I'm trying to figure out if this worked on me or not. I'm really new to hypnosis, so I'm not sure how it is supposed to feel... but I don't think being able to instantly snap out of it by just... deciding to do so isn't normal.
I also didn't feel like the following of the orders wasn't happening out of my own volition, I was consciously reading, understanding the suggestions, rationally thinking over whether it's a good idea to try to follow, and then putting in effort to try and do it. I felt a bit tired but I'm not sure if that feeling was real or if I'm just gaslighting myself. I do admit, I started trying to follow every order later, even the ones I didn't really trust. Got desperate because I felt my hypnosis "wasn't good enough to count", I guess.
Also, "stopping and smelling the roses" only worked on me the very first time when I was back to, and it only worked the tiniest bit.
Oh and, last thing, I felt a constant sense of unease throughout the whole thing. definitely not normal for that.
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I put in the description this game is not for newcomers . The point of the game isn't to "follow orders", it's suppose to help you relax. I think you went into this game with preconceived notions to what hypnosis was, overthought it and it didn't work because you thought hypnosis is being forced to do something when it's not, It's more like meditation. I would probably play my other games which are for newcomers, Lavlabs and Hypnoticaquest are better for that. Or if you prefer meditation, Medivination is another game better suited.
I am aware this isn't exactly for newcomers, but every other thing I had found until now was for people that are WAY off into the deep end (or at least so it seemed to me). I mostly picked this game because a calming hypnosis seemed like a good one to dabble in to help get rid of my irrational fear of hypnosis (Because I know my fear is based on misconceptions about what hypnosis is).
I'm aware that hypnosis isn't just being forced into doing things, and I'm aware of the similarities to meditation, I have done quite a bit of research on the topic. But I thought doing what I was told (or trying to) would at least help... I'm not exactly sure how I should be acting when... preparing to be hypnotized? is that the right way to phrase that? Anyway, thanks for the game suggestions!
Yeah it's fine, it's might just be this style is not for you. There's many different types of ways to go into trance and my games are more theatrical/recreational than straight forward or medical related. Theatrical part is more stage hypnosis like if that's the best way to describe it? Maybe a simple guided relaxation might be better for starting off.