"Mmmmm, my goodness, this is fantastic!", David
raved. "I'm glad we caught the cook before he left for the weekend. He does make a fabulous filet mignon, though, don't you think?" "One of, if not the best I've ever had." "Can I pour you more wine?" "Oh, no thank you. I'm probably too relaxed right now as it is", David smiled. "David, you can't be serious. Can someone ever be too relaxed?" "In my line of work you can be." |
"Right, I suppose that is true.", Sara agreed, "It
must be tough though, never getting to relax completely, never letting your
guard down." "I guess. I don't think I'd know how to relax completely if I tried.", David said. "That is a sad statement David. Very sad" "I didn't mean to bum you out", David joked. "Well you did actually, I'm just kidding. But, I do feel very strongly about proper relaxation. Probably a trait that stuck with me from my previous line of work" "And what was that?", he asked. "Before I met my husband I was a therapist" |
"Really? That's sounds rewarding. Do you ever think about
getting back to it?", he asked. "Mmmm, I think about it, but I probably never will. It was indeed rewarding though, that's a good term for it. The pay wasn't rewarding, but the work was", she said, looking down...somewhat sad. "Believe me, I know how that goes!" "I suppose you would. Anyway, David, let's get back to the problem of you not relaxing", she said, perking right back up. David laughed. "It looks like you can take the girl out of the therapist's office, but you can't take the therapist's office out of the girl." |
Sara flashed a million dollar smile. David noticed how nice that smile
was. |
"No, and I'm pretty sure that I can't be." Sara acted surprised, "Well, that is a pretty tough statement to work with. Why do you think that?" "Well, no offense, but it kind of only works on the weak minded, doesn't it?" "Certainly not. In fact, it requires a great deal of focus and concentration. The sharper you are mentally, the longer you can keep that focus. The most intelligent people make the best hypnotic subjects." "Well, I don't want to be stubborn, but I just don't see me going under." |
"Wanna bet?" "What?" "Do you want to make a bet? Do you want to bet that if you give me the chance, and let yourself try to go under, that I can hypnotize you" "What do I get if I win?" "Mmmm.... dinner for a week" "And if you win?" "Well, if I win, you'll be my hypnotized puppet, so I'll get anything I want" "Ha-Ha" "Ok, well if I win, you let me run the siren on the squad car" |
"You're on!", David said playfully. "Ok, now you have to try to go under, that is the only way it will work" "Ok, I'll try" "Seriously" "Seriously, I will" Sara reached into her pocket and pulled out a long gold chain, with a shiny gold pocket watch attached to the end of it. "What, do you carry that thing with you?", David asked, surprised. "Yes. But not so I can hypnotize people I run into |
on the street. It was my grandfather's.", she told him, "but
let's not worry about that right now. Let's not worry about anything right
now", Sara started. David again noticed how attractive she was. "Now David I want you to see the watch, see only the watch", she said, shifting in her seat, getting comfortable so she could do this right. "Hear my voice", she continued,"only my voice" "I am trying to do this you know, so if it works, don't blame me", he interrupted. She didn't let him disrupt her flow, "Breathe in... and out", she said, and watched him do so. |
"Relax...I want you to focus all of your attention on the watch and the sound of my voice. Take a moment to appreciate the watch. The way it glows, the way it sparkles...that's it. Look right at the center of the watch...notice how the light reflects back at you... it's almost as if the light dances off the watch as it goes back and forth, back and forth, swayin and sparkling.... back and forth.... all of your attention is on the watch now... back and forth... dancing light.... all of your focus...everything else is fading away... drifting away...all that matters is the watch, the sway, the |
sound of my voice, the dancing lights...relax...feel yourself
relaxing David.... feel yourself getting lost in the sparkle...getting lost
in my voice... relaxing... relaxing...no need to fight it... no need to
do anything but relax and watch the watch dance ... just relax and listen
to my voice... relax....", she said. Part of David wanted to fight, just to win. But, the other part of him just wanted to sit and relax... maybe it was the wine, or the warm room... but he definitely felt relaxed. He promised himself though that he wouldn't let himself completely go under. "Your eyes are completely focused on the watch", |
she told him... and she was right - they were. "Your eyes are focused, but tired. They are beginning to feel tired, and heavy... in fact, your whole body is starting to feel heavy ... relaxed and heavy ... relaxed and heavy.... much like the sensation you have as you lie in bed, just about ready to drift off to sleep... relaxed and heavy ... relaxed and heavy ... your eyes see only the watch ... you hear only my voice ... you feel only relaxation...", she said. David felt very relaxed, probably more so than he ever had. In the back of his mind, he was trying to |
remind himself not to let go completely. He wasn't sure how
much longer he would care about that though. He just wanted to go with the
flow. "As you think about relaxing, you will find your body relaxing...You will relax more and more. As you continue to watch the watch and listen to my voice you will become aware that your entire body is becoming relaxed. Your feet are becoming relaxed, your legs are becoming relaxed, your arms and hands are becoming relaxed, your entire body is becoming relaxed. Now you will find that you are also becoming drowsy. You will become more and |
voice...it makes you feel drowsy, sleepy...You feel heaviness flowing all through your body. Your body is getting heavy, very h-e-a-v-y. Your arms are becoming h-e-a-v-y. Your hands and your arms are heavy. Your feet are getting h-e-a-v-y. Your entire body is becoming h-e-a-v-y, v-e-r-y h-e-a-v-y. You are d-r-o-w-s-y s-l-e-e-p-y. A pleasant feeling of drowsy warmth is coming over you. Soon you are going to sleep...deeply...soundly...A pleasant warmth is coming all over your body, just like when you fall asleep at night...Your eyes are getting heavy. You are becoming sleepy. Your eyes are getting heavier and h-e-a-v-i-e-r, s-o h-e-a-v-y. You are |
feeling s-o s-l-e-e-p-y. Think of sleep, nothing but sleep...Very soon you are going to go to sleep...My voice makes you sleepy...makes you want to sleep...Your eye lids are heavy, they are closing. You cannot keep your eyes open.They are closing. Shortly you will find it impossible to keep your eyes open and they will begin to blink...They will blink more and more and in a moment they will close because they are getting heavier and heavier...you find it harder and harder to keep them open.", she said as she watched David's eyes flutter. He had long since past the point of not wanting to resist |
"You are now v-e-r-y s-l-e-e-p-y...You eye lids are s-o h-e-a-v-y you cannot keep your eyes open. They are closing, closing more and more, more and more. They are now closed and you are going into a deep sleep...a d-e-e-e-r and d-e-e-p-e-r sleep...You will pay attention to nothing but the sound of my voice. You will not awake until I tell you to. Nothing will disturb you. Any time in the future I suggest sleep or say the word 'sleep' to you, you will instantly go into a deep sleep. You are now going to sleep deeply...v-e-r-y d-e-e-p-l-y.", Sarah said as she watched the detective slip under. |