#hypnonerd

If you know me personally, you probably know I am one of those people with an ADHD-brain. Which is going very well with having hypnosis as a hobby, cause gosh... I've been hyperfixating on learning hypnosis for almost 7 years now!

A lot of people with ADHD think that they can't be hypnotized because they have ADHD. Yeah... if you work with hypnotists that only use PMR (progressive muscle relaxation), than you're gonna have some trouble...

What a lot of people don't realise, is that with the right techniques people with ADHD are often the best hypnotees! Yeah, you gotta have to work around their concentration problems, racing thoughts and tendency to be very analytical, but their creativity and playfulness can give them amazing experiences and make them great hypnotees! And did you know that people with ADHD can hyperfocus on something when they really like and enjoy it? Ever seen someone with ADHD get distracted while being creative or playing their favourite game? Yeah, that's what I thought!

Over the years as both a hypnotist and a hypnotee with ADHD, I have learned that hypnosis can help A LOT with ADHD! You know how relaxing it is to finally be able to quiet down your thoughts, when your thoughts are constantly racing on default?! Learning how to activate hyperfocus when you need it, learning how to regulate your emotions, and learning how to feel more confident and motivated are some of the wonderful things (self-)hypnosis can help with! Just with the right techniques!

Here are some tips for working with ADHD brains: - Make it engaging: Ofcourse ADHD brains are going to zone out or wonder off when they're forced to listen to someone yapping on and on and on. They can't be focusing on the same thing for a very long time, cause their mind WILL wonder off! Except for when you keep them active! Make the session engaging! Make them answer questions, do a yes-set induction, use a conversational style, keep them focused on a task (or more for an overload), keep the trances short and wake them up once every while to discuss their experience.

- Confusion: Are they thinking a lot? Just give them too much to think about! Short circuit their brain and make them confused. They will be looking for a way to make it make sense, which is when they're very susceptible for suggestions. Confusion inductions are fun and work great for ADHD brains! Always be one step ahead!

- Overload: ADHD brains are very easily overstimulated. USE IT AGAINST THEM! Overload inductions, like the 7+/-2 induction, are awesome techniques that work GREAT on ADHD brains!

- Rapid inductions: Not just because they're fun and playfull, but also because it's just quick! Don't take too long, or else that ADHD brain is about to get bored. If you make it quick, you'll give them no time to get distracted or bored!

- Playfullness: Use that playful mind! Use that creativity! Go get silly! Make it fun! The more they enjoy it, the easier it is for them to hyperfocus

- FRACTIONATION!!! my beloved: Nothing as engaging and fun as fractionation! It keeps them active and focused, it feels incredibly satisfying, has a lot of rapid techniques, it's very playful, and bonus: it takes them deeper!

- Use everything against them: Be sneaky! Observe and communicate, and use what they say against them! Suggest everything can make them go deeper. Do they tend to fidget a lot? Suggest the more the fidget, the more they relax. Do they tend to giggle? Suggest the giggling gets stronger, but only takes them deeper! Be ahead of that distraction, with suggestions like: "Every little distraction, will take you even deeper" "Every little thought can be there and fade away as you focus more and more on my voice" "Allow your body to adjust and move whenever it needs to. It'll just bring you deeper and deeper"

In a lot of (professionals) settings, the prestige does a lot of work. The hypnotee expects the hypnotist to be an expert and anticipates the amazing skilful techniques. This is different when you hypnotize friends or family that know you way differently. In recreational hypnosis, (hypno)friends just have fun with hypnosis and do experiments to nerd out or have a comfortable, fun, and silly session. The power of rapport plays a massive role here, where the connection and experience hypnofriends have with each other can be used to your advantage.

This video keeps being one of my favourite hypnosis videos out there. It's the perfect example of the ✨️power of rapport✨️

Flopping! Although flopping can be risky and you always gotta be careful, it can also be so incredibly comfy to flop. Having the literal feeling of falling somehow takes you even deeper. And when you know there's someone to catch you, you can truly let go and relax all the way! That moment when you flop into their arms... I WANT IT EVERY DAY

HYPNOHUGS I'm a huge teddybear! I always wanna hug my friends and loved ones, and hugs are just so comfy and safe, but gosh... when you add hypno to it!... Dropping someone into trance, while hugging As a hypnotee you get to melt and get comfy into your hypnofriends arms, knowing they're there to hold you and take care of you. And as a hypnotist you can feel someone just melting in your arms, as all their muscles just relax, taking care of them knowing they are in absolute heaven.

Shock inductions They are 100% my favourite! And so much easier IRL, as you can pull arms, suddenly get close, use physical touch. And they hit so much harder too! Gosh I love a good pattern interrupt so much!

Kinesthetic things I love kinesthetic techniques! Rocking someone side to side, pushing down their shoulders to release tension, gently shaking their wrist, dropping down their arm, or slowly moving around their head. Those gentle lovely deepeners... But also sudden things for the shock inductions are so lovely!

Non-Verbal inductions Especially when you have a great rapport with your hypnofriend, you don't even need words to drop someone. Just a simple tap on the forehead, a push on the shoulder or gently guiding the head down is enough to drop. Bonus point if the whole trance including the awakener is non-verbal too.

Observing As a hypnotist it's a lot easier to observe someones indicators of trance IRL, compared to videocalling. Being closer makes it easier to see any eye fluttering or rapid eye movement. Feeling the floppiness of their muscles. Seeing the hypnoblush on their face. Even noticing their breathing and breathing along can get you way more connected, or can help time the drop just right.

Don't mind me, figuring out another social media platform. Idk why I never used Tumblr before?! But let's try it out!

My name is Madelief, and I'm a huge hypnonerd! Hypnosis is my passion and I hope to make it my whole future.

Hypnosis has so many bad misconceptions, and my goal is to change that! People should realise how powerful our minds actually are and how amazing hypnosis actually is!

All those hypnonoobs are missing out!!!!

To share my passion with the rest of the world, I love creating fun and educational hypnosis content on social media! I post a lot on TikTok, for example! But I also have some video, including some hypnosis files I made, on my YouTube!

To help people start learning hypnosis, I wrote a beginner's guide and published my first book when I was 21 years old!

Now I spend my days nerding out about hypnosis, doing silly experiments, educating hypnonewbies and sharing my love and passion with the world!

Want to see more of me? Check out my Linktree!

(Oh and btw, I keep my hypnosis fully sfw, so please keep my profile SFW as well. Please be considerate before commenting etc.)

Are you still new to hypnosis and would you like to experience a hypnotic trance, then this file might be something for you! Come listen to this file where I yap about hypnotized and explain some very simple hypnosis techniques as you can experience them!

The file contains a wakener in the end. Suggestions: Feeling happy and confident. Suggestions for subject agency, being able to wake up when you need to and say no when you're uncomfortable.

Check out this video of me improvising an induction during my workshop at a hypnosis convention in between all the fun memes, sketches and education I make!!