"I wanna try something cool, you always complain about how you can't stop your thoughts from racing right? And how you just wanna relax and de-stress. Well I have been learning some hypnosis techniques recently and I wanted to give them a try." Steve proposed to his girlfriend Amanda.
"Oh, hypnosis huh? Sounds like fun, I doubt it will actually work but I'm happy to let you try if you want. Maybe it will help a little." she responded warmly, as he eagerly began to get to work.
"Ok, ok, so uh, sit down there on the couch and just pay close attention to every word I say." he ordered her.
Amanda dropped down obediently onto the soft cushions of the couch and nodded as she gazed forward, focused and ready to give this hypnosis stuff an honest try.
Steve began to slowly wave his hand in front of her, his fingers lightly dancing as it swayed rhythmically from side to side. "Watch my hand. Just watch it and let your eyes follow. Watch my fingers dance. Keep watching..." he said, as Amanda complied.
Her eyes wandered listlessly back and forth as she followed her boyfriend's ever swaying hand. She watched his fingers dancing as he told her, admiring the way they fluttered gently as she felt herself beginning to relax. Maybe it was working, kind of.
"Keep watching. Feel your eyelids getting heavier as my hand moves. Feel your whole body relaxing and your thoughts slow down." he continued, moving his hand gradually closer and closer to her face.
Amanda kept watching, and to her amazement she started to feel her eyelids drooping. Then her shoulders slumped and her jaw began to hang open. As his hand moved closer and closer to her face, her eyes began to cross as his fingertips danced directly past her eyes so gracefully. She was surprised at how good he had become at hypnosis, she didn't even know he had been practicing!
"Good girl. You are getting sleepy now. Soft and tired and peaceful. Its so easy to just surrender. Let the sleepiness pull you into a cozy slumber. Let your heavy eyelids finally drop and come to rest as you fall under my power." he told her.
Amanda agreed. She was definitely feeling sleepy, so much so she almost yawned. Her eyes glazed over as she stared and tried vaguely to fight the oncoming drowsiness, but ultimately her boyfriend was right. It was simply too easy to surrender. Too difficult to keep her eyes open any longer. As her eyelids slid shut, Amanda drifted into a pleasant trance. Steve was very pleased.
"Very good girl. Now, still asleep, I want you to hold out your hand for me." he commanded.
Amanda didn't really think about it. She felt like she was fast asleep and yet somehow she was fully cognizant of his order. Her arm raised sluggishly in front of her as she obeyed mindlessly.
"Good, now take this glass." he said, placing a small glass into her hand.
Amanda grasped the glass firmly, arm still outstretched before her as she had not been told to put it down yet.
"Good, now tilt your head to one side and just hold the rim of the glass up to your ear for me, dear." Steve instructed.
Amanda complied thoughtlessly, her head slumping to one side as her hand brought the glass up to her ear as she had been told.
"Now, listen carefully. You will hear a faint dripping. Drip. Drop. Drip. Drop." he said.
Amanda listened to the empty glass. After several moments, she heard it. The gentle splash of a small droplet resonating throughout the glass and funneled into her ear. Then another. Then another. She could hear a steady flow of droplets hitting the base of the glass now. She nodded slightly, head still tilted.
"Good girl. That's your brain. All your thoughts, your worries, your cares, all of it. Slowly trickling out of your head via your ear. You can feel your head getting lighter with each drop. Drip. Drop." he told her.
