What, exactly, does hypnosis mean to you?
Every so often, somebody gets caught completely off guard by going nice and deep and blank into trance for me, and I'm reminded that we may mean two different things when we talk about hypnosis.
There is much hypnosis on tumblr which isn't quite how I define 'hypnosis'. Angry spirals without context, sent with little intent. Subs 'deep in trance' writing elaborate and detailed messages in chat with perfect emoji game. The classic DMed '5 4 3 2 1 deep sleep you are my slave good girl cum now' inductions. 'Hypnotic Files' which are mostly naughty phrases played back over the soundtrack of a cat laying on the bass end of a synthesizer. 'Hypno' porn consisting of techno and flashing bisexuality, or sillier still, porn starlets with outstretched arms and flat voices. Or, my blog's speciality, hypnosis erotica, meant to remind you that trance exists, but no more likely to put you there than any other dirty story.
Of course, this is fine. The fantasy is lovely, the hypnosis accoutrements a pleasant reminder, and it may be just the excuse you need to focus on your sexuality. And, for experienced subjects, trance can be found happily and readily where desired. Regardless, all of this is fine, valid, welcome, and an easy way to get started in the community. For many, this kind of play may be precisely what you need, what you want, and exactly where you want to stay.
Yet, some people seem to think that this is the only thing that hypnosis is. People can be completely accurate saying "I love hypnosis", when they love spirals and orders and erotica, unaware that their hypnosis is not the same thing as that of experienced hypnotists.
Perhaps they meant spirals and "3 2 1 so deep good girl", and I mean the subtle alignment of my words with their thoughts, with intertangling metaphors and instructions and subtle cues which mean that by the time they realize they've stopped thinking, it's already too late. When they melt profoundly, deeply, and perhaps before they've realized it, that's what I mean by hypnosis.
Perhaps they meant listening to dirty words for a little while, and I mean them suddenly waking up, unsure why they're repeating those words, but more enthusiastic about it than anything they've done all year. When the words in their mind aren't theirs, and are so much louder than any of their thoughts, that's what I mean by hypnosis.
Perhaps they mean 'trance' as feeling very horny, silly, and a bit tired, and I mean 'trance' as losing track of space, time, and everything but my words, and waking up foggy, but with that subtle tingling like they just did a lot of learning. When they're staring back into that delicious darkness from which they just awoke, that's what I mean by hypnosis.
Perhaps they mean 'omg m-m-master my mind is so blank 😵💫😵💫😵💫', and I mean being filled with a void so thick that they're struggling to even hold the phone, let alone to formulate a coherent message and 'send'. When even 'yes' becomes too complicated to spell, that's what I mean by hypnosis.
Most of all, perhaps they mean obedience because they want to play along, and I mean obedience such that they can't conceptualize anything but my commands. When 'control' is no longer about permission, but instead enforced reality, that's what I mean by hypnosis.
Of course, all hypnosis kink is valid, whatever it means. Both meanings can be incredible fun, and worthy of enjoyment. My meaning is not better, just different. But as much as I love hearing the surprise from just-barely-awakened people realizing that trance is much more 'real' than they ever thought it could be, it's probably better that you know up front just what hypnosis means to me, so you can decide whether that's what you want to do.
