liminalRapture
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Well, I'm not a 24/7 type. but it took me a good ten years of life to be able to say yes, I'm sexually submissive. Yes, that seeps into other parts of my life, but these are the parts it can't seep in. I actually did a one-month trial 24/7 with my now-ex and it solidified for me that I'm just not that way. FWIW, one thing I've noticed--when my professional life is going well, and I'm in my 'career' which involves lots of authority, I'm much more submissive when I get to that spot. When my professional life isn't going well and I'm doing secretarial work to make the ends meet, I have about no interest in surrender. For me, it is a hard limit to bring erotic energy into my career workplace, but I might consider it if I were doing a day job again. So, one thing you might want to look at is what feeds the different parts of your personality--what do you want and where do you get it? Is there a way you can explore incrementally? And what do you need? I think your 'hard limits' can be nebulous as well as specific. My nebulous hard limit is I need anyone I'm with to watch my "bounciness" (which I describe as a combination of confidence, optimism and joy)--not on an minute to minute, but on a week to week basis. I need whoever I'd be with to commit to keeping my bounciness. It is something essential to me. I know it is ephemeral, but talking about it is really helpful for me. Figure out those things for you.
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"Ring the bells that can still ring. Forget your perfect offering. There's a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen.
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