30 Days of Hypnosis

I think, since this is day 29, it is safe to say that this stuff works.  I notice the improvement when I listen to my script, and – more significantly – I definitely notice a difference when I DON’T listen to the script.  I am convinced that there is benefit to be gained from this book, depending on the nature of one’s issue, if you can manage to get over the feeling of silliness you get from reading the script out loud like some Shakesperean soliloquy.

I think much of the success comes from the fact that the script, whether you read it or listen to it, forces you to center yourself and focus on the issue at hand.  That is half the battle.  If your conscious mind recognizes that you have an issue, that probably means that your subconscious knew about it already, but handled it by causing a particular response to the stimuli – in my case, stress triggers – and not necessarily the response that is preferred.  Instead of kicking in the system of calming me down, my subconscious scans the input briefly, interprets it quickly, and responds not with a reaction that is the result of thoughtful introspection, but rather the physiological knee-jerk of adrenaline and fear.  These scripts serve to retrain that response process, and, in the immortal words of Garth Brooks, “it’s like trying to stop a fire with the moisture from a kiss.”  It will take lots of sloppy kisses, but eventually the fire will be put out.  I am tired, and this analogy makes perfect sense to me, but if you are reading this and it looks like this:  dncid slslgh lslein, cogddnnels GAR fluber, Tns Daodndn Fdnlso, then it probably means it really DOES only make sense to me at this point.

I am going to continue to listen to this script, because I need all the help I can get!