"Well... I might be able to help." Leroy said a bit timidly.
"If you wanna get a room ready for your Aunt I'd appreciate it" Joyce sighed
"I mean, I can do that too. But I meant with your stress. I've been studying hypnosis, actually." he said, pulling out his pocket watch "It can help you calm down."
Joyce rubbed her forehead, clearly trying to figure this out. Honestly, even asking might have made her MORE stressed.
"You know what? Fine. It can't make things any worse." she sighed "What do you need me to do?"
"Just relax back and watch this." he said as he held the watch up in front of her.
"Now mom. Just relax. Watch the watch. See it slowly swing back and forth in front of your eyes. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock." he said "Your turn"
"Tick... tock..." she said as she watched, sinking back further into the couch.
"Now, with each arc, each tick or tock, feel yourself growing more and more tired. More and more open to my suggestions so that I can help remove your stress."
"Mm... tick... tock..." she said, nodding along.
"Good. Now... instead of ticking and tocking, each arc you'll count down from 10 to 0. When you reach 0 your eyes will close, and you'll fall into a deep, sound, sleep."
"Mmm.... 10.... 9.... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2...1...0"
As the word "zero" escaped her lips, her eyes closed and her chin flopped to her chest.
She sat there, asleep, taking deep breaths which caused her chest to rise and fall slowly and rhythmically
"Perfect. Now Mom, you'll need to be completely open to me. To trust me completely. In order for this to work. If we want to remove your stress, you need your mind to be completely open, completely mold-able, completely willing to accept and do whatever I say, understand?"
She nodded.
"Good. Now, what's the problem at work?" he asked
"My boss has... been flirting... and my coworkers... expect me to... do their work for them..." she sighed.
"Okay. Let's work on this. Firstly, those things will no longer have an adverse impact on you. You'll realize they're wrong. But after they've happened they will stop bothering you. And they will certainly never come home with you. But above that, from now on you'll ignore your boss's advances completely, and ignore your coworkers. They do their work themselves or it doesn't get done. Understood?"
She nodded again.
"As for Aunt Brooke. You'll wake to be excited that she's coming over. In fact, you'll want to spend a lot of time hanging out with her,"
He watched a small smile form on his mother's face.
He then stopped to think... he could always... use this time for some fun. Or to make life easier. Give her some programming or triggers...  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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