#sleep mode

No lighting/flat under the cut :D

This is a rough draft for an induction. It uses metaphors of treating your mind as a computer with browsers and tabs, and so on. It is relatively simple and was made offhandedly to put my subject to sleep. I winged it and plan to come back to this and the concept more from different angles. In case it isn't obvious, the purpose of this is to put you to sleep.

Get comfortable, lay back in your chair or in your bed

If you feel the need to adjust, do so, it wont wake you up

In fact, any adjustments you make help you feel even more relaxed and receptive

Because it is you listening to your body, and not you making any conscious decisions past getting more comfortable

more relaxed

more receptive

Good

Take a deep breath in....

and a deep breath out

good, feel your chest rise

your shoulders fall

the tension slowly melting away

What we are going to do now, is go through your mind, and turn the lights off

like when it is time to go to bed, you walk through your house, and turn each light off

Breathe in

Breathe out

Good

If we were to walk thought the halls of your mind, we would turn each light off with every breath in

and out

Until it is completely dark

And every switch off, silences that part of your mind

puts it to sleep

turns it off

until it gets completely quiet in your mind and you are in the dark

peaceful, calming, quiet

I want you to envision though, that you are at your computer, which should be easy

this is easy.

And what you will do now, is close each tab

one by one

and when they are closed they are silenced.

If you really need one, you can always open it back up and do what you need. If there is an emergency, you can wake up, but

There isn't any emergency right now

you can keep relaxing and follow along

Begin by clearing up those old videos and recipes from when you needed them, those fics and random searches you might've made during your day

close them.

Close your browsers and other applications, games and music, your calendar or notes where you wrote down your plans for tomorrow

close them.

and when they are closed, they are silenced, and you find that closing them makes your computer run smoother,

it is easier to move to the next thing

it is easy and it feels good

once, you have closed all of your applications, you'll be at your desktop with your lovely wallpaper you chose

I wonder if it is a spiral, one you found particularly captivating

And you have that feeling of relief. like it has been so long since you seen it and you are so happy you get to see it again

You can enjoy this peace and ease for as long as you wish, you are comfortable and everything else is dark except your screen

illuminating, the only thing you can see now

And my words and the sensations you feel because of them are all that's left

just the spiral

just my words

Just you following along

peacefully

silently

Your cursor moves over to the corner and clicks open a small window

It clicks Sleep and a small pop up appears at the center your screen

On it, it asks you to confirm

If you confirm, you will Drop and Sleep now

If you do not confirm because you are too relaxed

too at peace

and have completely given up the ability to make the decision for yourself

there is a timer, which has been counting down

and you are watching it count down

and you can't move your eyes away from the numbers

And you find that every number makes your eyes flutter and roll

when you blink and look again, the number have dropped more

5

Once it hits zero, you won't have any choice

4

You will enter Sleep Mode.

3

Your screen will turn off

2

and everything will be peaceful, silent, and dark

1

and once you are awoken, you will feel well rested

your mind will be free of clutter