Induction
Induction
Hypnosis
Overload induction script for hypervigilance
Overload Induction
Description: The Overload Induction script can be reserved for PTSD and anxiety clients or used as a standard induction. The over active mind's attention is focused on evaluating sensory inputs to the exclusion of all else. This overloads the analytical mind. The overload induction works for any clients: for over anxious clients it stops the anxious thoughts that interfere with trance, for the hypervigilant client the overload induction gives them too much to think about, and for the over analytical client the overload induction directs them to analyse suggestions that actually lead them into trance.
Procedure: It is relatively easy to do. Just use whatever is happening around them and get the client to focus on each input as it occurs, piling on the sensory inputs without giving them time to deal with any one sensation before moving on. It works because it overwhelms the analytical person's tendency to critically examine every word by giving them too many suggestions to keep track of them all, and so their mind just gives up trying and accepts whatever you say.
Advantages: Switch to it when standard inductions fail.
Uses: The overload induction is particularly useful to put analytical and hypervigilant clients into trance.
Overload induction hypnosis Script
Overload the analytical mind... |
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| Just settle into the chair, and get comfortable.. I am going to be talking about various things and you might want to keep track of them.... or you might not... it's up to you... to let go when you want | I | Permission to be in control | |
| so settle back and settle down... and you can close your eyes... anytime you want to .... | I | ||
Overload with sounds... |
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| And I'd like you to listen to the sound of my voice and the sound of the words that I am using... and maybe think about the shapes of the words... | Thinking about analyzing words | ||
| and as you do become aware of the other sounds around... the sounds from within the building... out in the street... the sounds coming from inside you.... and the sounds of my words as they are rising and falling, changing... | Overload with sounds | ||
| and these sounds can be so interesting and you can find them relaxing you... and the only sound you need to listen to as you hear the other sounds is the sound of my voice... | > | ||
| and that sound can make you want to relax and settle even more... and you can find yourself going deeper into the chair as you relax to the words... | > | ||
Overload by adding touch sensations... |
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| and as you relax deeper listening to all those sounds you can become aware of your body in the chair the feel of the chair on your back and the weight of your legs and how your arms are lying relaxed on the arms the arms can get as heavy as the legs are getting heavy... and under your hands your fingers can become aware without moving of the texture of the material and how that texture is similar to and different from the feeling of heavy arms and legs | V | Overload with feeling from the body | |
| and you might feel that weight increasing as you lie there thinking about the texture of the sounds and shape of the words and the colour of the weight gently pressing down now... as you relax | V | Synesthesia | |
| and become aware of the feeling of your feet on the floor... and they can begin to become numb and heavy... as you are aware of the sounds and words and relaxing arms and heavy legs... and other parts becoming heavy now just relax | V | Overload with proprioception | |
Overload by adding monitoring breathing |
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| and focus on your breathing and aware of how your breath is allowing to relax more and more to let go and go deeper and deeper as relax into the chair now.... your shoulder loosening as your feet go numb and the sounds go round and the weight is relaxing and going down... | D | Overload by focus on breathing | |
| Memory | and those gentle steady breaths can remind you of how you can ignore everything as you settle down to sleep to let go and allow your mind to drift away... dreamy drifty floating.... like a dream taking over and enjoying the feeling of release... calm.... | V | Reminder of going to sleep |
| and everything settling more comfortably now like something is finally settled and using those sounds to become even more relaxed.... imagine going down deeper and deeper... | V | ||
| nothing to think about... nothing to do... except drifting down and enjoying the feeling.... how easily you let go when you want to go.... and each breath is so relaxing now | I | ||
| and feel your whole body becoming aware of that body it's shape and size and weight and position as you focus on your breathing it can feel like you are drifting away from it... | D | Dissociation | |
| Soft and gentle and relaxed... feeling everything relaxing and softening loosening more and more enjoying the release.... and now aware that your face is relaxed... your jaw is relaxing.... thinking or not thinking aware of all the tension is gone completely | D | ||
| and down relaxed released not thinking not knowing not caring every muscle relaxed feeling so good... so calm... know you could ... but can't be bothered.... | Mind reading | ||
| And everything lets go... goes down until there is only being and not being... floating and drifting.... so nice to just let go.... | Dissociation | ||
| [either do another deepener, or carry on with the therapy] | |||