tennfan2:

ellaenchanting:

Do you want to do hypnosis? Do you want to do hypnosis WITH SCIENCE?

As much as research tends to lag behind what people are actually doing with hypnosis, the last few years have actually seen a pretty big increase in research done on and scientific curiosity about hypnosis. My personal theory is that this is because there’s an increasing number of studies coming out saying that hypnosis is A THING in and of itself (outside of, although often in addition to, the influence of factors like authority and cultural expectations).  The hypnosis that shows up in research is obviously differently-applied (and often narrower) than what we tend to do as hypnokinksters/hypno-enthusiasts. A lot of hypnosis research relies on old, old methodologies and constraints of trying to standardize procedures.  Still, I really like peeking in at the research that is happening and seeing if I can learn anything.

Join me, won’t you?

Referenced article (for those playing along at home): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307604862_Nuances_and_Uncertainties_Regarding_Hypnotic_Inductions_Toward_a_Theoretically_Informed_Praxis

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All of you should, obviously, read this.

Also, “facilitative sensory stimulation” is now a fetish on FetLife, which we all should add. It’s the greatest euphemism I’ve heard in a while.

Ella: I’m incredibly curious about what a facilitative sensory stimulation suggestion is and cannot get to the referenced article. Kinesthetic inductions? I have someone imagine they’re on a mountain and play the sound of yodeling in the background? I have no clue.

Okay, so I looked into the article you couldn’t reach (yay university subscriptions!). While it never actually uses the term “facilitative sensory stimulation”, I skimmed the article a bit and found this quote regarding debriefing:

Subjects in the experiential expectancy modification conditions were told the following:

“We tried to help you become hypnotized by making sure that you would have the first few experiences I suggested to you. Remember when I told you to see colors on the wall and to hear music? Whenever I said to imagine a color, we turned on a colored light that made the room look a tiny bit that color. When I told you to imagine that you could hear music, we turned on a tape. We did that only for the lights and the music. Everything else you did entirely on your own, and you did very well indeed.”

So that’s probably what facilitative sensory stimulation means: making the first couple “hallucinations” happen in reality as convincers.

(Sorry to burst anyone’s bubble. But hey, now you know what they were on about!)

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#sexuality and lack thereof #the more you know #reply via reblog #the power of science

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