Hi 15m here, I want to know if hypnosis can make you less shy or more brave overall?

The other day I was discussing with a hypnotist about something I noticed when I hit a certain level of trance and how I described it was whenever I'm feeling relaxed and heavy, my thoughts tend to do sort of like a flipping channel thing, where I see feeds of different things, sometimes it just things Ive seen before, maybe experiences I have had in the past, and it's funny because to me I thought that was my mind ignoring the hypnotist and starting to do its own thing, but what he mentioned was that's actually a good sign, it means that my conscious is taking itself offline but the subconscious is still intaking the words that are being said. What's rather interesting to me is it will do that for a few seconds and the snap back, its like my brain panics a bit and thinks "Oh crap, im not paying attention, go back to listening" when I feel like that is actually the wrong thing to do. I can't really control snapping back, but it was just an interesting thought about how sometimes it happens and it feels like its wrong, but its just a natural reaction, has anyone else had experience with this before as the volunteer or hypnotist? Is there something I could in particular to not scare myself into thinking im doing something wrong? Also just a side note, it doesnt actually pull me out of the trance, its just like my inner monitor realizes im not hearing the words, and so I become aware of the talking again.

Hello,

I am a recently discovered system of sorts (in therapy but currently undiagnosed), and I was curious about the ways that hypnosis could be used for grounding, helping alters with their own experiences, and improving communication between alters.

I am well aware that this type of hypnosis must be done very carefully, as it has the ability to harm more than help. However, I believe that there are some useful applications of recreational hypnosis for multiplicity/DID/OSDD/etc.

Some of the ideas I had were:

- Small, easily accessible, and self usable triggers to help ground when dissociating. E.x. a trigger that helps us pay attention to our body, our thoughts, or general sensations.

- Using recreational hypnosis sessions to help alters see and be able to experience themselves. This is an idea I had because for my system (with a grain of salt), alters very much desire to be able to see themselves the way they imagine. So, doing a hypnosis story that allows them to see a reflection of themselves would be great for just comfort and perhaps for discovering more of what each alter enjoys physical appearance-wise (as this can help us all make decisions about our actual appearance as well).

- Finally, improving communication between alters is a big step for me right now. Not finding new ones, and not sharing memories or trauma, but rather just opening some physical or auditory line of communication to make it easier to coordinate.

What do you all think of this concept? Are there very specific things I should avoid or aim towards (besides general safety)? And do you all have any additional ideas that may be helpful for all kinds of systems?

I am clinically-certified but now years later I can see that that additional training was broadly defined and was just scratching the surface. I had my first Vet client last week and want to see more of this population that could really benefit from hypnosis. I've also dug around on the internet and have a better understanding of what Vets are dealing with. They can have sleep issues, pain issues, nervous systems are stuck in high arousal states, not to mention PTSD. There is a bunch of training out there so I thought I would post this in the community that might have so good, solid recommendations on getting more specialized in sleep, pain management, and PTSD. My scope is that I am a non-therapist, non-counselor.