Bridges

The Ericksonian language game

Words that open the trance.

You get a sentence. You connect it to the next. You build a story. The detector shows you, instantly, which Ericksonian patterns you used — and which traps slipped in.

The detector, on one sentence
As you listen to these words, you can notice how easily you let yourself drift — first in your shoulders, or perhaps in your breathing.
Implied causativeModal operatorAwarenessPresupposed adverbEmbedded commandOrdinalIllusion of choice