210.04 - Utilization
Utilization is using whatever your subject is doing, thinking, or experiencing. Think of it as a springboard to build suggestions off of. These are all examples of what I’d think of as utilization.
Obvious Examples
These are the one’s you’ll be using regularly. Mostly - whatever they’re doing that reinforces hypnosis or the direction you’re going - use it, and strengthen it. If something’s happening that you didn’t cause, grab it and use it, too.
- You give suggestions of heaviness, and they mention a sinking feeling. You hammer in that sinking feeling to build it.
- In VR, you pass your finger gently and repeatedly along their line of vision. You ask them how their eyes are feeling, they mention ‘a bit tired’ and you capitalize on it with a “That’s right… they are tired, aren’t they? And you might begin to notice that feeling continuing to build… just a bit… with each pass.”
- You suggest arm levitation, and you notice their arm sinking. Oops. That’s fine. “Or perhaps, that lightness is making your muscles weaker, as your arm begins to sink… down and down… your control feeling lighter and lighter.”
- Or - if you’re doing resistance play - from a non-bullshit instance: - S: after they noticed I was up to my shit of dropping their head down, they locked their head in place. “Hey, stop!” - H: “Stop? Stop you - from going into trance? Have you even noticed how, in your resistance, your head has just frozen and locked in to place? Or… even how it’s become easier to listen to my words? You may have not even been aware of just how much more your head has frozen while you’ve become silent, listening, becoming more and more locked in that position…”
- Utilize ETI’s as mentioned in my other guide
Not Obvious Examples
- You’ve had a long-ass pre-talk with your subject for anything-goes CNC, and you’d like them to feel more comfortable about going to see the Backstreet Boys.
- S: “Ah yeah… I don’t think they’re that bad, but I’m just not into them.”
- H: “That’s right… And you don’t think they’re that bad, and you’re just not into them right now, but we all know that some people change over time…”
- Or, about being in trance…
- S: “I don’t think I was in trance.”
- H: “That’s right - you didn’t feel like you were in trance, did you? You were so focused on your hand and how it felt internally, even though it sank all the way down. Many people say they didn’t feel as if they were in trance because it’s difficult for them to admit they were influenced - and that’s a perfectly normal thing to do.”
- Or, about being in trance…