u/takasobye

Hi,

I recently had a hypnotherapy session, in hopes of reaching my unconscious more directly. After 2 years of talk therapy, I had felt like the constant analysis can only get me so far.

I acknowledge that my expectations of hypnotherapy could have been too high. But when I had absolutely zero visualizations when the hypnotherapist was suggesting things for me to picture, it felt very disappointing, and frustrating, cause there was a “task” that I felt like I was failing to complete.

Since I had no visuals, the memories that did come to mind felt like a conscious association rather than something my unconscious presented to me.

The hypnotherapist made a claim that my unconscious is speaking, just not in a way that I find satisfying, and I doubt whether it’s good enough.

That being said, the session didn’t really feel like it reframed anything for me, it didn’t rearrange anything, really. Or maybe it’s too subtle to notice.

For context: after I shared my struggle, the hypnosis prompt was to think of a person saying they don’t like me, and it did remind me of situations in middle school, when people I considered my friends intentially excluded me from group activities. Intellectually I can see how that’s a pretty big deal, to be betrayed by someone you thought liked you, and to then develop a distrust and avoidance of relationships. But I don’t feel connected to this insight on an emotional level.

What am I missing here? Am I just too in my head about this whole thing? Is there something else I could consider doing if the hypnotherapy feels like it’s missing a mark? Am I romanticizing it too much, and it’s not actually supposed to feel like much?

Hi,

I recently had a hypnotherapy session, in hopes of reaching my unconscious more directly. After 2 years of talk therapy, I had felt like the constant analysis can only get me so far.

I acknowledge that my expectations of hypnotherapy could have been too high. But when I had absolutely zero visualizations when the hypnotherapist was suggesting things for me to picture, it felt very disappointing, and frustrating, cause there was a “task” that I felt like I was failing to complete.

Since I had no visuals, the memories that did come to mind felt like a conscious association rather than something my unconscious presented to me.

The hypnotherapist made a claim that my unconscious is speaking, just not in a way that I find satisfying, and I doubt whether it’s good enough.

That being said, the session didn’t really feel like it reframed anything for me, it didn’t rearrange anything, really. Or maybe it’s too subtle to notice.

For context: after I shared my struggle, the hypnosis prompt was to think of a person saying they don’t like me, and it did remind me of situations in middle school, when people I considered my friends intentially excluded me from group activities. Intellectually I can see how that’s a pretty big deal, to be betrayed by someone you thought liked you, and to then develop a distrust and avoidance of relationships. But I don’t feel connected to this insight on an emotional level.

What am I missing here? Am I just too in my head about this whole thing? Is there something else I could consider doing if the hypnotherapy feels like it’s missing a mark? Am I romanticizing it too much, and it’s not actually supposed to feel like much?