Just a repost of my favorite file to relax to
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Have you ever been hypnotized before?
Have you ever been hypnotized by reading words on a screen?
Some people find that they can only fall into trance when they can hear their hypnotist's voice.
When they can lie back, close their eyes, and forget about all other distractions.
So that when they're given the command to sleep...
They're already tricking their body into thinking it's bed time...
And their mind understands that when you're lying down and your eyes are closed...
It must be time to wind down.
To shut down.
And sleep.
There's an obvious logic to being guided down into trance by someone's voice like that.
Whether they're in the room with you, or speaking to you through headphones.
And if you imagine hypnosis to be like the normal kind of sleep...
Then it makes perfect sense that it should work like that.
But hypnosis isn't the same as sleep.
Don't get me wrong, I'll be tempted to say things to you like...
You are feeling veeery sleeeepy...
Because it's a useful metaphor.
And because pop culture has conditioned you to associate phrases like that...
And images like spirals and swinging pocket watches...
With the idea of being hypnotized.
But you know that when you're hypnotized, you're not asleep.
You're not unconscious.
Quite the opposite, really.
When you're hypnotized, you're focused.
So focused on one particular thing...
That you lose sight of everything else for a while.
And so maybe, to the outside world...
You would appear to be sleeping...
Your mind turned off...
Unaware of anything...
But to the hypnotist...
You would be so focused.
So attentive.
So intent on listening...
And learning...
And accepting.
That's why spirals can work so well.
They give you something to focus on.
They draw you in.
Capture your attention.
Distract you from everything else.
And that's why some people don't need to close their eyes to be hypnotized.
If they just have something to focus on so intently...
That everything else fades away.
The same can be true for text on a screen...
Just like this.
You eyes can be wide open...
But so focused on what you're reading...
So captivated by the words...
That it's easy to find that anything else on the screen...
Anything else around you...
Stops being interesting.
And you get so focused on just my words...
That you keep reading...
And keep scrolling...
Without worrying about anything else.
Nothing else distracts you.
Nothing else matters.
And the more you read...
The more focused you get.
The more attentive you get.
The more hypnotized you get.
Are you hypnotized now?
If you're unsure, then here's an easier question...
Are you focused?
Do I have your attention?
Are you ignoring all other distractions?
If so, then maybe you are hypnotized.
And if you just keep reading...
And keep scrolling...
You'll just get more and more focused...
More and more attentive...
More and more hypnotized.
Different methods work for different people, of course.
I think that the beauty of text hypnosis...
Of a script like this...
Is that you can follow along at your own pace.
So if I tell you to take a calming, soothing, deep breath in...
You can anticipate my next request, and in your own time...
Slowly let it out...
There's no rush.
So I want you to breathe deeply in...
And breathe slowly out...
As you continue to read my words.
At whatever pace feels the most relaxing to you.
Reading one line of text with each breath in...
And then the next line with each breath out...
Relaxing yourself at my guidance...
But at your own leisure.
Feeling that connection between my words...
And your relaxation.
Making it so easy to focus more and more...
On me.
And if you're doing as I'm asking...
Breathing and reading and focusing in the way that I want...
And letting everything else fade away...
And feeling veeery sleeeepy...
Then yes, you are hypnotized.
And something else that's nice about text hypnosis...
Is that when the hypnotist says something that you particularly like...
You can read it again...
And reinforce those feelings, those ideas, within your focused and attentive mind.
So for example, when I tell you that...
You are hypnotized...
That might be something that sounds very nice to your hypnotized mind.
And you might like to read that line again, to really let it sink in.
To really accept that...
You are hypnotized.
So I don't need to repeat that again...
Because your mind is doing that all on its own.
Your mind understands that what I say is important.
After all, there's nothing else to focus on at the moment.
Nothing else to think about.
So when I tell you what you are...
How you feel...
Your mind latches onto that...
Accepts it completely...
And keeps reminding you...
As you keep reading...
Scrolling...
Breathing...
Relaxing...
Focusing...
Accepting...
Feeling so attentive...
So captivated...
So hypnotized.
Everything I say to you feeling so important...
So easy to listen to...
And follow...
And accept.
Just making sense.
Just feeling right.
And you never needed to close your eyes.
You never needed to stare into a spiral.
You were hypnotized just by reading my words.
And you must be feeling so helpless to realise that...
Finding my words so irresistible...
So compelling....
Knowing that, now that I have you here...
In this state...
Enthralled by my words...
You would feel anything I told you to feel.
You would do anything I told you to do.
Because there isn't anything else to feel...
Or anything else to do.
Nothing else as important as my words...
And focusing on them...
And following them...
And accepting them...
And obeying them...
Because it would feel so good to do as I tell you.
So good to do what I want.
So I am going to give you one very simple instruction.
Something that I know will be so easy for you...
Because being so hypnotized for me now is proof that you can do it.
The instruction is simply this...
Any time I say to you the word *FOCUS*...
You'll instantly, easily, automatically return to the exact state you're in now.
Completely focused...
Completely attentive...
Completely hypnotized...
Ready to follow...
Ready to accept...
Ready to obey.
Whether you read the word *FOCUS* as written by me...
Or hear my voice speak it to you...
Whether you're wide awake or already focused and hypnotized...
You will *FOCUS* when I tell you to *FOCUS*.
You'll forget about everything else...
And just *FOCUS* on me.
Instantly captivated...
Instantly compelled...
Instantly hypnotized...
Whenever you *FOCUS* on me.
My words becoming the most important thing in the world.
Totally irresistible.
Totally enthralling.
And so wonderful, so exciting to accept...
And to obey.
But for now, it's time to wake up.
I'm going to count up, from 1 to 10.
And you'll feel my grip on your attention gradually becoming less intense.
Each number reminding you a little more of the world around you.
Knowing that you can read the numbers at whatever pace feels most comfortable for you.
Knowing that you can go back and read them again if you're not quite back after just one count up.
And knowing that once you're thinking normally again...
You are going to feel so utterly wonderful.
So happy to have been so hypnotized.
Refreshed and rejuvenated.
And ready for anything.
Remembering that one simple instruction you'll obey for me, should you ever want to be given it.
Awake and alert.
Refreshed and rejuvenated.
Feeling wonderful.
When you're finished, respond with ready.