I was in NYC and matched this good looking professonal guy on Tinder. I had nothing to do that night and figured why not? I wasn’t looking to hook up at all but I was up for meeting a new friend. He was older than me but very handsome, approachable, and seemed to have everything together. I agreed to meet him for dinner.
Dinner was wonderful. We got along great, no awkward silences, lots of laughs. He told me he was a therapist, grew up in California and had a successful practice in NYC. After dinner I was going to head home, but he invited me to his place for a drink. I made it clear I wasn’t looking to hook up, and he said of course not, just to have a drink since I was in town. I agreed and we went to his absolutely gorgeous, spacious, beautiful modern apartment.
I had a glass of wine and we were talking about his job and he mentioned that he uses hypnosis on some of his patients. I was a bit skeptical about hypnosis being legitimate so he dared me to try it. I got comfortable on his couch, and he spent a while talking to me, spacing me out, the best way to describe it was like a hazy dream, but awake. I didn’t realize it at the time but I was definitely hypnotized.