Blushing
Using the
Ruler Method, blushing can be controlled both in
an out of hypnosis. . .Imagine a ruler standing
two metres from the ground, with the numbers
from one hundred down to zero etched on it.
A pointer which can slide easily,
up or down, measures your unconscious rate of
comfort. When you are very calm and relaxed the
pointer will be way down, probably somewhere
between zero and ten and when you are tense and
uptight the pointer will soar up to near a
hundred.
In this state of deep relaxation, look at the
pointer and tell me the number it points to.
(wait for response)
Good. Now I’d like you to think of a recent,
embarrassing situation, one that made you feel
tense inside, remember how you could feel the
blood rising up into your face as your face
began to redden.
Now look at the ruler and tell me the number it
points to.
Good. That’s fine. Now let that memory go, its
done with, its past, it doesn’t worry you any
more, let it go. Relax even deeper than before,
calm, and relax.
Now look at the ruler again and see how the
pointer has dropped. Tell me the number. Good.
You’re going to find that you can always feel
calmer and more relaxed when the pointer is
down. And I want you to practice this for the
future, lowering the pointer, down, and down and
down.
And as the pointer goes down to a lower number,
perhaps lower than ever before, you become more
comfortable, perhaps, than ever before, calmer
and more relaxed, more confident, more in
control. And if you find, in the future, that
you begin to redden from embarrassment, all you
need to do is mentally lower the pointer, down
and down and down.
And as you do this, your face quickly cools down
and returns to its normal color.