D/s Hypnosis

[WriterDom]

Anyone had any experience with BDSM Hypnosis? An old friend of mine is having phone sessions with a hypnotist. I looked it up on yahoo, and mostly found Dommes doing this for money.

I would think this would be a not so safe practice if you picked the wrong person. Or is it all just a bunch of hogwash?

 

[Quint]

There was an interesting website discussed on another thread with hypnosis mp3s for various SM reasons, especially humiliation. I did the preparatory trance files a few times and they were good, but I tried a rather harmless one--intended to give me vivid sex dreams that night--and it was a bust, so I don't know about the validity of any of the other complex files. Worth looking into, especially if you know you're vulnerable to hypnosis.

www.**********.com

I qualm about such places but I would definitely consider hypnosis for certain purposes if I thought it would work.

 

[morninggirl5]

If a person is suggestible, then an unethical person could be very dangerous. Contrary to the hollywood stereotype, you won't do anything under hypnosis that is against your personal values or ethics. So, a sub who has something as a hard limit isn't going to engage in that behavior after being hypnotized. There is still a lot of room for exploitation, though.

IMO, hypnosis is a dangerous tool best left in the hands of professionals such as psychologists, psychiatrists and other therapists who are bound by a code of ethics.

 

[FungiUg]

The closest I've come to it is when training a submissive to cum from voice control. She was sure I had hypnotised her, but there wasn't any real hypnosis involved.

One day I might to a course on hypnosis though. It does fascinate me.

 

[Netzach]

G has always had a little bit of fascination with this, where I've been dismissive. He read a small book about erotic hypnosis, neither of us know if it's very good. But he did tell me that I'm already doing like, 8 of 10 of most of the things in it subconsciously in a scene, I didn't ask really what they were but I believe it from his reactions.

 

[Georgia Girl]

my Master is a trained and experieced hypnotist, it is something we have utilitized in the past although not to any strong degree.

If you would like, I would be happy to ask him to provide more information.

 

[FungiUg]

Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I'm damned curious! The idea of being able to plant a post-hypnotic suggestion for someone so they come whenever they hear the word "kazoo" (just as an example) is a huge turn on!

So Georgia Girl, if you have more information to share, I for one would love to hear it.

 

[rigged4dive]

Funny you should mention this. There is a class in the bay area next month on this very subject.

http://thescenery.org/hypnosis030913.html

Don't think I'd care to try it myself.

 

[s'lara]

i am not sure how susceptible i would be to hypnosis.

i don't know if i would be up for it actually. i don't know if i would want to be hypnotized - what would be the purpose in relation to D/s? i think subspace is sort of a self hypnosis and enjoyed that very much.

lara

 

[FungiUg]

i don't know if i would be up for it actually. i don't know if i would want to be hypnotized - what would be the purpose in relation to D/s? i think subspace is sort of a self hypnosis and enjoyed that very much.

From what I have seen of my submissive in sub-space, her reaction is very similar to what I would imagine hypnosis is like.

For me, the hypnosis would be a way of having her enter sub-space quickly at my whim. So it would be removing the "self induced" part. As you say, I'm not sure how realistic that is... but it's an interesting idea to explore.

 

[Georgia Girl]

So Georgia Girl, if you have more information to share, I for one would love to hear it.

As I said before we have only utilized it lightly. He tends to be calmer and more centered than I am, I tend to be more scattered and frenzied. One of the greatest ways that we utilize it is in helping to center me. The groundwork for this was layed when we were together but it is now something that can be achieved when we are apart (we live 2.5 hrs apart).

If you have specific questions I will pass them along to him gladly.


sub-space for me is something altogether different from what others mention, it is not a place I enjoy, when I go there I block all perception to pain so it is not a safe place for me. This is something that kept me from playing casually previously.

 

[s'lara]

From what I have seen of my submissive in sub-space, her reaction is very similar to what I would imagine hypnosis is like.

For me, the hypnosis would be a way of having her enter sub-space quickly at my whim. So it would be removing the "self induced" part. As you say, I'm not sure how realistic that is... but it's an interesting idea to explore.

Half the fun is getting to space ... *smiles*

lara

 

[FungiUg]

Half the fun is getting to space ... *smiles*

lara

True, and I have no intention of losing that fun. Okay, here's an example of how I would like to use it.

Sitting at a cafe, drinking coffee, and I lean across the table and whisper "Kazoo". Suddenly, the submissive begins to orgasm quietly, until I tell her the release word. (I haven't thought of one yet... perhaps I should? Otherwise she might be stuck there orgasming indefinately!)

So just another avenue of play and control.

 

[s'lara]

True, and I have no intention of losing that fun. Okay, here's an example of how I would like to use it.

Sitting at a cafe, drinking coffee, and I lean across the table and whisper "Kazoo". Suddenly, the submissive begins to orgasm quietly, until I tell her the release word. (I haven't thought of one yet... perhaps I should? Otherwise she might be stuck there orgasming indefinately!)

So just another avenue of play and control.

That's a great use for it i guess. i know many subs/slave hear about the orgasm on demand thing. The hypnosis may be useful in that arena for those who have a hard time getting to that level of conditioning. Funny thing would be to accidently receive the buzz word from someone else. Goodness.

lara

 

[morninggirl5]

There was a message in my e-mail today about a demo event with hypnosis in Augusta, Ga on Aug 16th.

If there's anyone interested, let me know and i'll forward the info to you.

 

[Mr Blonde]

Any other thoughts or experiences on this subject?

Here is how hypnosis is described at How Stuff Works:

It is a trance state characterized by extreme suggestibility, relaxation and heightened imagination. It's not really like sleep, because the subject is alert the whole time. It is most often compared to daydreaming, or the feeling of "losing yourself" in a book or movie. You are fully conscious, but you tune out most of the stimuli around you. You focus intently on the subject at hand, to the near exclusion of any other thought.

(It sounds a little like subspace?)

Some submissives have said that they practice self-hypnosis. Have any of them done this before a scene with their partner? Just looking for first-hand experiences.

 

[morninggirl5]

Any other thoughts or experiences on this subject?

Here is how hypnosis is described at How Stuff Works:



(It sounds a little like subspace?)

Some submissives have said that they practice self-hypnosis. Have any of them done this before a scene with their partner? Just looking for first-hand experiences.

I haven't practiced self-hypnosis before a scene. I don't really think i would be able to reach the totally calm and relaxed state necessary.

The description of "losing yourself" in a book or movie is close but not really what happens for me. When I'm lost in a book or movie, it can take me literally 10 to 15 minutes to reorient myself to the world around me. You could literally drop a bomb in the next room and i wouldn't notice it at all. (This is also the state i enter pretty quickly with a Dom.) In hypnosis, i'm oriented to the world around me at all times, aware of what's happening but not really focused on it. Any change in those surroundings immediately brings me out of the hypnotized state to full awareness.

I'm not sure if i answered your question exactly, but i hope it makes some sense.

 

[sincerely_helene]

Any other thoughts or experiences on this subject?

Here is how hypnosis is described at How Stuff Works:



(It sounds a little like subspace?)

That is a most excellent comparison, I think. I have always been fascinated with the notion of D/s hypnosis, because it is hard for me to differentiate it from the whole dynamic that occurs naturally between the dominant and submissive. I know that when I meet someone that possesses certain qualities, I tend to fall into a trance-like state and become highly suggestable from something as simple as a passing touch, word or glance.

I also confess to being an overly intense person, so maybe others don't experiance this unless they are literally placed under hypnosis.

 

[incubus'_sub]

Incubus has hypnotised me a couple of times and we'd hoped to achieve the erotic dream, cum on demand thing too, without a great deal of success really. The suggestions do seem to remain in your mind, but not quite strongly enough to have the desired effect.

For me, the feeling is very different to subspace in that hypnosis is a calm, focussed state and I feel centred & grounded. In subspace I seem to fly, have visions of places and very much seem to be out of body. I've never asked before but will ask you all now. During subspace but particularly during breath play I have visited what I call the talking place. I go somewhere where I can hear people talking & get a sense of them being there, but no, they are not relatives who have passed away, I don't know them & mostly can't decipher what they are saying either. It's most peculiar & completely fascinating. Anyone else been to this place?

 

[AdrianBlack]

This sounds very interesting, who would have thought?

 

[graceanne]

There are people who, through self hypnosis, can do things like walk across hot coals and not get burned. My grandpa did that once. It was cool.
When I had my first daughter, they induced, and so I went instantly from no labor to hard labor, and I was like that for 16 hours. I personally believe that I managed, through meditation, to put myself into a semi-hypnotic state. Frankly, I dozed through most of it, and found it very difficult to pay attention to anyone trying to talk to me.
As a D/s tool, I find the idea very erotic. I'm actually working on a story involving hypnotism and mind control.

 

[Mr Blonde]

Thanks for the answers. I agree this is interesting.

Do any of you ladies have experience with lucid dreaming?

For incubus'_sub, do you have any tendencies towards synesthesia? I have synesthesia and in recent months it has started showing up prominantly while I am in "Domspace"...but that will be for another discussion.

 

[incubus'_sub]

No, no tendencies towards synesthesia at all. Mostly I'm quite normal LOL LOL.

I do have particularly vivid & often lurid dreams though and sometimes will wake up feeling slightly off centre after them. For the most part they are interesting and enjoyable. I'm not really a dream analizer but can often associate where the thread of the dream began & why.

The talking place is not a dream. It feels completely different and more like I've been visiting strangers, sort of eavesdropping, although my feeling is that they are aware of my presense too. I'd rather like to stay there a bit longer to investigate the place, but it would be very unwise to prolong the action needed to get me there. I travel through subspace, but to places, not people.

 

[catalina_francisco]

Bump...

 

[sister76]

IMO, hypnosis is a dangerous tool best left in the hands of professionals such as psychologists, psychiatrists and other therapists who are bound by a code of ethics.

I don't think it's a dangerous tool at all. Most hypnotists that I've heard of are not psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists, or anyone else bound by any code of ethics.

I have done research on the subject in college and all the information that I've read basically says that a person can't be hypnotized unless they want to and while under hypnosis will never do anything that they don't really want to. While there is no scientific explanation for the "hypnotic state," people do appear to be hypnotized. If it was dangerous, I think we would hear of cases where people have been made to do things they don't want to do under hypnosis. I've never heard of that.

As for D/s related hypnosis, I've always thought I would never be hypnotized by anyone, but I think I might have come close to that undefined state of mind with my Dom before. Pretty cool, I must say, and very enjoyable.