System Hypnokink, Part 1: Experiences, In General

by: Chameleons

posted on August 1, 2025

This post is going to be about our own personal experiences engaging in erotic hypnosis as a system. This is not a how-to guide. This is information about us that we hope can get discussions started, get people asking the right questions, or get folks to talk about their own experiences too.

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What is erotic hypnosis anyway?

First, a working definition of "hypnosis". It's a broad word, and one definition is probably not going to capture it all. Still, it would be irresponsible not to start with even an attempt.

Hypnosis is the process of reaching a state called trance. A trance is a mental state where you're less likely to question ideas and more likely to believe them. This leads to experiences feeling more vivid and intense than how they would if a person were to imagine them happening without a trance.

Where to learn more:

Some context-setting, especially if you're encountering us for the first time:

We do not have any memory separation whatsoever.
We have full access to each others' emotions, thoughts, urges, etc. at all times, even when whoever is fronting is not able to interpret what they mean
There is a degree of separation from front that any of us can have, but it is not always up to us how much separation we can manage.

Chameleons as a whole (from enyo's POV) had been attending hypnokink classes, participating in practice labs, and casually engaging in the kink for about 8 years before syscovery. We hovered around a beginner-leaning-intermediate level, mostly for lack of opportunity to get very in depth skill building.

When we thought we were singular, receiving hypnosis was fairly straightforward. In an erotic hypnosis context, we/enyo would negotiate, have our own internal opt in, and fall into the trance along with the induction. We'd say enyo is indirectly suggestible. They benefit a lot from drawing on comparisons and analogies to things they've physically experienced. They respond well to language and imagery that already gives them a big feeling.

Once we unfolded as a system, things got interesting.

Topping

The majority of our hypno topping experience as an unfolded plural system has been with our submissive, who we started our relationship with around the time of our syscovery. E is a very skilled subject and is amenable to a lot of trial and error. This built up our confidence quite a bit as a top and a dominant in this kink. It has also enhanced our experience as a bottom, especially as we learn more and more about what is possible and how that looks in action. In terms of which Chameleon is leading the scene, that can look many ways:

One of us starts the scene, the induction, and so on, and maintains leading front the whole time.

One of us starts the scene, the induction, and so on, and eventually we start micro-switching throughout the scene.
One of us starts the scene, the induction, and so on, and we eventually will be co-fronting and leading the scene in unison. We may also start to blend.
Some combination of us, or all of us, will co-front throughout.

A lot of the switching, co-fronting, and blending that happens is because of all the feelings we're having. Most of the time, we are not only topping, but also in the dominant role. The vulnerability and power that comes with that is intense for us. We get sucked into "top trance," just like anyone else can, and so, we're not necessarily noticing or regulating which of one(s) of us are doing what things. It's usually in retrospect where we go, huh, that line was probably from so-and-so, that hand movement was so-and-so, that change in our patter was probably because so-and-so started to have more influence.

There have definitely been times when one of us maintains front -- leading front while co-fronting, or just fronting alone -- for the majority or the entirety of the scene. This is usually when whichever Chameleon is topping is leaning on a lot of feelings, themes, and hot buttons that are highly specific to them.

Bottoming

A lot of our experience bottoming to hypnosis, as a realized system, has been with Brick as the primary focus of the scene. We've been doing this for long enough that these memories are easier to recall and dissect than the ones we have of trance as a singular-seeming enyo point-of-view Chameleon. That said, we remember enough of that time to detail it first, for comparison.

While enyo needs more comparisons to things he's experienced before, more "coaxing" into trance, and more familiarity, Brick can lean on imaginal sensations (some people call these "phantom" sensations) in a way enyo cannot. As a hypno bottom, Brick latches onto direct suggestions more readily than enyo does. That means he's been able to hook into trigger words for certain trance states, opt in when people who are within the scope of that negotiation reinforce it, *and* have enough discernment for the trigger word not to work in different contexts. He responds well to stories and back and forth dialogues. He is able to go into trance over chat or text. While enyo hasn't tried this as himself yet, we're pretty sure all of us can, if Brick can. That said, Brick is, well, as a submissive, he's a natural, so he can probably do this with the most ease.

System-wide effects

Thanks to some play with a trusted friend, Brick has a trance trigger word that brings him to a very specific kind of headspace. This trigger word works not just from our friend, but a specific type of person, as baked into the suggestion. If Brick decides someone is that type of person, then the trigger word will work. Our friend can use it, Arini and enyo can use it, and partners can use it.

This hypnotic trigger involves intelligence reduction and body transformation. Having the word said to him is one thing -- he hears it, he goes into that trance state. He hears it again, he goes deeper, and it gets more intense. But in-system, the experience has a lot more of a spectrum to it. If the thought of the trigger word is floating around, then Brick will start to experience what we call "trance creep." That describes faint imaginal sensations associated with that headspace and higher suggestibility. If none of us actually say the word, it usually stays at that. If one of us does say it, he will go into a trance, into that headspace. Plus, since Arini and enyo also remember how the headspace feels, how he experiences the sensations, and how he experiences the intelligence reduction, they can call to mind those memories to reinforce the suggestions without having to actually use that many words.

In the past, Arini has kept its distance from front during hypnosis, intending to avoid being tranced itself. Even now as it is wanting to have this happen to it, it does not want it Brick's way. Brick is submissive in this state. Arini is not interested in that at this time. It wants to be the one in charge, even when receiving hypnosis. However it has been able to, with the right planning, reinforce and amplify certain suggestions and experiences from the background.

We Chameleons had a scene with a partner a few months ago. This partner did not program Brick's trigger word, but was aware of it and the effects. Arini and enyo typed the trigger word to Brick in discord, with the accompanying text formatting, and also looped the words in headspace. Also, we recalled the sensations that Brick felt too. This, combined with the external partner using certain language, props, and body mannerisms, pulled Brick into a very deep headspace through trance.

Unlike Arini, enyo almost always sticks close to front when Brick is receiving hypnosis, for a few reasons:

Experiencing what's happening through Brick feels good. It satisfies enyo's curiosity and desire to empathize in a way that feels safe. There is a "Brick filter" between enyo and what is happening. There are things enyo wishes he could do, and that Brick can do. This is a compromise that has worked.
For that reason, sometimes enyo can't really help being close to front for those times.
On some level, they are watching over Brick to make sure he doesn't push past his limits in the intensity of the moment. This has become less of a factor and will likely continue to decrease over time. It isn't something any of us negotiated; our brain just did it, we figured out why, and just decided to roll with it.
If enyo is close enough to front and aware enough of himself, he can consciously imagine what Brick is being told to experience, and amplify it.

All of this has made erotic hypnosis much more intense for us individually and collectively. It has made us love that kink so much more. And, it allows us to exchange power in creative ways that we couldn't do as separate bodies. That intensity and level of interconnection, however, has a downside.

Spillover

Earlier, we mentioned leveraging remembered sensations from Brick's point of view to increase effectiveness of the trigger word and to heighten trance. This is a powerful, intense, and deeply connective experience that we call spillover -- the trance is primarily aimed at one of us, but others of us experience it as well, in some capacity. It is why Arini has historically kept its distance from front during hypnosis sessions.

While we are able to direct and leverage spillover in negotiated power-exchanges, spillover can be unintended and unwelcome. Things that Brick really enjoys can bother enyo and Arini a lot, to the point of distress. When Brick feels that distress, he is no longer able to access a trance state in the way he consented to, or negotiated with the top. Therefore, the scene has to end. This has happened once, and we're figuring out how to mitigate that from the lessons we got there so it doesn't happen again!

One idea we've had so far is leaning on the induction and/or trance language to reinforce who the suggestions are aimed at. Like yes we know they're for Brick, and, built-in reminders might help to prevent something like that. Not just that; it might even help the others opt in to reinforce the suggestions that are for Brick, but that they don't want to be for them.

To review

Hypnokink is pretty cool for us. We can bottom to others, top others, co-top each other with another body, and top each other. We can consensually use spillover to heighten the trance in pretty much any of these configurations. Downside is that sometimes spillover is not negotiated, which can be Bad.

As we learn more, we want to post more:

discussing our trial and error process of mitigating or minimizing spillover
compare and contrast how bottoming for hypnosis affects each of us
if we can collectively bottom for hypnosis, and how that looks

Something you want to learn about that we haven't thought of? Ask us about it!