power of suggestion
I already told Cece this story, but she’ll have to hear it again. First, I passed on this article to her about the addicting effects of nictotine. ( And anyone who has ever tried to quit smoking will appreciate it.) And it reminded me of a group hypnosis session I went to with my friend several years ago.
The doctor hypnotized you to either lose weight or quit smoking. My friend and I were there for the weight loss session, because my friend had already been through one class and swore it was amazing, and I’d stopped smoking a few years earlier. And the room was packed full of eager people all waiting for the magic.
So the doctor has you concentrate on the room you’d like to envison yourself in. For the weight loss group, it was called the room of slenderness. He told us to envision the type of comfy chair we’d like to sit and relax in in that room of slenderness. There is no bad food in the room of slenderness. There is no stress in the room of slenderness.
And, when I was all comfy in my slender room chair, and thinking, hey, I could live in this room, he started giving instructions to the people who wanted to stop smoking. Their rooms were clean - there were no ashtrays, no smoke, nothing that would trigger you to want a cigarette, like a big cup of coffee, etc. He went on and on and on about smoking and I’m sure he mentioned how bad it was for you, but all I kept hearing was coffee and smoking, and by the end of the session, I was in the room of slenderness with a cup of coffee in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
Guess I wasn’t one of his success stories. I wonder if he does page count hypnosis sessions?
Steph T.
June 21st, 2005 at 9:47 am
LOL, I was already wondering if he does page count hypnosis sessions before I got to your last line. Sign me up! PLEASE.
June 21st, 2005 at 11:06 am
June 21st, 2005 at 11:59 am
Doesn’t sound like a very effective session! Ah well. I think a pagecount room sounds great.
June 21st, 2005 at 12:05 pm
but….but….but….did you lose weight? LOL
June 21st, 2005 at 1:33 pm
LOL, Steph! Yeah, I’d say you were just a *tad* susceptible.
How are Saint and Jake, btw?
June 21st, 2005 at 3:35 pm
You are all now in the room of the large page counts. There is no shortage of words in the room of word count…
The weight loss thing might have worked if I’d listened to the CD every day after the session like I was supposed to.:eek:
Tori - Saint’s been walking around smiling a lot. Like he’s up to something. Did he tell you anything? As for Jake, he’s been way too quiet, which is never a good thing…
June 21st, 2005 at 10:28 pm
I’d like to sign up for the page count thing too!
June 22nd, 2005 at 1:17 am
The room of the large page counts? Hunh. Thought it looked familiar.
June 22nd, 2005 at 11:34 am
ROFLMAO!!!! This story is so great, I’m laughing out loud at work. Thank you for this, Steph!! LOL
June 22nd, 2005 at 11:57 am
My cousin, who’s a psychologist, tried to hypnotize me so I’d stop eating chocolates. After the section, all I could think off was “CHOCOLATE.”
June 22nd, 2005 at 2:01 pm
So, what, are you saying the hypnosis thing doesn’t work? Damn. There goes my magic pill.
Get a special page count hypnosis session up for just us writers and I’m so there!
June 23rd, 2005 at 10:34 am
Amy - You’re all signed up.
Hey Pat - can you lead me to that room?
*waves to Jessie* Your comment got stuck in moderation, in case you’re wondering why it didn’t show up right away. Once it recognizes you, it’ll stop. Glad to give you a laugh.
Silma - my first thought is why would you give up chocolate - but now I’ll bet you’re eating more than ever. Yes, there is chocolate in the room of high page counts…
Lynn- it worked for my friend when she kept up with listening to the CD every day…but for me, not so much…
June 23rd, 2005 at 12:27 pm
Absolutely. I could use the company, anyway. Oh, and you’re right about the chocolate. Today it’s organic dark chocolate with lavender. Mmmm….