narrative out of it.

sophanya.love•24 days ago

Needless to say, pretty much everything I do as a hypnotist is something I'd enjoy, or have enjoyed, as a subject too.

lewdnat1s.bsky.social•24 days ago

I'm typically a tist, but I've dabbled in self-hypnosis via mantra and guided audio. The best feeling is that fuzzy disconnect from the world around you.

Ironically, it's the lack of stimulation I enjoy most. The numb, comfortable haze where nothing matters and you can relax every part of yourself.

sophanya.love•24 days ago

For the record I'm also typically a hypnotist these days! I just also happen to have a lot of experience as a subject that I refer back to relatively often.

And yeah, that lack of stimulation can feel really nice, especially as someone who gets overwhelmed a lot (me)

lewdnat1s.bsky.social•24 days ago

Preach it loud for the people in the back lol. I have horrible audio-processing issues that overstimulate me. Pushing every other sound away is so comforting and I always feel more centered and grounded afterwards.

futuredryad.bsky.social•24 days ago

What I enjoy the most is the feeling of all the noise in my mind going quiet. I love the way the hypnotist’s words become so important; that feeling of significance itself becomes pleasurable. I love feeling cared for and like I can surrender control.

futuredryad.bsky.social•24 days ago

The feeling itself can vary depending on what I’m doing. Sometimes it’s the roller coaster thrill of falling. Sometimes it’s sinking into enveloping warmth. Sometimes it’s being simplified , and sometimes it’s feeling like parts of my mind that are normally fractured start talking to each other.

futuredryad.bsky.social•24 days ago

I think it’s made my life a little better in the ways it’s like meditation and mindfulness. It leaves me refreshed and more open to accepting and loving myself. And it’s just fun.

lulledtolove.bsky.social•23 days ago

At first it was heavily from a kink angle, the thought of my actions and autonomy willingly being given up to someone else because that's hot. But now, it's from a regular enjoyment that has more than just kink. It's a safe feeling knowing it can be stopped by either party if uncomfortable, and its

lulledtolove.bsky.social•23 days ago

helped me feel more comfortable when I end up zoning out when im feeling bad. i feel that familiar warmth that's cozy from being hypnotised. I know that whoever I trust with my mind, I can keep that trust.

for feelings, it's definitely warm and giddy. Usually giggling a lot after being woken up

lulledtolove.bsky.social•23 days ago

though I haven't experienced it in a while. I dunno what senses are usually felt the most, though a friend did something called the lemon test with me and I think it was the sense of touch that triggered with it.

engaging in hypnosis has definitely made me feel more free in expression and as also

lulledtolove.bsky.social•23 days ago

helped me explore it with my partner as well, slowly pulling into a trance for either warmth and comforting feelings, or kinky stuff. overall it's been really nice to engage with a few friends and my girlfriend. it's also helped me find more people with common interest, or made me realize with

lulledtolove.bsky.social•23 days ago

friends I have currently that the interest was always there. it allows me to explore my expression and feelings more with them, and is really just a nice fun thing to engage with.

It's about trust, and I feel by exploring more of a side not everyone can explore with their friends, it opens

lulledtolove.bsky.social•23 days ago

opportunities to grow closer, and a unique way to either just have some fun, or help calm down when it's needed.

tl;dr hypnosis is hype moments and aura

maribelmelody.bsky.social•24 days ago

I enjoy how hypnosis allows you to focus on something you want to change about yourself, both in giving the ability to do so and the power not to deter.

Brain most definitely, especially in imagination.

Absolutely!

cammycow.bsky.social•23 days ago

I get cold feet easily... I wish someone could just make me do things to live a little, whether it was expressing myself, or just having fun. Every time I try to it never really works for me so I just pretend and I still have fun

tiredtransplant.bsky.social•23 days ago

If I can ask, reading through replies, one thing that occurs to me, as someone with an interest but no involvment, is there any good starting points to enter either as self or with my partner?

kittengirl.bsky.social•24 days ago

It has absolutely improved my life. I do a lot of erotic hypnosis, but all of it lets me examine how my brain works in new ways. The most common feeling I get is a sense of calm that I can't have normally. It's a quiet mind + focus in a way I can't achieve on my own normally.

sleepy.hypnotized.cam•24 days ago

i'm definitely answering from a hypnokinky angle, though i don't *really* know how much that's informed my opinion...

the appeal of hypnosis, to me, is to be able to totally place my trust in somebody to relax, to be guided along through an experience of our choosing ...

sleepy.hypnotized.cam•24 days ago

... to find comfort in things which, while they might be strange and out of the ordinary in the real world, are basically just another tuesday in trance, hehe.

even outside of doing anything fun... just letting myself float freely, without a care in the world, is something i value quite a lot ...

sleepy.hypnotized.cam•24 days ago

existing in a headspace where nothing really matters, where i can feel safe either on my own or with the guiding hand of a 'tist...

so i guess the very extremely tl;dr version is... escapism? it feels a little lame to water it down to just That, but ultimately it *is* the case

sleepy.hypnotized.cam•24 days ago

appeal aside, hypnosis has done so, so much for me and my quality of life. it's a part of my life almost daily nowadays, and it's brought me together with so many wonderful people - even just briefly, and even with those who can't or won't interact with hypnosis in the same way that i do.

sleepy.hypnotized.cam•24 days ago

even just with people i'll never see or talk to again. the memories i've made in engaging with hypnosis are invaluable to me, and i'm going to cherish each and every one of them for as long as i live.

i wouldn't trade it for the world. :)

prankishcoin71.bsky.social•24 days ago

I quite enjoy the fact that my mind quiets down. I get to focus solely on a set idea, whether guided or not it’s still one idea. It is one of the very few times where I am truly calm and focused. Often my sense of smell and hearing seems a lot stronger. Hypnosis has definitely helped me.

lanternstocking.bsky.social•24 days ago

Soft, relaxing dissociation away from judgments of our surroundings and the approach of a realm of existence and appreciation.

(We know it sounds peculiar but it's happened!)

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