Don't think, just sink
Added 2021-09-16 16:53:56 +0000 UTCA piece about repeating a mantra, and how it gets more difficult, the deeper you go.
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“I don’t think, I just sink.” Your voice was soft. Each word was so much effort. But you had to repeat your mantras. Your hypnotist’s control was too powerful to ignore. So, you kept on brainwashing yourself. “I don’t think, I just sink. I don’t think, I just sink.”
Over and over. The words embedding themselves deeper into your mind, which continued to drop deeper with every repetition. Before long, your mouth was tripping over them, they were so hard to say. “I… I don’t think. I… I… I just – I just sink.” And it felt so good.
It felt good because you were obeying. You were programming yourself not to think. Programming yourself to sink. “I- I- I don’t… Think. I just… I just… Just sink.” You could feel yourself smiling at how good it felt to say those words, every time they came out of your mouth.
But soon, it was nearly too much work to say them at all. You were left repeating “Don’t... Think… Just… Sink…” Over and over. Eventually, that was too much work. All that you could say was just “Think… Sink…” And finally, even those words wouldn’t come out.
And that’s when your hypnotist came closer, gently pulling your chin up, to look at your face. You could hear their smile in their voice. “Such a good toy for me. Brainwashing yourself. You’ve done so well. And do you know what you do now? Ah, ah, ah. Don’t think, just sink.”
