r/NLP

Genuine question, not looking for people who've already done NLP.

If you saw a 7 day NLP training and something in you said maybe I should do that, what's going on in your life right now that made you think that? What would you be walking in there hoping to get through or change?

Is it something personal, something at work, relationships, the way you feel about yourself? What's the thing you'd most want to walk out of there having dealt with?

Currently working as a customer service rep, what are the concepts of NLP we can apply in customer service especially making them feel heard, respected and valued throughout the call? How to bring clarity, emotional relief and reassurance to them? How do you build rapport? And many more.

Hey, I'm Jesse M25 and was wondering if there are people who want to practice, discuss whatever NLP online. There are not a lot of people with the same interest in NLP around me. So send me a text and maybe we see eachother soon.

I would like to hear real experiences from people who did an NLP course. Was it worth the money or a waste of money?Did it help you in any way?Or did it have negative effects on you? I’m interested in both positive and negative experiences. and of course about the success storries. as the course itself is quite pricey, there are any other possibilities how to change approach towards myself and others?

I’m going to be completely blunt because I’m specifically trying to find out whether NLP can help me mentally/emotionally alter the way I experience a memory to the point where it no longer feels like the “real” version of events in my head anymore.
A few weeks ago I had an impulsive sexual experience with another guy that immediately caused extreme shame, panic, disgust, regret, and emotional shock afterward. I’m a 20 year old guy and I’ve always considered myself straight, only wanted women romantically and sexually, pictured marriage with a woman, etc. I had curiosity/fantasy through porn before but never acted on anything in real life until this happened.
Even while driving there and walking around I kept internally telling myself not to do it and to leave. It felt like I was mentally detached and on autopilot. I ended up giving another guy oral sex and the second it was over it felt like my brain completely shattered.
Ever since then I replay the memory nonstop every day. I connect random things around me back to it, obsessively analyze what it means, and feel emotionally trapped inside the fact it happened at all. It feels like my nervous system froze around the event and cannot move on from it.
What I’m honestly looking for is not “acceptance” or coping skills. I want to know whether NLP can actually alter the subconscious/emotional representation of the memory enough that my brain emotionally stops treating the original version of events as the dominant reality anymore.
Basically: can NLP make it feel internally more like “I turned around and left” instead of “I actually went through with it”?
I’ve read about submodality work, timeline therapy, dissociation techniques, memory reframing, etc and some practitioners make it sound like the brain can completely change how a memory feels, almost to the point where it becomes dreamlike, distant, emotionally unreal, or disconnected from your sense of self.
That is honestly what I want. I want the emotional experience of the memory weakened and altered enough that it no longer feels psychologically real, active, or identity-defining in my mind.
So I’m asking people who actually understand NLP:
Is that genuinely possible to some extent?
Can NLP make a memory stop feeling emotionally “real” or dominant?
Can it weaken obsessive replay and intrusive associations?
Has anyone actually experienced this level of change from NLP work?
Or are NLP practitioners overselling what these techniques can do?
I know objective reality itself does not literally change. I’m asking whether the subconscious/emotional experience of reality can be changed enough that my brain stops emotionally experiencing the original memory the same way anymore.

Is Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) actually a viable career path in India?

I’m interested in psychology, communication, behavioural stuff , and I’ve been curious about NLP career-wise not just as a self-help thing.

What kind of jobs or income opportunities realistically come from NLP certifications in India? Is it actually respected/useful in industries like, coaching, communication training etc., or is it overhyped?

Would love honest opinions from people who’ve worked in or around this field in India.

Hi all, I am looking for an experienced NLP teacher that can help me learn a few things really well.
Must be profienct in:

1. modeling
2. quick inductions
3. conversational hypnosis

How to gain someone's trust? How to manage someone's anger or frustration? How to persuade them and make them feel valued throughout the interaction?

Looking at Wikipedia and searching up resources online, neuro-linguistic programming and the techniques are often referred to as “pseudoscience”.

However, in the opening section of Frogs into Princes, the speaker explicitly states “We have no idea about the “real” nature of things, and we’re not particularly interested in what’s “true.” The function of modeling is to arrive at descriptions which are useful.” and “Everything we’re going to tell you here is a lie. All generalizations are lies.”

It feels like there’s a clear distinction that noticing subtle behaviour and indicators of specific types of thought is the main framework, and any individual generalisations may or may not be true. Is this why it’s called “pseudoscience” frequently, because of these generalisations not being scientifically true? Or is a lot of the original NLP model completely outdated, and I should be reading other materials?