Structure of a scene

Author

Dr Syzygy

Many hypnotic scenes have some structural similarities, in things you do, and their order:

Basic Structure

  1. Induction
  2. Deepener
  3. Suggestions
  4. Trance Experiences
  5. Emergence

Induction

The induction induces a trance state in the subject. Many work by techniques such as

  • controlled breathing
  • progressive muscular relaxation
  • fixating on a visual cue
  • straining some muscles (eyes, by fixating on a cue in the periphery; index fingers, by keeping them apart while pushing the palms together)
  • pattern break (for instance, tapping the subject on the back of their head in the butterfly induction

Deepener

The initial trance produced by the induction is often relatively light. It can be useful to use an intermediate step to deepen the trance in order to set the stage for any activities or suggestions that come next. Many work by using metaphors such as

  • descending a staircase.
  • descending a lift.
  • counting down.
  • sinking.

Some use lists of numbers or lists of letters, that can be described as shrinking and fading until they are completely gone (…and therefore the trance is so much deeper).

Fractionation

Fractionation is a particular set of techniques for deepening trance: the subject is brought out of trance, and dropped back into trance repeatedly until the trance state is so deep that they no longer come fully out of trance when woken up.

Timing can be key here - you want to drop back into trance just as the eyes start to focus on the world around the subject, and to wake them back up just as the trance relaxes them fully.

An implanted trance trigger is a good way to drop the subject into trance during fractionation, and snapping your fingers near their eyes can be an effective way to pull them back up again.

Suggestions

Different hypno-tops have different styles they like to give suggestions; different hypno-bottoms have different styles they respond more or less well. Overall, these can break down into two groups:

Orders

When I touch your earlobe, you will feel the touch reflected in your nipple.

Indirect suggestions

You may find that when I touch your earlobe, you feel the touch reflected in your nipple.

There has been research within hypno-therapy on the efficacy of each of these styles, and they show very little difference across experiments between the two styles - but one argument for the indirect suggestions is that it can break the trance if the subject is told something will happen and it then does not actually happen, whereas if they may find something to happen, it allows for more space for not all suggestions to kick in.

Working closely with metaphors preferred by the subject can make these more effective. Simple sentences, without negative words and states, that are repeated tend to work better than more complex or negatively phrased suggestions.

Many interesting suggestions take the shape of triggers: whenever something happens, it may elicit a particular response. (Whenever you see me do a household chore, you may get an impulse to come distract me by playing with my butt.)

Trance Experiences

While in a trance, there are more things you can be doing than just creating suggestions and triggers. It is usually a relaxing, pleasureable state of consciousness, where you may have an easier time focusing on specific sensations or experiences.

Both me and Razor enjoy very much sexual stimulation while in trance. The exact same fucking you might otherwise have engaged in can feel that much more intensely and engaging if one or both of you are entranced while you fuck.

Another pleasant way to spend time in trance is to drift: just relax, let time pass, and enjoy being immersed in the trance head space - without any activities, actions, expectations - just being. Especially for some neurospicy subjects, this can be a novel and deeply desired state of being, and being able to call on it deliberately quite welcome.

Emergence

Emergence is the process of coming back out of the trance. These are often built as deepeners in reverse: instead of walking down stairs / taking a lift down / counting down / etc, you would walk up stairs / take a lift up / count up / etc.

Ego-strengthening can be a good idea to include in emergence, suggesting self-esteem and resilience.

Suggesting a pleasant set of feelings and sensations to wake up into can be a good idea - common formulations include to wake up feeling refreshed and alert.

Grounding the subject in the room is quite useful to help emergence; while counting up, or describing ascending a staircase, etc. you may add awareness of the room around you, of things the subject is touching, feeling, hearing as increasingly present and noticeable.

One way to finish an emergence can be something like

And when you feel ready to wake up, you can open your eyes and come back into the world feeling refreshed and alert.