Code of Ethics
Also known as a bill of rights
Code of Ethics for hypnotists and hypnosis subjects within The Hypnosis Dungeon
The code of ethics is a set of expectations regarding hypnosis that staff would like to promote inside the community. These aren't exactly rules of the group but if it is found that you violated these ethics at any time, regardless of where it happens, you may be shunned by the community and likely kicked or banned by staff depending on the severity of the matter.
Code of Ethics for The Subject
Your rights
You have the right to know what the file or session consists of to the last detail.
You have the right to know any and all trigger words or phrases and what their effects will be on you.
You have the right to refuse your participation in any session or listening to any file.
You have the right to other hypnotists.
You have the right to have all effects, triggers, suggestions and any other hypno effects removed at will.
You have the right to disobey and resist any suggestions, triggers and sessions.
Your Ethics
Guard your own mind.
Know what the file contains.
Know the effects and take responsibility for them.
Do your research on the hypnotist.
Don't be afraid to say no.
Don't ask for free work from a hypnotist that doesn't offer it.
Don't spread hearsay.
Don't do the hypnotist's work.
Specifically don't recruit for them. This could mean sharing their files or recommending them to others.
What this means
Guard your own mind
Listen responsibly! If you have questions or concerns about the hypnotist, file, session , triggers or contents thereof, bring them up. If you believe there is a chance it could hurt you, very simply, don't do it.
Take Responsibility
No one can make you "drop". Under normal circumstances the unwilling cannot be hypnotized. If you do no want to be hypnotized, say no. If the session persists then leave.
If you a trigger word is very common, or you do not want the specified suggestion(s) at an inconvenient time and you don't have your own safeties in place, it is you who is at fault for listening. Remember you have the right to demand the trigger word or conditions changed.
It is up to you to put the appropriate safeties in place or ask for help from a hypnotist to aid you in doing so. You may also outline safety concerns about triggers and effects before a session so they can be addressed at that moment.
Do research
Just as you wouldn't let a total stranger in your home, do not let one into you mind. Treat your mind as a sanction and only let those you trust inside. Be mindful of what you're choosing to listen to. It is your choice.
Code of Ethics for The Hypnotist
Your rights
You have the right to work in any genre you choose.
You have the right to charge for your service.
You have the right to refuse a subject or listener for personal or logical reasons.
You have the right to preserve your reputation.
You have the right to copyright your work.
Your Ethics
Be very clear what your file or session contains and disclose any and all triggers within.
Do not make trap (curse) files with no other way out other than to come back to the original hypnotist.
Do not make public slave files or host slave sessions without the subjects consent.
Do not make hivemind files or recruiting files. These are files that have strong suggestions or instructions for the subject where they have a strong compulsion to recruit others into a hivemind, to a specific hypnotist, or to listen to a specific file.
Do not add, alter, or remove memories from a subject without their consent.
Do not make shoddy work. Strive for a good product.
Take responsibility for your work. If someone was negatively impacted by your file or session ask for help. Make a responsible effort to fix the damage your works has done, intentional or not.
Make sure that if you make full access back doors (trance triggers) that you are the only one who can use that backdoor.
Do not make full access back doors (trance trigger) into a subject's mind for the sole purpose of a non hypnotist to use. They are not trained and do not know the proper safeties of hypnosis.
Do no use another hypnotist's back door triggers for your own purposes, especially if you have no experience in hypnosis.
Do not try to exploit or brute force another hypnotist's trigger(s) to make them into a backdoor for you to gain access into someone's mind.
As a general rule of thumb, if you can not implant a trigger yourself and have to rely on other hypnotist's triggers then you probably aren't trained enough, thus will not know the proper safeties of hypnosis, and shouldn't be playing around in someone's mind or trying to brute force triggers to access someone's mind. This is an abuse of hypnosis in every way.
What this means
Strive for a good product
Very simple, whether you charge for your service or not, you are a business. If your product is not of sufficient quality they will look elsewhere.
Be very clear about your work.
Cloak and dagger does not a hypnotist make. Always be very clear about what your file or session entails, what the effects will be, disclose any and all triggers involved within and the exact wording. You have a moral obligation to your listener to be very upfront about this. Just as they must respect you, you must respect them.
Take Responsibility.
Stand behind your work. Even the best hypnotist will encounter problems and the occasional abreaction. IF you make a mistake own up to it and fix it to the best of your ability or seek help. Learn from your past mistakes and improve on it.
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