My Brain Melted A Little I Think - Blog Posts

"jim."

"what?"

"tell me you're hypnotized."

"what?"

"say that you're hypnotized right now."

"i'm not, though."

"i just wanna hear it."

he hesitated. "...i'm hypnotized." it felt odd coming out of his mouth.

"say it a little slower."

"it's two words."

"yeah, and four syllables. you can say it slower."

"fine," he said. "i'm... hypnotized..."

"say you're deeply hypnotized."

"this isn't going to work," he said, although he caught himself staring at them in a particular way.

"all i'm doing is asking you to say something. is it really that hard?" they looked smug. "come on. tell me you're deeply hypnotized. say it nice and slow."

there were already chills creeping down his spine. "fine," he responded. "i'm... deeply hypnotized..."

he was a little annoyed to find that familiar fog just barely forming in his mind, just from that.

"yeah, that's right."

jim almost shivered. "i mean, i'm really not. i'm not particularly deep, i'm just doing what you tell me to."

"sounds like something someone who's deeply hypnotized would do."

"that's not-"

"say it again for me, jim. come on."

he froze, a blank, dull voice escaping his lips. "i'm deeply hypnotized..."

it still wasn't completely true, but...

"that's right. good. that's all it takes, isn't it?"

"it's not..."

"it's more true every time you say it. try saying it again. you'll feel it."

"i'm deeply hypnotized..." he felt his shoulders sink.

"again. tell me how you feel right now. say it again."

"i'm... deeply hypnotized..."

"that's how you feel, isn't it?"

he wasn't answering their question, he was following the command to repeat it...

"nod your head for me. you feel deeply hypnotized, right?"

he nodded, trembling as his spine tingled.

"you're deeply hypnotized. tell me again."

"i'm deeply hypnotized..."

"and it's true now. isn't it?"

this time they hadn't told him to, but he nodded his head, anyway.

"it's that easy. you probably don't even care about me teasing you anymore, though, do you?" they pet his head. the warm tingles started to feel relaxing as he surrendered to them. "and can you tell me why you don't care?"

"i'm deeply hypnotized..."

"good boy."