How do you know if hypnosis works?

It seems that both hypnosis and "playing along" are intertwined.
It might be quite difficult to play along with something that you don't actually enjoy, or desire.

I've played along with a lot of feminization, bimbo, and sissy files, and I struggle assuming the files have "worked" in some way, because I can recall early on in my life when I hadn't a clue about hypnosis, doing things that would be considered feminization and/or sissy (wearing panties/bra when nobody is around etc).
So, it would seem this type of fetish, or whatever you would want to classify it, came into play at some point prior to hypnosis, and hypnosis is just a tool I used to express those mental dopamine boosts from it.

However, day to day, I don't believe it has "worked." I don't actually feel, or notice, any desires outside my home.

Visual and audio (e.g. voices) "hallucinations".

Yeah its called psychosis or schizophrenia. Tell a doctor you heard " voices " or seen " things " and presto your taking seroquel.

I think you know hypnosis is working when your behavior starts to change and you knowingly or unknowingly start accepting and following the suggestions of your hypnotist in your behaviors.  Samantha Sez, in my case unlocks some sort of hidden pleasure/mind control switch in my brain allowing me to experience things that I would have otherwise resisted or not even considered.  One way I can tell is that With her style I get the sensation of my mind going completely blank as well as a ‘tingle’ during a successful session, and then I have the need to experience it repeatedly like an obsession.

Samantha Sez is very special stuff. I do actually think they are a real hypno therapist and maybe a degree in cognitive science as well. No one has copied that style or improved on it yet. Some of the best actually.

[Like Ra]

Samantha Sez is very special stuff. I do actually think they are a real hypno therapist and maybe a degree in cognitive science as well. No one has copied that style or improved on it yet. Some of the best actually.

Does it work for you? If yes, how do you know, that it's the hypno?

Does it work for you? If yes, how do you know, that it's the hypno?

Samantha was one of the first I listened to back in 2014. It gave me ideas I never thought of, I guess. Kept going back to it, so I liked it. Can't say I was addicted. I listen every now and then.

They had this one file that was about "time in hypnosis" where it was over but only seemed very short but was actually longer than I thought. Say like the file was 20mins but seemed like it only took 5mins.

When you listen to any file, when it grabs you and your attention focuses only on that like reality goes away, then that is the hypnosis. What else could it be?

[Like Ra]

when it grabs you and your attention focuses only on that like reality goes away, then that is the hypnosis. What else could it be?

I would call it the trance state, a part of hypnosis/meditation or even our everyday life, but what about the suggestions? Working suggestions - this is what this thread is about.

Yeah I dont know? You got me on that.

After thinking about it... I may have a fitting answer.

When you combine suggestions with being told what to do, you really do have a powerful thing here.

In psychology there was this "obedience test". Milgram's experiment. There was a movie made about it too called
Experimenter.

wiki:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

and you can find the movie on the tubi app.

Now if this thread is about " can hypnosis cause a change in my brain to produce more estrogen and make me into a girl" well no, not yet. 

What it can do is alter your decisions. Like if you have a fear of flying so you dont want to get on the plane. A hypnosis can help relieve that anxiety and help guide you to get on the plane. 

So it could alter your fear of taking estrogen pills. Or help ease the transition. You are always in control of choice, well for now.

Indeed. How can you prove (beginning with yourself), that the hypnosis (whether is an audio/video file, live hypnosis, subliminals, brainwashing/conditioning, guided meditation, NLP technique, etc) is working and it's not your imagination or role playing?

The short answer: by having vivid dreams, the content of which is related to the hypno you're listening to. For the long answer, read on:

I am an occasional crossdresser. Often, life stuff gets in the way and I don't feel like dressing up. Earlier this year I commisioned a custom file from a hypnotist, which  encouraged me to dress up more. The focus was on wearing high heels and to progressively add more items: hose, panties, collars, nailpolish, shave my body, etc.

After listening about 7 times or so I started to have very vivid dreams about dressing up--I have trained myself to remember my dreams. Also, when falling asleep and waking up I would see elaborate images of beautiful feet with painted toenails, toerings, and ankle bracelets or feet in heels. Later, I found suggestions saying that I would dream about heels and that they would be on my mind right before I went to sleep and when still slumbering

The dreams themselves are mostly fun and positive, but sometimes not. A recent positive one is where I was dressing up in femme in a hotelroom and I was caught by a maid. First I was panicking. But then I thought "ah well, what does it matter anyway", after which I took a walk out on the busy streets fully dressed up and feeling amazing! Another recent one is where I was actually was a 'real' woman in a hot outfit being gangbanged by a couple of guys in a back alley----basically the plot of a 1970s porn flick. 😊

A negative dream was where I was chased by some psychopath. I was trying to run away from him in towering 6 inch stiletto heels and a tight dress, lol!

To be clear, I never had dreams about dressing up before I started listening to the file, not that I can remember at least.

The file is loaded with suggestions. The hypnotist warned me that the more suggestions the file contains, the longer it takes to take hold, but that it would definately would take hold. She said I would see small changes first and then things would speed up. That definately ended up happening as I'm dressed most of the time now. Not doing so gives me a somewhat empty, anxious feeling (also suggested in the file). Sometimes I'm freightened of the changes but overal it's been very positive for me. I was just looking for a kinky experience but the file actually helped me to lose the shame and come to terms with my female side. 

Btw, I also remember reading about some Bambi Sleep users having creepy dreams about seeing a faceless woman in the mirror. Yikes!

Anyway, concludingly, I would say that having dreams that relate to the content of the files you're listening to definately is an indication something has taken hold in your subconscious mind. Would you agree?

I would love to hear about other people's experiences with dreams related to hypno but perhaps that's for another thread? I'll let Like Ra decide.

Then finally, some other non-dream related observations:
- Often, when I see a YT vid featuring stiletto heels or even just feet in the high heel position, I feel tingles in my body and sometimes even a physical rush; and
- One day I was shaving in the morning. I suddenly went blank and felt an enormous urge to shave my entire body, which I did. At that point I had listened to the file about 10 times or so.