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she starts the hypnosis with a story. something about a house in a field, and all i can think of is that text-based adventure where you are always in danger of being eaten by a grue. zork, maybe. she tells me there is a path in the field. start following the path. she goes on to describe the sky, the forest over yonder. remember to stay on the path. take the time to breathe in the fresh air, to feel the cool breeze. remember to stay on the path. and every time she mentions the path, i'm looking down at my feet in my mind and the path is getting narrower and narrower and more difficult to see. i'm having anxiety in this waking dream because she keeps telling me to stay on the path as if something horrible will happen if i don't, and my mind is trying to sabotage me into not being able to find the path. now, maybe i don't have the greatest control over my imagination or there is a little grue in my head making things behind the scenes go against my will, but i had to keep creating the path lest i forget to stay on it.
when i came back, i told her about my issues with staying on the path, and she told me that it wasn't so much that something bad would happen if i didn't - that she said that so that people wold have something more concrete to focus on in the visualization. so i get that what works for some people doesn't work for others. maybe i need to focus more on the breeze or the sky or the forest than staying on the path. because nothing bad will happen if i don't, except that i'll have a greater experience with other things around me.
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