//Author's Note:
This story is part of a small collection of Lesbian stories I'll be uploading this week. This particular one is an edited resubmission of a story that was previously posted on Literotica. Apologies if you've already read this! It is not my intention to trick people into re-reading something. This is the sequel to another chapter I've recently uploaded called TinglesAllOver. It is a direct sequel, meaning that this story will not make as much sense if read out of order.
This story assumes a little bit of knowledge on the part of the reader about the phenomenon known as ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response). Although understanding the sensation and its nature helps, the most important thing to understand, before reading on, is the typical style of an ASMR video.
The ASMRtist will usually sit in front of a camera and interact with it, often times pretending that the camera is the viewer. They might carry on a conversation, sometimes acting is if the viewer is responding. The intended effect is to make the viewer feel like they are being addressed directly. Personal attention is one of the most common triggers of ASMR, and that is layered into a significant number of ASMR videos.
Some of the parts of this story are written to emulate that video style, and utilize a second-person narrative. This was largely an experiment to see if I could execute second-person at all, and I've left them intact because I enjoyed the results. Some readers even said that they experienced 'tingles' while reading this, which was incredibly rewarding to hear.
The majority of this story is written in third-person. I hope you'll give this oddball inclusion a chance.
Enjoy!//
The Hypnotherapist
"First of all, again, I'm sorry for cutting us short last week, and I want to make sure it's clear that we'll be going a little long today to make up for that. You have time to stay past your normal hour, right?"
"Okay," she says, smiling and nodding. "Good. Now, I want to take us back to last week because you said something that really stuck out to me. Something I want to focus on. You said..." Her eyes fall to her pad for a moment. "...when we were talking about your co-worker Cecilia, you said she was... 'repulsed by you' during the conversation you had about being understaffed. But then, when I pushed you on it, you couldn't give me a strong reason why you thought she was 'repulsed'. You just... yes. Yes, exactly. You had a 'feeling'."
"As soon as you said that I knew what I wanted to try next, but we didn't have time to get into it last week. Now..." She pauses to put her notepad back on the desk, and turns back to you with her full attention. "I wasn't there. I want to make sure you understand that I'm not trying to undermine your feelings... but I know you. I know how hard you can be on yourself. It is my
assertion
that... what happened between you and Cecelia was just a normal, run-of-the-mill interaction with a coworker, and nothing more, and that you're jumping at shadows."
"I know. I wasn't. But... but... This isn't the first time we've seen this. You've admitted that that's happened with me, and I can tell you with
absolute certainty
that
I've
never been repulsed or put off by you. You're a wonderful young man, and you don't give yourself enough credit."
"That's
not
what you pay me for," she says, smirking and tilting her head sardonically. "You pay me to be objective and neutral, and from where I'm sitting, you're smart, good-looking, and funny. What you
aren't
is confident. You don't believe in yourself, and you don't see yourself as likable, or enjoyable to be around."
"I want to try some hypnosis today."
"Yes."
"No, this... this won't be like a stage act. You won't be
under my power,
" she says, affecting a dramatic tone. "You'll be awake and conscious the whole time. I'm going to walk you through a guided meditation, and that will help you relax and sort of... step back. It'll help you take off the glasses, so to speak. Does that sound okay?"
She smiles broadly, and then stands up. Black heels give wonderful definition to her calves. She's wearing a light gray skirt, reaching past mid-thigh, with a matching unbuttoned blazer. Her off-white satin blouse ripples as she moves, reflecting light in a cascade as she grabs her wheeled chair and pulls it across the room. When she sits back down, she does so immediately in front of you, with her legs crossed just to the outside of your right knee. She wraps her right hand around her left and lets them come to rest in her lap.
"You may lie across the couch if you want, or you may remain seated. However you feel like you'd be most comfortable. There are no wrong choices." Her voice is both louder and softer, given that she's closer but speaking more softly. "I want you to close your eyes, and focus on my voice. Can you do that for me?"
"Good."
"Slow, deep breaths. In through the nose, and out through the mouth. Perfect.
Perfect.
"
"I want you to become aware of the rest of the building. The distant sounds of other people's conversations. The groaning of machinery. Of cars driving by. I want you to... accept... that they're there, accept that they exist, but also understand that they don't affect us in here. I want you to put them aside, and focus only on my voice."
"Perfect." Her voice lowers slightly, almost imperceptibly. Slows down, with a focus on enunciation. Louder and softer at the same time, as she leans forward. "I want you to bring your attention to your feet. Way down at the bottom of your legs. I want you to picture them becoming heavy, and slow. Like bricks, slowly sinking into the floor. I want you to think about turning off your feet for a little while. They're not going anywhere. They'll be there, nice and refreshed, when you're ready to turn them back on again, but we don't need them right now. We're going to turn off everything we don't need."
"Focus on my voice," she purrs, "and follow it down to your shins. Down to your ankles, and your calf muscles. I want you to think about turning them off, and how they become heavy as they shut down.
Sooo
heavy. Like you couldn't lift them
even if you tried.
"