I keep getting so many calls with requests for brainwashing. “Please Tessa, just take over my whole mind. Make me a zombie for you!” This is where the hypnotherapist in me really battles with my devious dominant nature.

The hypnotherapist side explains that only a well-conditioned subject can be so heavily manipulated and that it wouldn’t be ethical for me to use my skills for my own gain.

The difficulty sets in when I start to take the caller into trance. When I see what an incredibly suggestible subject I have on the phone and how easily he is falling so deep, I find it hard to help myself. My initial intentions are only to plant a couple of light triggers in the subconscious and leave it at that. I find that I can’t help to go deeper, reaching unknown parts of the subconscious mind, probing those hidden dark secrets, and strengthening my impact.

You might want to be careful when you ask for brainwashing, you just might get it.