I've heard that text actually works better for some people. I think it has potential for me, because I read a lot, and written words tend to penetrate into my skull a little deeper.

An abreaction, to my best knowledge, is an emotional crisis that comes up when the trancer hits a *hard* limit, like being told out of the blue to kill someone. I'm a newbie to hypnosis, and so I don't have a very dramatic personal experience to share, but after reading your description of abreacti...

I took karate for a little while when I was a kid. I didn't get very far (yellow belt...Yay me!), but when I was assaulted a few years ago, I managed to use some of those skills to subdue my attacker. I always admired how there was a definite connection between mind and body, at least with the class...

I'm a complete rugby convert. I tell friends that it was really like a conversion experience, and while I'm kinda joking, I'm also not. When I'm on the pitch, I'm about as happy as I can get. The other great thing about rugby is the culture of comradeship, which I haven't really seen matched in othe...

I shouldn't have read this thread before leaving for work this morning; even though losing my individuality isn't something I'd say I was interested, when I was thinking about it this morning it did get me a little hard. It's not that I necessarily like being unique and not always a "follower", it's...

Not that I post much or anything, but I figure "sports" can fall under Idle chatter. I'm one of those guys listening to the "jock" files, though I don't trance well. Instead of relying on hypnosis, I decided to just get out and start living the life I apparently wanted. Last fall I joined a newly-fo...

I was somewhat overweight (260lbs, 46" waist at 6'), though I was making progress even before I found the jock files. The last time I weighed myself, I was at 210, but that was months ago: I've been lifting boxes for a living 45 hours a week and playing rugby for the last two months, so I'm pretty s...

Sometimes it helps to get the ball rolling yourself. These kind of things sort of reinforce themselves over time. It's spring, so why not go out and join a local amateur sport team? At least get outside and a bit physical. Maybe it is because of the files, but I've really come to love being physical...

I like that one... One idea I've been toying with is the idea of having a "thinking cap", like a ball cap or something that the would-be dumb jock could wear whenever he needs to do some thinking or anything not jock-related. I'm a writer, and I'm loath to give that up, even in favour of sport, but ...

I'm not sure I'm the best one to give advice: I don't seem to trance easily or deeply (though I'm sure this is something that I could work on: just don't have the patience), so I tend to use the jock files a little differently than for hypnosis. I play them as background noise, mostly, and use some ...

Wow. Normally I'm wary of change, and have left many good forums and discussion groups after a major overhaul, but after only a few minutes of browsing what you have here I have to say I'm excited and impressed by the new look, features, etc. This forum, in particular, will be a lot easier to naviga...