Hypnovember File Challenge

[Before we get down to business... next file is out 31/10: Jock Possession. 🏈💪🧢👻]

Hey everyone!

Soooo. I promised for the month of November that I was going to have some sort of 30-day challenge going on for specific Patron tiers, and I'm going to discuss the details of it with you now. I'm making this post readable by all tiers so people can understand what this benefit actually means. 

Firstly, if you have clicked into the community chat tab on either the mobile or desktop versions of the Patreon app, you will have already seen me talk a little bit about this; so I'll cut to the chase.

For the month of November, I am formally inviting you to join me for the 30-Day Hypnovember Challenge!

STEP ONE: First, decide on a file schedule for yourself that you wish to follow.

STEP TWO: Try to adhere to this for the entire month.

Aaaand... that's it!

 

You can choose any number of files, from any number of creators, on any topic of your choosing. You don't have to feel like it has to be one of my files just because it's my page. I will of course be very happy to read about you trancing to my work, but I'm not possessive and there's lots of good stuff out there so don't be shy!

Every week, I will be making a post about my own progress in the file-schedule I choose for myself, as well as reviewing any effects I may experience. The comment section on each post will be a great opportunity for you all to reflect on how you've done over last week, and share any wins or progress you may have made in relation to this.

Disclaimer: Ultimately, the frequency you trance for the challenge is up to you. I, of course, cannot tell everybody you MUST listen once a day. Everybody's rhythm is unique, and everybody's schedules are different. I will say that I prefer to trance daily when I'm able to, and I think that trancing more frequently leads to better results - for example, I think that trancing 1-2 times a week is going to be slower to affect change then 3-4 times per week.

Why does trancing more frequently help?

I've used a lot of metaphors to describe how I view the power of hypnosis, but I most often talk about it as being both a matter of "mental saturation" (i.e, practicing thinking certain thoughts) and "an opportunity to mentally rehearse a state" (that you want to experience more in your waking life.) For either of these aims, higher frequency will lead to better results.

Simply put, sometimes to get a ball rolling, you need to spend a little bit of time at the beginning dedicatedly applying force to it. That's how I view these sorts of challenges. I can personally attest that I've experienced a bulk of my real hypnotic successes in periods where I diligently commit to trancing X amount of times in a week or month. They're where my stickiest, most permanent suggestions have come from; but I'm not going to talk about those here because I've already done so at length in blog posts previously.

If at allll possible, I encourage you to try for at least every second day for the month of November; you could maybe trance as part of your morning routine, as part of a wind-down before bed, or in lieu of a nap or rest you might take in the evening after work or school... trance is fun, obviously, but it's also an excellent activity to engage the parasympathetic nervous system and replenish your energy! I sometimes tell my family I'm "meditating" to excuse my random lengths locked in my bedroom 😝 Half a lie, but half true; trancing will carry many of the same benefits, so it is genuinely good for you to do.

(And if nothing else, it's good to get a break from the constant stimulation of the digital world by closing your eyes and focusing on things you actually WANT for a while.)

How else do I participate, besides just listening?

As mentioned, you can participate socially by commenting on these posts with your own journey; or alternatively, by using the Patreon Community tab if you'd prefer not to have so public a record! I'm going to use the chat myself, but I do think that many Patrons don't even know where it is... it's a fairlyyyy half-baked feature and it's not really ingrained in Patrons to look at it, so I don't want to rely on it fully. From a member's perspective, you'll find it here on the sidebar (PC) above your notifications tab. On mobile, you access it by touching the Message Bubble icon at the bottom of the screen. I'll check in once weekly, but you can do so more regularly (or less regularly) if you'd prefer.

Looking forward to seeing you all join me! :3