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Hypnosis for Light Sensitivity, Noise Anxiety and Nervous System Recovery · The Hypnotist

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  Welcome to The Hypnotist, the show that gives you inside
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  access to cutting edge hypnosis with real clients facing
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  genuine. Issues.
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  Brought to you by The Hypnotherapist, demanded by
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  celebrities, CEOs and even royalty, Adam Cox.
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  These recordings took place live from Adam's clinic in London's
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  world famous Harley Street. So get yourself comfortable and
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  enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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  Hi, it's Adam here and this hypnosis session is all about
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  light sensitivity and sensory overstimulation.
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  And I was working with a client that had a specific experience
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  that made them have very severe migraines directly connected to
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  either too much brightness and that could be sunlight, that
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  could be screens, it could just be going outdoors or noises.
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  And that could be loud. Noises.
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  It could be conversations, it could be traffic.
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  So effectively what they were doing before working with me was
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  hiding themself away, becoming very much a recluse in dark,
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  quiet environments. And that's good if you're an
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  animal like a bear or a squirrel hibernating, but not so good if
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  you're a human and you want to interact with other people in
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  other situations. So what you're going to hear in
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  this hypnosis session are elements of directly working
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  with the suggestion that these things are recalibrating and
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  adjusting to be OK. And a useful way of thinking
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  about when the body adapts as a result of something traumatic or
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  specific is that the body is healing.
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  And that's a, that's a healing metaphor is quite useful in that
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  context. So think about if you twisted an
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  ankle, it might swell for a period of time, but you get a
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  sense that you have to keep the weight off your ankle for a
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  period of time while it's healing.
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  And that's quite useful to think about that with things like
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  anxiety or overstimulation or migraines, that what if it's a
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  reaction to keep you safe, but it's healing and recalibrating
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  so that it's going to get less and less while it's returning to
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  normal. And that's a very, very powerful
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  suggestion for things like this. And also there is this element
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  of future pacing. So imagining having the
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  resources in the context, but turning a high stakes
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  environment into a low stakes environment.
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  So if you're worried about being in social situations, feeling
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  that you can just leave those social situations early if you
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  don't want to be there, makes you feel that you're not
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  obligated to stay. And that feels empowering
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  because you have more choice. Now, this was created for an
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  individual. So if you have migraines or if
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  you have, let's say, light sensitivity, sound sensitivity,
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  some of these suggestions may be useful, but some of them may be
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  highly relevant to the client I was working with and not quite
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  right for you. So ignore any suggestions that
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  don't fit you like a glove and hone into those that feel
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  empowering and relevant for you. And if you like the idea of
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  working with me directly, take a look in the show notes of the
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  description and you'll see a link to book a free consultation
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  call. We'll have a chat and we can end
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  up working together where I'm your hypnotherapist rather than
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  the guy you listen to on a podcast.
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  So for now, find a quiet, relaxing place.
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  Ideally the kind of place where you're not going to be
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  disturbed, relax and enjoy the session.
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  Take a deep breath in, and as you breathe in, breathe in that
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  resourceful feeling of calm and relaxation.
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  And as you exhale, just allow your eyelids to close.
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  And as they close, give yourself permission to settle.
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  And if that means adjusting or repositioning your body to
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  facilitate deeper feelings of relaxation, allow yourself to do
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  that. That's it.
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  And just imagine slowing down the pace of your breathing,
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  breathing in longer and slower, and as you exhale, just allow
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  the outward breath to continue longer than it normally would.
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  In fact, place a hand on your lower belly, and as you breathe
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  in, breathe in, so that hand moves.
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  Many people breathe from the throat or the chest, but just
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  imagine breathing there from the diaphragm, rising on the inward
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  breath, and as you exhale, feeling that hand move again,
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  rising and falling. That's it.
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  Because when you breathe from the lungs, you require effort.
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  When you breathe from the diaphragm, you create that
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  vacuum that automatically expands your lungs, meaning
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  you're breathing deeper and using less energy.
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  That's it. Connect to that slow, long
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  inward breath and relaxing outward exhale.
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  But now imagine when you breathe in or breathing in a feeling of
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  healing, maybe a healing white light breathing in that healing.
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  And as you exhale, just imagine any stress, any worries, any
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  evaluations that weren't true, starts to melt away and leave
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  your body in that outward breath.
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  Almost like breath by breath. It's taking you deeper and
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  deeper, relaxed. The deeper you breathe, the more
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  relaxed you feel. And the more relaxed you feel,
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  the deeper you breathe. That's it.
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  Connect with that wonderful feeling, feeling of ever
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  increasing relaxation. And I want you to come to a
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  logical conclusion here in this moment that as you breathe in
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  and breathe out, all of this is a choice.
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  Choosing to relax, choosing to breathe deeper, everything feels
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  like a choice. And at any moment you could
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  shift, move, open your eyes or stop.
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  And just knowing that creates a wonderful feeling of safety.
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  Because here there's no effort required, no goal to reach,
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  nothing to achieve. Feel that you're just allowing
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  your body to do what it already knows how to do.
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  And as you notice the natural rhythm of your breathing, not
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  changing it, just noticing, you may begin to sense that a subtle
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  feeling of permission is spreading through your body. you
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  to get a sense that everyone in life has a a false alarm, a near
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  miss, an overreaction. And I want you to think of that
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  time when your whole nervous system experience something that
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  in the moment felt overwhelming, but now you know that event
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  wasn't true. It wasn't permanent, and you're
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  already recalibrating, perhaps to something even better than
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  before. And at that moment, your
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  attention, your vigilance, your protective coping strategies
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  were dialed all the way up. Back then, your mind thought
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  that you had to pay attention to every sound, notice everything
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  that you could see in that moment.
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  Awareness became hyper focus. That's it.
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  Relax into that feeling, breathing in deep, exhaling for
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  long as you reflect on that, how wonderful your brain and your
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  body is to do anything to protect you.
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  But what if all of that intense protection was somewhat of an
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  overreaction? And what if that protection is
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  no longer required? So instead of fighting it, what
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  if we allow the nervous system to relax and stand down?
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  And maybe you could imagine a dial, the kind of dial or gauge
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  or fader, perhaps the controls sensory intensity, and without
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  touching it, without effort, you may notice it beginning to turn
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  itself down all by itself, perhaps returning to a
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  comfortable natural baseline. I want you to imagine, just for
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  a moment, that your eyes are not windows, but filters.
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  Sophisticated, intelligent filters.
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  And what if light passes through them only at the level that
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  feels comfortable? Isn't that what your pupil is
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  for? To allow more or less light in
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  depending on what feels useful? And you've had that experience
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  of having your eyes closed and you open them in a bright room
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  and everything seems too bright, but it only takes seconds until
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  your eyes, your brain, recalibrate.
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  If your brain needs less light, your pupils get smaller.
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  And if it's a dark room and you need to see something, maybe
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  your pupils dilate to allow more light in.
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  So imagine your eyes. Your brain knows how much light
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  can pass through them without you feeling uncomfortable.
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  Where sunlight becomes enjoyable, a bright screen
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  becomes functional. A dark room becomes a place of
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  relaxation because your visual system remembers how to do this
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  because it's been doing it automatically your whole life.
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  So allow it to return to normal function effortlessly and you
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  don't need to check it. And you don't even need to test
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  it, because normalization, recalibration and adjustment
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  happens in the background and I wonder if you could imagine
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  sound as distance rather than force.
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  What if a restaurant hum becomes texture, laughter becomes a
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  rhythm, and music becomes movement?
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  Because those people with synesthesia do that anyway.
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  Sounds become colours and colours become textures.
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  Light becomes a feeling. And what if you allow your brain
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  and your nervous system to give light and sound different
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  feelings and meanings so you can handle it much easier?
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  Or give you the ability to simply screen it out by focusing
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  on something else? No one is ever trapped in sound.
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  Sound moves around you, not through you.
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  And if at any point you're in an environment where you wish to
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  leave, you could, because that option always exists.
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  But there's a paradox. Because you know you can leave,
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  your body no longer feels the need to.
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  As you accept the suggestion that safety restores tolerance,
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  The safer you feel, more tolerant of any light and sound
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  or noise your brain and body can handle.
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  I want you to get a feeling then you can manage expectations
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  ahead of time for any busy social situation.
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  Letting people know you may need to leave early means people
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  don't feel confused or annoyed or frustrated if you do, so just
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  allow yourself to make that your own safety net, giving you the
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  option to leave whenever you needed to, but knowing you may
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  not need to leave at all. And I wonder if you could
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  imagine yourself in the near future, not months or years, but
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  days or weeks, and imagine yourself walking into a social
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  space and see that version of you surrounded by bright lights
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  and looking normal. We'll see you in a noisy, loud
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  environment, but sound feels manageable.
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  Observe that future version of you where your body feels
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  present but not alert and certainly not on guard.
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  Step into that future version of you and feel how it would feel
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  to be living that wonderful social life.
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  And just imagine that even if there are bright lights or
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  noises, none of it fazes you. You've chose to be there, and
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  you can choose to leave whenever you want.
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  But I want you to also realize that connection can amplify
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  healing. Smiling faces, the warmth of a
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  hug, laughter, being connected with new information and
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  updates. I want you to get a sense that
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  all of that is good for the body, the mind, and the soul.
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  Humans don't do well when they're isolated.
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  They need connection. And I want you to feel empowered
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  to reconnect because the reconnection assists with the
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  recalibration. Feel what it would feel like to
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  be living with that wonderful feeling that things are back to
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  normal, that healing has been happening quietly, steadily,
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  almost automatically. And then just imagine it's the
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  end of the day and you start thinking of sleep not as a
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  requirement, but as an invitation.
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  Your body already knows how to heal.
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  Sleep simply increases the probability.
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  And so gently, naturally, imagine yourself indulging or
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  enjoying in the rituals that signal safety.
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  Maybe that's reducing screen time earlier.
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  Maybe it's the feeling of warm water on your skin.
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  Maybe that's those slow, long, relaxing breaths.
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  Or perhaps just thinking about all of those things you're
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  grateful for. Not rules, but signals.
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  Signals that your nervous system responds by relaxing and calming
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  down. You will accept the idea that
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  sleep deepens when it's not demanded, and rest restores when
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  it's allowed. And even on nights of light
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  sleep, healing continues. Your body compensates, always
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  has, always will. Take a moment now to sense
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  something profound or fundamental that your system is
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  resilient, your awareness is stabilizing, your life is
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  opening again. Light returns to light and sound
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  returns to sound, and social spaces return to connection and
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  the body remembers. I am safe to live fully again.
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  Every area of your life for work, socially, personally.
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  Imagine what that future's like. Perhaps not just getting back to
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  normal but enhancing it. Sometimes difficult times leap
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  to feeling of deep appreciation for what we have.
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  Connect to that feeling because in a moment I'll invite you to
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  leave this place in your imagination and return back to
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  the here and the now. But you will return back with
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  your eyes less sensitive to light, your ears less sensitive
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  to noise, a deep, deep feeling that your body knows how to
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  sleep, it knows how to relax, but also your social life or
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  very soon get easier. You'll feel more confident and
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  even just attempting signals to your brain that you're ready,
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  which only enhances the healing. And if all parts of your
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  subconscious agree, let me know by nodding your head.
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  That's it. And just think of that in a
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  table of all of your most influential parts helping you
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  now in your social life, in your sleep, in your eyes and in your
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  ears. Bang them all and then float
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  back all the way back to the here and the now.
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  Take a deep breath in through your nose and out through your
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  nose. Just wiggle your fingers, wiggle
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  your toes, connect and calibrate into the here and the now as I
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  now count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you.
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  Starting to count 123 waking up 456 more alert 7-8.
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  Open your eyes. Open your eyes 910 Wide awake,
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  Wide awake. Wide awake.
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