What happens when an imagined identity becomes part of everyday life? In this episode of The Bambi Trap, we explore Bambi Sleep through the lens of tulpas, ritual, repetition, and the psychology of identity. Through personal accounts and interviews with researchers and practitioners, the episode examines how repeated listening, routines, and the “Bambi uniform” can shape habits and feelings of self.
The investigation also considers claims that erotic hypnosis can change someone’s sexuality, and the more complicated possibility that it may give people permission to explore desires they had previously kept hidden. At its center is a question about consent: when an experience is designed around surrendering control, how can someone pause, set boundaries, or change their mind?
WARNING: Some excerpts may contain language, phrases, or audio associated with Bambi Sleep recordings that listeners could find triggering or unsettling. Any audio excerpts are included for journalistic and documentary purposes, not as instructions or invitations to participate.
Featured expert voices:
Amy R. Marsh, EdD, Author/Writer, Sexologist, Hypnotist
Professor Emily Setty, Associate Professor in Criminology, UNiversity of Surrey
Giles Crouch, Digital and Cultural Anthropologist
Dr Jamie Hakim, Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, King's College London
Mai Alnabhan, Level 2 QHHT® practitioner and certified consulting hypnotist
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