I started doing hypnosis pre-internet, and back then I was either finding hypnosis tapes which weren't intended to be sexy, or recording my own. “I think some people can achieve it fairly easily, but triggering orgasms from someone ‘cold’ isn't usually effective,” Scott says. It took a lot of practice to work through that, but going into a trance is a skill that I believe anyone who really wants it can learn!'īut she and her friend Scott*, who she met through erotic hypnosis events, warn me that it won’t work for everyone. I have ADHD, so I kept getting distracted. The main obstacle for me was concentration. I kept going with it because I enjoyed listening to him and it was very relaxing. It didn't work for me at all, the first few sessions. 'He was into it and I thought it was rubbish so I saw it as a challenge to prove him wrong. She got into erotic hypnosis after being introduced by an ex-boyfriend. I have since learned to orgasm pretty much on command,” she tells me. My first hypno orgasm was insane, I was genuinely in shock for hours at the intensity of it. “Hands-free orgasm is like nothing I'd ever experienced before. Ramona*, who regularly practises erotic hypnosis says it took a while but it was worth the effort. 'It was like nothing I'd ever experienced before' (It’s important to note that a hypnotic trance does not make you incapable of saying no, it just makes you more open to suggestion.) But the ultimate goal is the hands-free orgasm - being able to come on command without touching yourself or being touched.

Letting a hypnotist tell you what to do is pretty submissive and many people incorporate ideas of control into their erotic hypnosis. For some it’s a way of relaxing so they can come. Not to be confused with audio porn or ASMR, erotic hypnosis aims to put users into a trance for the purposes of sexual pleasure.

If it can work for childbirth, hypnotising myself to orgasm ought to be a piece of cake. After all, I do yoga, I do mindfulness, why shouldn’t this work for me? I even did hypnobirthing when I had my first child two years ago. When I first heard about erotic hypnosis I was totally up for giving it a go. Erotic hypnosis videos can be found on YouTube and claim to help you have a hands-free orgasm Ashley Armitage / Refinery29 for Getty Images