KindLadyGrey -> RE: VERY FIRST memory of indication (1/25/2008 2:12:19 PM)
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I am pretty sure I've posted about this on the forums before, but I'm more than happy to do it again :) I was in college before I knew there was a label for what I am, but I've known I was a masochist since my very earliest memories. When I was 4ish I found a carpet tack, one of those round ones with six sharp pins in a circle. That tack was my best friend until my parents took it away because I freaked them out. I did all sorts of creepy self-mutilation stuff as a little kid. I bit myself, I cut myself with knives and scissors, I stuck safety pins through my skin, etc etc. I am not sure if it caused any kind of sexual arousal, but it certainly made me happy. Also, I thought blood was cool. . .but I think I'm in fairly good company there with even perfectly normal 4-10 year olds. (Ironically, by the time I was 13 or so, the usual angst age for self-mutilation, I had realized that hurting yourself was supposed to be BAD and had mostly stopped doing it. Didn't resume until college, when I started exploring S&M. . .and by that point there were plenty of other people willing to hurt me [:D]) I've never been able to explain my fascination with rope/string/wire and the like. It's just so damn cool! Give me a piece of string, yarn, rope, or wire, and I will happily entertain myself for up to an hour. I make friendship bracelets. I do macreme. I crochet. I tie people up. It's all the same thrill for me. Also, as a kid, I always liked being tied up because I'm an escape artist and I liked the challenge. That is still kind of the case. I can't really relax in bondage unless I've tested the ropes and know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I'm not going anywhere. . .and then. . .peace like buddha. Mmmmm. I also remember being really struck by those trust games kids play. You know, the ones where someone blindfolds you and then leads you through an obstacle course? Or the one where you fall backwards and hope your pal catches you? I actually had some really terrible experiences with them (let's make the little geek run into a tree and giggle about it), but they continued to appeal to me anyway. They were terrifying and relaxing at the same time.
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