PairOfDimes -> RE: a long and embarrassing question (7/16/2007 6:31:04 PM)
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I'm assuming that your dominant is not quite as insensitive as he seems, or that you're attracted to that insensitivity, and either way, it seems that you don't want to be told to, in the words of Dan Savage, dump the motherfucker already. You likely want advice on how to deal with the motherfucker. :) I do think that it's your responsibility to get through your issues--valid as those issues may be, and while you might experience these fears and resulting difficulties because of another's irresponsibility and not your own fault, it's not your casual playmate's job to fix them. However, even though he's not obliged to help you, if it's something he wants you to fix, it's to his advantage to help you fix it, and you might do well to remind him of that. Thus, some of the following suggestions presuppose some cooperation on your dominant's part. What's it called...exposure therapy? You flip the trigger over and over until you become accustomed to it? Encourage your dominant to put his hand in your hair in ordinary situations, and when that happens, tell yourself that you're okay with it, that it's not a big deal, it's just a little hand in a little bit of hair--essentially, through force of will and habit, master your fear responses. If you and he enjoy oral sex in which you're more active (i.e. not face-fucking, but oral sex in which he lies back and you bob up and down), he might put his hand in your hair then, too--then you're controlling the action, and perhaps it would be less frightening. Can you control the tension? In other words, while you're going along fine in the oral sex, if he puts his hand in your hair, could you tense up, take a breath, pause for a second, and then go on as before? I don't see how this would really interrupt the experience for either of you. Or is it a more prolonged reaction? I'm not clear about the extent of the "tensing up." Another option--this may not help you get through the issue, but it will help you get through the sexual dysfunction that results from the bad memory. Could he hold your ears, or the back of your neck, or a head harness--some other way to manipulate your head without holding your hair? Is there a particular grip on your hair that bothers you? If all else fails, seeing as you're not owned and thus you haven't agreed that anyone else may direct your hairstyle, you could prevent grips in your hair by getting my haircut--less than an inch at the longest point. ;) Good luck.
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