Vitals: Sachin (name changed), M, 15YO, Hypnosis 5/10, eye roll 2/4, V/A/K – 7/2/3 - Fear-of-failure, 8/10*
Sachin is referred to PLRT by parents as they feel he had multiple phobias, sabotages his opportunities and is anxious. They have tried psychotherapy and counselling. Client refused to cooperate. The most pressing problem for them was their son avoided any kind of social interaction including that with family members and gets scared during team selection at the time he was referred to me.
Sachin’s parents want Sachin to be a cricketer and have enrolled him in cricket coaching from the age of 4 years. Their focus for him is to be a professional cricketer since his father wanted to be a cricketer and did not get through selections.
Currently Sachin is underweight, refuses to eat, does not want to mingle with anyone and more importantly, not able to lead a normal life.
I introduce PLRT and since client is more bent on scientific side of things, I explain PLRT in terms of conscious, subconscious and unconscious mind. During Pre-talk I clarify client’s doubts.
Sachin’s mother signs the contract form. I assure Sachin of the oath of confidentiality and inform his parents that without Sachin’s consent I cannot share any information from the session.
During history taking, Sachin shared significant memories from age 1 till age 11. He said he does not remember anything between age 11 to 14. He just remembered his birthday when he turned 15. When I asked him before the session what is his goal from PLRT, he said he just wants to be able to sleep peacefully. Based on his inputs it was clear to me that this was a good case for PLRT.
After completing stages 1-8 from therapist introduction to Theme finalization (client agrees that fear maybe an issue to explore), we begin induction.
I went through the checklist and ensure client is comfortable.
T- This is what the therapist said C- This is what the client said
Session 1: Happy Memory
After Dave Elman and progressive relaxation, I ask the client to recall a happy memory. Client recalls a happy memory when he was 4-5 years old. He says he was watching TV by himself. It was a Sinchan episode. He says it was so funny he cannot stop laughing. Client smiles while saying this.
After this session, his parents say Sachin hugged his parents and was smiling after a long time. They say he ate normal food for the first time.
Session 2: Age Regression
I use the script for reframing current life traumas and Sachin’s body shakes when he is releasing any hurt or pain from last 10 years. I redirect focus on deep abdominal breathing and remind him to relax his forehead, jaws, neck, shoulder and body. He relaxed and when he emerged he said he is feeling lighter.
Session 3:
T: Are you on the bridge?
C: Yes, I am walking
T: Are you alone or is there someone with you?
C: There is someone with me
T: Can you tell me what you see?
C: I think it is my guide. He looks like half Rama and half Krishna merged together. He is in deep blue color.
T: Wonderful. I am happy you have a guide with you. Take your time. Let me know where your guide takes you.
C: I see something.
T: Can you tell me what you see?
C: Plain ground, dusty.
T: Ok… Can you see your feet?
C: Yes, I am wearing white dhoti.
T: Can you look up and see yourself?
C: Yes, I am 26-27 years old. My skin is lighter than what I have now. I am a man.
T: Are you alone? Is there someone with you?
C: Yes, I see a woman’s feet. She has red paint on her feet and circle in the middle. She looks like a married woman. Younger than me. Very fair.
T: Do you think she may be is your wife from that lifetime?
C: I don’t know.
T: Ok… Can you look at her eyes? Do you recognize her as anyone from your current life?
C: No, I do not recognize her.
T: Ok. Is there anything else you see?
C: Round structures with straw on the roof, like huts.
T: Where is this place?
C: Somewhere in North India maybe
T: Do you know the place name?
C: It is blurred, I cannot see.
T: Ok. Do you know around what timeline it could be?
C: Looks like a timeline before Mahabharata.
T: Ok. Go to a time in that lifetime that is significant.
C: I see armies. That woman looks very serious. We are at war.
T: Are you fighting as well?
C: Yes.
T: Can you tell me what you see?
C: I see my body on the battlefield. I lost. I am dead.
His eyebrows start to knot
T: Float above. Focus on deep abdominal breathing. Breathing in and out. Relax your forehead. Relax your face and eyes. Let me know if you become aware of any last thoughts.
C: Starts to relax. I hear “Jagannath”. I want to come back.
T: Ok… In a few moments I will count from 1 to 5. When I count 5 you will be completely awake and feeling fantastic. Waking from trance, feeling fantastic, carrying all the lessons that you have learned.
Aware of your body now and the position of your arms and legs. When you are ready, you may open your eyes feeling refreshed.
T: How are you feeling?
C: Feeling relaxed and good.
Sachin became aware that his death in a previous lifetime is the reason for him to fear failure in this lifetime.
Closure: The next day I asked the pain level, client said he was able to sleep well. Parents said pain level is 2.
It has been two days and his Parents say that he has been livelier than before and he has been able to sleep peacefully. Sachin wants to meditate and opted for body scan meditation. I will have to connect after the next selection to see how the client is doing. In the mean time parents have acknowledged that they have to balance their expectations of their son for him to do better.
After the first PLRT sessions client came back with themes of fear, disgust and guilt. The subsequent sessions were conducted to help resolve these. Please read Part I for reference.
10/10/2024
In the first session of follow up he sees himself as a fisherman, from adolescence till old age living in the same place, doing the same thing, the routine is catching fish, selling it and eating what is left. He is bored of this life and ends it by jumping off the cliff by the beach where he would go fishing.
Last thoughts: Why? Sees a bloodied body as he float above.
LBL: Meets Narada muni, he asks him why he did this?(Ending life), sees cosmos after that… He gets a message that he should just live, go with the flow…
3…2…1…
Past Life #2
He is a toddler, it is 1800s, feels it is in Greece.
Childhood was peaceful, lived with his parents, he was happy
Age 8: He sees an unsettling face… It is very unsettling
T: Breathing from your abdomen, deep, long, comfortable breaths… Breathe in and out… See if you can recognize this unsettling face…
C: Yes, it is the ex husband of his mother’s sister…
T: What happens next?
C: He injures me badly, blood everywhere…
T: Remember you are only visiting this memory… Do you know why he hurt you?
C: He was fighting with my parents for land… I got injured in the process… I may be dead… I see light
T: Floating above to see what happens to the body…
C: I am taken somewhere… Something like a hospital… I am not dead…
T: Very good… Let us go to the next significant event…
C: I have recovered, I am living a normal life…
T: As I count from 3 to 1, go to the next significant event
C:A tree is being cut
T: What does this tree mean to you? Do you see yourself?
C: I am around 30 years old… I work on trees, I make things from trees…
T: Nice… What is your life like?
C: It is comfortable, nice house, good family.
T: Who are in your family?
C: Parents, wife, kids
T: Do you recognize any of them?
C: No…
T: Counting 3…2…1… Go to the next significant event
C: There is fire… I lose my parents to the fire… It is an accident… I am about 40 years old…
T: I understand it is stressful… Breathing deeply from your abdomen… Float above to see it…
C:I do not see anything…
T: Ok go to the next significant event…
C: I see blood everywhere… It is coming from my body… I am dead…
T: Remember you are visiting a memory… Do you know how you died?
C: Yes… that man with that unsettling face killed me
T: Do you know why?
C: It is a fight… For land… He killed me…
T: Do you have any last thoughts?
C: Indicates No with IMR
T: Do you have any lessons from this life that you want to share?
C: IMR no
Floats above…
LBL:
T: What do you see?
C: Light everywhere… Like the Sun…
T: If you have any questions you want to be answered you may ask
C: IMR no, says just wants the warmth of the sun, wants to stay there. I let the client to let me know when he is ready, after a few minutes, indicates with IMR yes.
T: What do you see?
C: A sage in dull saffron robes
T: Do you recognize the sage?
C: That is me
T: Very good… How old are you?
C: Not sure… Above 50?
T: Ok… Do you see anything else?
C: I see the cosmos from my third eye…
T: Beautiful…Is there anything else?
C: IMR no
T: Ok… 3…2…1… Go to the next significant event in that life…
C: No time… Nothing… Just the cosmos… I am sitting in meditation position… I am in trance… There is cosmos… I see only cosmos until I leave my body… I am with cosmos…
Session #5 15/10/2024
Client comes back saying there is still fear and guilt and wants to explore more… Says he sees faces mocking him…
Affect bridge of fear and guilt.
T: What do you see?
C: A temple… I see Padmanabha swamy temple…
T: beautiful… What are you doing?
C: I am dancing in the temple… In bliss… I am happy…
T: Are you able to see your body? How old are you?
C: I am a young man… In dhoti… I am dancing…
Client winces…
T: What happened?
C: I see an eyeless being starting at me in the temple… It looks like someone pulled out the eyes and there are only sockets left…it is looking at me… I start running…
T: breathing in and out, remember you are protected… We prayed and invoked for masters presence in the beginning… What does this eyeless being mean?
C: It comes up everytime I am happy or peaceful… It shows up randomly…
T: Do you know what it wants?
C: I am not enough
T: Not enough in what sense?
C: I am not good…
T: Do you know the source of this feeling?
C: I see a man with hairstyle like a priest being stabbed by a sword
T: Do you recognize this priest?
C: My father from this life
T: What happens next?
C: I do not see anything
T: Do you know who stabbed him?
C: IMR no
T: How are you related to this priest?
C: I don’t know…
T: Ok…3…2…1… Go to the next significant event…
C: I am farming… I am a farmer…
T: What do you grow?
C: Some grain…
T: Does any place name come to you? What is your name?
C: IMR no
T: Is there anyone in your family?
C: My wife and kids…
T: Look into their eyes… Do you recognize them?
C: IMR no
T: 3…2…1… Go to the next event in your life…
C: I am having a meal… I think my meal is poisoned…
T: Breathing deeply from your abdomen… Relaxing your body and mind… Remember you are visiting a memory… Do you know how it was poisoned?
C: It was on purpose… To kill me…
T: Do you know who did it?
C: I don’t know
T: Do you know why they did it?
C: I don’t know
T: What happens next?
C: I am dead…
T: Any last thoughts?
C: I am carrying guilt and the fear of being poisoned… Aversion to food…
T: Float above…
C: IMR yes
T: What do you see?
C: I am with the light…
T: Do you have any messages from the light?
C: Just live…
T: Do you want to spend more time with the light?
C: No… want to come back
Emerged
9/11/2024
Sachin wanted to remove excessive guilt and wanted a session in hypnotherapy, I facilitated it based on the instructions in the Handbook for therapists” for childhood trauma and anxiety.
Verbatim from Sachin after 2 days of the session - “I did not know who I was or what I was doing, since end of August, I know that I am a person… I still have to overcome a few thoughts and better control my mind, and I know I will.”
Parents have realized their limitations in the upbringing and are actively looking to reform.
