How Does R/Erotichypnosis Explore Power Play In Adult Fiction?

Honestly? I think the transformation is often less about the hypnosis itself and more about what the characters finally let themselves feel. A lot of stories use it as a shortcut to bypass a character's inhibitions, which can feel cheap. But the good ones? They use it to peel back layers. A character who's all control and order in their waking life might, under a hypnotic suggestion, discover a deep-seated need to surrender that they've been fighting for years. It's not that they become a different person; it's that a suppressed part of them gets permission to surface. The tension comes from watching them integrate that new facet after the trance ends. Does it scare them? Do they crave to go back? That internal conflict is where real growth—or a delicious unraveling—happens. Take a fic I read where a CEO type used hypnosis for stress relief, only to have the therapist suggest a trigger tied to a feeling of 'being prized.' The guy fought it at first, found it humiliating. But gradually, that planted seed of feeling valued for just existing, not achieving, started to heal other parts of his life. His transformation wasn't into a mindless slave; it was into someone who could finally accept care. The hypnosis was just the key that unlocked the door he'd been leaning against.