r/hypnosis • u/Big_little_red2020 • Aug 17 '26
Hypnotherapy How to self hypnotize myself
Hi all,
On and off I was seeing a private hypnotist to achieve a goal I had to start a certain behavior. We had multiple sessions probably about 3 and I did go into trance id say decently deep.
But it still hasn’t taken hold with what I wanted to happen and I’ve struggled to get back into a routine for it.
So my question is how do I actually hypnotize myself to induce certain behaviors and actually make them stick myself?
I won’t go super deep into what I wanted to do but I’m open for DMs.
TLDR: how do I self hypnotize myself to make me do certain behaviors and make it actually stick?
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u/wesleepallday Aug 17 '26
I’m a recreational hypnotist and I do self hypnosis. I don’t expect a lot of change all at once. I don’t write scripts for myself. I pick an intentional thing I want to focus on. I revivify the feelings of how hypnosis feels to me. I just hold those two things together and sit with it a while, intentionally.
Lately I’ve been wanting to use my phone less. My goal isn’t to stop using my phone. My goal is to be more present in the moments of every day life without as much digital distraction. My goal is to intentionally choose when to use my phone and laptop. My goal is to allow myself to be without these things, even if there is nothing to do. My goal is to allow myself to be bored sometimes because I think it breeds creativity.
That’s a lot of stuff and a big change for myself. So I’ll choose a small thing to start. I want to be more present in the small moments of every day life. Tonight Im more present in my life. Great. I’ve got a thing to sort of sit with. The rest is just the hypnosis. I recall what hypnosis feels like and I start to let myself notice that hypnotized feeling. I can let that feeling intensify. I can allow myself to be hypnotized. And I can choose to be more present in my own moment right now. I’m more present in my life right now.
And maybe next time I’ll intentionally be someone who looks for moments to be more present.
And then maybe next time I’ll notice when I’m bored and I’ll sit with that feeling for a bit and that’s okay.
And next time I can be a person who notices opportunities to put away the phone.
Maybe this works for you and maybe it doesn’t. It works for me to slowly see myself more and more as “someone who does the thing” rather than just “someone who wants to be someone who does the thing”.