by rgn » January 24th, 2010, 11:55 pm
I think the lack of response is probably due to there being many threads of this type posted and people just start skipping over them.
I'm no hypnotist. But I have read a little about it, watch vids of people being hypnotised, listened many hours to mp3s myself. I think most people are trying too hard. Sort of like sex performance anxiety - you get hung up on the "will it work this time" mentality. I believe many people basically need to learn how to relax and sort of zone out. Think of it as trying to meditate - clear your mind, relax, focus a bit. You will come to find that it often does not even matter if you pay much attention to what is being said in the file. Initially I think it really helps to find a hypnotist style that appeals to you (voice, phrasing, etc.).
I remember finding this site and trying lots of files. Then read some forum posts of people having trancing problems. I decided I should focus on induction files. There's lots of induction only files around here - EMG has one I really like but cannot think of its name right now, blink has an interesting one, lutz bubble induction is great. And there are many, many, more. My favorite right now is dldrip009 and have listened to it several times each day for the past 2 weeks (I am hooked on this one BIG time :D - and I do not even remember what is in it when it finishes, I just feel good afterwards and slightly aroused for some reason - MANY THANKS DRIP!!!). OK, let me get back on track...
I found it worked best for me if the file has no awakener and loop it. I drop deeper with each play of the induction file. I seem to eventually get tired of trancing and wake up. Or sometimes I loop a file when I go to bed, trance awhile and drift off to sleep (it can be interesting to wake up with an induction playing to tempt you back into trance).
Of course my problem now is that I seem to trance fairly well (sometimes very deep) but I do not hang onto suggestions. In other words, I experience some things while in trance (some very well) but not much carries over outside of trance. And sometimes things that do carry over outside of trance will suddenly stop even if I still listen to the file. Perhaps I have not found a file that is appealing to my subconscious. Or perhaps my subconsious is a control freak and does not like being influenced. But I'm sure it will work itself out in time.
Hopefully you will find some of this helpful. Just keep trancing... or attempting to trance... Just know and believe that eventually it will happen.