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OneEvilBastard -> RE: Psychological domination (5/31/2008 6:46:53 PM)
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What is meant by the term "psychological domination"? What does it consist of?
Taking the term apart, it literally just means domination via the psyche as opposed to say physical domination.
You can dominate (compel to obey) via physical restraint (bondage), physical force (being stronger than tem), physical threats (holding a gun to their head) or by climbing inside their mind and altering their cognitive patterns so their instinct is to follow your will.
Specific definitions vary but you get the idea.
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Is it something that requires the sub to be willing? Or can psycological domination be accomplished without their knowing?
It happens all day, every day: A parent who tells a child how disappointed they are is doing it. A spouse who sighs pointedly and turns away whenever they don't get what they want is doing it. A boss who reminds employees what an uncertain job market there is right now and how they should really work hard to keep their current job is doing it.
So, yes, it's something that can be accomplished without awareness or consent. We generally call those people "assholes" however.
The whole point of consensual D/s is that we do things people consent to. So, for it to have meaning within our community, it requires the awareness and consent of whoever's being trained and those who just try to force their will on to others continue to be regarded as assholes.
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Is it time dependent?
If you know what you're doing, have someone who's open to it and you can identify the right handles, you can twist someone pretty thoroughly to your will in a matter of minutes. Of course, that'll likely fade out fairly quickly too.
If you really want to fundamentally alter a personality, you need to get in to the lymbic system. That takes time to reinforce, usually takes many small acts to change unless you want to end up doing a ton of harm around the area you're aiming for, and requires a hell of a lot of skill.
As for the skill thing: Why do you think most people see shrinks for years? If the shrinks could reprogram the lymbic system easily, they'd be doing it. Sure, patients would leave after a session or two but their reputation would ensure a constant new stream. Even with PhDs and all the rest of it, it's still damn hard to actually get exactly the response you're after. Most people either fail at it totally or kind of get what they want in the area they aim for along with a million side effects they may simply not notice or overlook.
Minds are tricky things.
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