I'm completely new to hypnosis. A friend of mine watched a video on youtube that she claimed helped her with her weight loss, so I thought - what the heck, I'll give it shot. The instructions were to fall asleep with it. Cool.. did that. But curiousity got the best of me the next day and I began to watch other informational vids about hypnosis, what to expect, and so on. I tried one about "can I go into trance" where there were suggestive messages about one hand having helium and the other with a dictionary. Sure enough - in my mind - my hand was up over my head, and I was shocked to find out it was stil right in front of me. That was awseome! I began to search for basic vids induction and relaxation, and admittingly creeped over to the dark side and saw there were vids with ::blushes::: um, adult matter on them. (Hey I'm 51...give me a break..lol).
I tried stting, I tried lying flat, eyes open, eyes closed... REALLy tried to relax...and nothing. I found the "snaps" would startle me, but not send me into sleep despite my willingness.
But then, I finally felt something...like I was floating...a wave of lightness almost lifted me. But my heartrate increased as did my breathing. I convinced myself to stay there and slow down my breathing but it scared the crap out of me.
Curious if this was trance, I watched/listened to several others to see if I could envoke the same feeling..and it's becoming more frequent..but still with the heartrate...is that normal?
The onces that get me to that state, I listen to again, and I know where the snaps are - and they don't really send me any deaper (i don't think) then where I already am..and I certainly don't get the pleasures that are offered on those "other" vids.
Thoughts? Suggestions?