Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Sunday, October 07, 2007
From a Dear Friend
I received a beautiful message in my pm mail just now. I was only able to copy one letter, but this lovely person used this beautiful letter to send me a message, based on my name. She signed it was another just as beautiful letter, the first letter of her name. Beautiful things make beautiful thoughts. Thank you, Dear Friend~
A Safe Place
Imagine a staircase with ten (10) steps or a path that will lead you to your Special Place. Begin to count from 10 down to 1 or visa versa and either on 10 or 1 you will move into that special/safe place in your mind. Spend a few minutes there feeling, smelling, seeing, and hearing ...familiarize yourself with this Special/Safe Place. Ex: If, for instance, you chose the beach...HEAR the waves, SMELL and TASTE the salty sea mist, FEEL the warmth of the sand between your toes, just be completely at this beach..or mountains...or meadow...where ever you choose is right for you....
(I didn't write the above, for the record)
Dwayne this introduction is just to explain what a safe place is. My T has done this self-hypnosis with me twice. If you have ever been hypnotised in the past, you will be familiar with this stuff. I went to a person about 10 years ago who said they could help me lose weight under hypnosis (yes I know!!!) so I was familiar with "going down the steps.".
Find a quiet place in your home, no distractions. Settle yourself and make sure your feet are on the floor, close your eyes and begin to relax. Feel your feet on the floor. Feel the shoes on your feet, and the socks against your skin....going up, feel your legs against the couch (or chair).Feel your slacks against your skin. Feel your back against the back of the couch or chair. Feel your shirt on your skin. Relax, and breath in and out. Count to four as you breathe in, and exhale as you count, 4,3,2,1. Feel your body get heavier and heavier as you slowly breathe in, count, and out, count. Feel yourself relax, your head, your neck, all the rest of you, getting heavier and heavier. When you are ready, imagine a staircase with seven steps.
This staircase can look anyway you want. As you stand on the first step, look around and see where you are, how you feel. When you are ready, go to the second step. Continue this way, until you get to the last step, where you will see a door. When you are ready, open the door and step thru.
You will be led to your "safe place." Take note of where you are, and where you are going. Are you on a path, road or some such. Note your surroundings, any smells, as you travel on. When you are ready, you will come to your safe place, whatever and where ever it is, where you will feel safe from any harm and you can find utter peace and tranquility for yourself only. Can you describe where you are, how you feel and what is there in your safe place. Feel at peace. Stay here as long as you want to to feel better, to feel safe and secure.
When you are ready to leave, to say goodbye to your safe place for now, remember you can always access your safe place. It is here for whenever you want to visit to stay safe and secure. Return by the way you came and when you are ready, see the staircase in front of you, and when you are ready, See yourself on the first step, and start going up. As you go up, feel yourself becoming more and more aware of returning to the couch or chair, up and up. On the first step, you will be right where you started, ready, aware of where you are. You will notice how calm, and refreshed you feel. Know that anytime your safe place awaits your return, whenever you feel the need to visit.
Dee, I did the best I could to remember how my T described how to do this. If you have experienced hypnosis before, you may have your own way of putting yourself in this state. Going down the steps works for me. Don't forget to go back up the steps, or back which ever way you took to get to the safe place, ie to leave the hypnotic state. My T said with practise I could get to my safe place quickly without going thru all the above, a "short cut" as it were.
Just to the record, after I got relaxed, my staircase was a blue shade, with a gathering darkness as I descended. When I opened the door, the place flooded with daylight. I found myself on a yellowish path, with pine trees on either side and I could smell the pines. The path took me to a little cottage in the woods. When I opened the door, it was a very cosy brown room, with a lit small fireplace. There was a bookcase on one wall and I wasn't aware of any corners. Towards the back of this room was very dark but nor a scary dark. When I closed the door I felt very happy and secure. There was a fat couch of some comfortable colour, and I remember a red square pillow, but not a bright colour. None of this was well lit, just a cosy darkness. The second time my T took me down the steps, I was able to see a table with one chair under one small window, set high in the wall. It was night time and there was one star in the night sky. I looked around and noticed the door had no lock, no bar but I still felt safe. When I was done I said goodbye to my safe place and went back the way I came. I went thru the door and set my foot on the dark step, with the staircase dark. As I went back up the steps the staircase became lighter and lighter blue, and when I found myself on the first stair I was aware of myself back in the room I started in as I opened my eyes. You do feel at peace, relaxed and refreshed.
I think this sort of imagery would help you if you are into this kind of thing. Some people are afraid of this but I never was. My T said I am very easy to hypnotise. I need to practise tho and get it down to a science! Then whenever I feel nervous or upset or very alone, run over by life and feel I am very useless in the world, it would be a away to access peace. I don't know if any of this would help you, but it's worth a try if you feel comfortable with this kind of thing. Sometimes it helps so much to escape a situation even if only for a little while, to give you some strength to carry on for a little while longer, until you feel a little better to cope.
I feel your pain. Many's the time you have come to my blog to encourage me, to tell me things wouldn't always be so bad, and that the monster would go away after a while, and you were always right. I thank you for everything you have written to me in the past. The nature of the beast is that it will visit me again and again and again, as it is for all of us here. It's our turn to life you up now. Try to take care of yourself, you are unique and we need you here. Love always, L
This is the site I got the "intro" from:
http://hypnotherapy.net/selfhyp.shtml
(I didn't write the above, for the record)
Dwayne this introduction is just to explain what a safe place is. My T has done this self-hypnosis with me twice. If you have ever been hypnotised in the past, you will be familiar with this stuff. I went to a person about 10 years ago who said they could help me lose weight under hypnosis (yes I know!!!) so I was familiar with "going down the steps.".
Find a quiet place in your home, no distractions. Settle yourself and make sure your feet are on the floor, close your eyes and begin to relax. Feel your feet on the floor. Feel the shoes on your feet, and the socks against your skin....going up, feel your legs against the couch (or chair).Feel your slacks against your skin. Feel your back against the back of the couch or chair. Feel your shirt on your skin. Relax, and breath in and out. Count to four as you breathe in, and exhale as you count, 4,3,2,1. Feel your body get heavier and heavier as you slowly breathe in, count, and out, count. Feel yourself relax, your head, your neck, all the rest of you, getting heavier and heavier. When you are ready, imagine a staircase with seven steps.
This staircase can look anyway you want. As you stand on the first step, look around and see where you are, how you feel. When you are ready, go to the second step. Continue this way, until you get to the last step, where you will see a door. When you are ready, open the door and step thru.
You will be led to your "safe place." Take note of where you are, and where you are going. Are you on a path, road or some such. Note your surroundings, any smells, as you travel on. When you are ready, you will come to your safe place, whatever and where ever it is, where you will feel safe from any harm and you can find utter peace and tranquility for yourself only. Can you describe where you are, how you feel and what is there in your safe place. Feel at peace. Stay here as long as you want to to feel better, to feel safe and secure.
When you are ready to leave, to say goodbye to your safe place for now, remember you can always access your safe place. It is here for whenever you want to visit to stay safe and secure. Return by the way you came and when you are ready, see the staircase in front of you, and when you are ready, See yourself on the first step, and start going up. As you go up, feel yourself becoming more and more aware of returning to the couch or chair, up and up. On the first step, you will be right where you started, ready, aware of where you are. You will notice how calm, and refreshed you feel. Know that anytime your safe place awaits your return, whenever you feel the need to visit.
Dee, I did the best I could to remember how my T described how to do this. If you have experienced hypnosis before, you may have your own way of putting yourself in this state. Going down the steps works for me. Don't forget to go back up the steps, or back which ever way you took to get to the safe place, ie to leave the hypnotic state. My T said with practise I could get to my safe place quickly without going thru all the above, a "short cut" as it were.
Just to the record, after I got relaxed, my staircase was a blue shade, with a gathering darkness as I descended. When I opened the door, the place flooded with daylight. I found myself on a yellowish path, with pine trees on either side and I could smell the pines. The path took me to a little cottage in the woods. When I opened the door, it was a very cosy brown room, with a lit small fireplace. There was a bookcase on one wall and I wasn't aware of any corners. Towards the back of this room was very dark but nor a scary dark. When I closed the door I felt very happy and secure. There was a fat couch of some comfortable colour, and I remember a red square pillow, but not a bright colour. None of this was well lit, just a cosy darkness. The second time my T took me down the steps, I was able to see a table with one chair under one small window, set high in the wall. It was night time and there was one star in the night sky. I looked around and noticed the door had no lock, no bar but I still felt safe. When I was done I said goodbye to my safe place and went back the way I came. I went thru the door and set my foot on the dark step, with the staircase dark. As I went back up the steps the staircase became lighter and lighter blue, and when I found myself on the first stair I was aware of myself back in the room I started in as I opened my eyes. You do feel at peace, relaxed and refreshed.
I think this sort of imagery would help you if you are into this kind of thing. Some people are afraid of this but I never was. My T said I am very easy to hypnotise. I need to practise tho and get it down to a science! Then whenever I feel nervous or upset or very alone, run over by life and feel I am very useless in the world, it would be a away to access peace. I don't know if any of this would help you, but it's worth a try if you feel comfortable with this kind of thing. Sometimes it helps so much to escape a situation even if only for a little while, to give you some strength to carry on for a little while longer, until you feel a little better to cope.
I feel your pain. Many's the time you have come to my blog to encourage me, to tell me things wouldn't always be so bad, and that the monster would go away after a while, and you were always right. I thank you for everything you have written to me in the past. The nature of the beast is that it will visit me again and again and again, as it is for all of us here. It's our turn to life you up now. Try to take care of yourself, you are unique and we need you here. Love always, L
This is the site I got the "intro" from:
http://hypnotherapy.net/selfhyp.shtml
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