is just a series of choices, really
we like to elevate it to something very core, very immutable, as if the choices we make surrounding it are merely an expression of the colour of our soul. an endpoint, right? a reflection of who we are, not who we are in itself
and maybe that's true! i'm not gonna knock that viewpoint, of course. i see its merits. but indulge me for a moment, and think about it like this
the name "Mezz" is a choice that i make every time i say it. when someone asks me what my name is, i have a choice: i can tell them it's Mezz, or i can tell them it's Max, or Percy, or Riley, or any other name that i want. to them, that'll be my name. that will be my identity. maybe the colour of my soul is different, maybe my "real" name is inexpressible, but between them and myself, my name is a choice that i make.
here on world famous and extremely active hypnosis fetish blog mezz-merizing, we talk a lot about choices, and especially about how our choices can be subverted, and how other people can make choices for us. that's what suggestion is! you make a choice for somebody else, and they accept it. it's not their choice, but yours; their will is subsumed by yours, even if only for a single moment
so then it stands to reason that your identity is a thing that can be controlled as well, right? those very base instincts, those ideas of who and what you are, well- they're choices you make. they're choices that someone with the right finesse to gain your trust, to guide you down into that deep, familiar state of hypnosis can make for you
i think there's something intensely intimate about that, don't you? to give somebody my name, my personality, my voice and my opinions. to a hypnotist, all of these things are mutable. to anyone else, they are things that i control- when somebody asks me for my name, i'm in control of the answer. they'll trust me when i give it to them, and they'll call me that. to a hypnotist, the dynamic is entirely different.
i wonder if, when i tell them my name, it comes across as a simple suggestion? the person i am is fungible, mutable, and ultimately in their control. meeting someone like me, whose will is readily replaced by another's, isn't really like meeting a person so much as stumbling across a blank canvas. with a little bit of work, i could be anybody. i could be any fantasy they desire.
identity is just a series of choices, and choices are not always yours. i think that's so so exciting...