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missturbation -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/21/2008 2:58:23 PM)

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ORIGINAL: softness

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ORIGINAL: missturbation

*shakes head*
She-ra comics do not count as romance novels ya know [:D]


*snorts*

I am not the one watching Peter Pan!


Heyyyyyyyyyy my version of peter pan contains bdsm *nods* a huh yes it does lol. Peter and the lost boys were all sleeping in a big cosey double bed with blankies, and poor wendy was on a rug on the floor, no blankies.




Prinsexx -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/21/2008 5:00:58 PM)

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ORIGINAL: NorthernGent

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ORIGINAL: SimplyMichael

I don't have to tell her how hot I find some other woman hoping that by triggering her insecurity I can get her to dress a certain way. 



There are some very different mindsets going at this issue, thereby causing the misunderstanding.

Do you really think an emotional sadist is devoid of the skills required to give an order and have it obeyed without resorting to "triggering her insecurity"? The 'hope' as you put it or the objective as I'd put it, with regard to emotional sadism, has nothing whatsoever to do with having a command obeyed. The power is bound up in the act alone, rather than a subsequent event.

Northern Gent; forgive me if the thread has moved on a while. I'm working my way through it: there's a few hours time delay.
I totally agree with you. A 'behaviourist Dominant' will expect a command to be obeyed.
An emotional sadist will often make a demand which both the sadist and the masochist know is beyond obedience. That's just the very perfection of it: in-built behaviourial failure leads to emotional despair and pain. It cannot be simpler put.





Prinsexx -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/21/2008 5:05:02 PM)

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ORIGINAL: gypsygrl

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But can we please go back ot the topic?


kk, I'll bite. :)


One thing I've noticed is that alot of people I've talked to and interacted with engage in emotional sm without really distinguishing it as different from physical sm or calling themselves emotional sadists/masochists.  This becomes problematic because emotional sm involves a whole different set of issues.   


Physical s/m and emotional s/m are two entirely different drugs. for me the physical stuff is akin to say amphetamine and cocaine: a 'doing stuff' buzz. Whereas emotional pain is my type of tranqulizer'hypnotic say valium or methqualone (if anyone remembers mandrax),




Prinsexx -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/21/2008 5:11:13 PM)

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ORIGINAL: MadRabbit

Kind of like the difference between me cutting myself for an endorphin rush and me cutting myself out of a neurotic behavior of self punishment and loathing.


As long as you are determined to take the behaviourist approach to s/m you will forever misunderstand emotional masochism.
Asking an emotional masochist if she/he has a safe word is like speaking a foreign language.........
but I will let you in on a little secret: you may not witness me say it or even hear me whisper it but my inner emotional limit is an unverbalised 'whatever'. I think we are world's apart on this and you won't understand the laguage I am speaking.




Prinsexx -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/21/2008 5:16:54 PM)

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ORIGINAL: missturbation

quote:

ORIGINAL: softness

quote:

ORIGINAL: missturbation

*shakes head*
She-ra comics do not count as romance novels ya know [:D]


*snorts*

I am not the one watching Peter Pan!


Heyyyyyyyyyy my version of peter pan contains bdsm *nods* a huh yes it does lol. Peter and the lost boys were all sleeping in a big cosey double bed with blankies, and poor wendy was on a rug on the floor, no blankies.

It's that fuckin Tinkerbell psychosis he had that drives me into an emotional frenzy....Peter knows it too, I swear he does.......I've tried swatting her but it just means entering into his insanity..........what does he mean procure him a slave ? he's got a fuckin fairy flying around who doesn't know when to say no.




MadRabbit -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/21/2008 6:52:12 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Prinsexx

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ORIGINAL: MadRabbit

Kind of like the difference between me cutting myself for an endorphin rush and me cutting myself out of a neurotic behavior of self punishment and loathing.


As long as you are determined to take the behaviourist approach to s/m you will forever misunderstand emotional masochism.
Asking an emotional masochist if she/he has a safe word is like speaking a foreign language.........
but I will let you in on a little secret: you may not witness me say it or even hear me whisper it but my inner emotional limit is an unverbalised 'whatever'. I think we are world's apart on this and you won't understand the laguage I am speaking.



Attempting to hide behind "emotional masochism" to avoid your real issues will forever lead to your endless cycles of drama that we all get to skip past as clutter on these message boards.

I've read enough of your history to learn to not read anymore nor take anything you have to say on this subject as having any authority.

On the contary, I find SimplyMichael's posts to be right on the mark in this thread, because they are logical, sensible and grounded in realistic examples.




came4U -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/21/2008 10:30:23 PM)

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He changes his mind about what he thinks you look good in and informs you accordingly
8) .You now must change your opinion, change it, not go along with his wishes to avoid a beating, or pretend to like it, but actually CHANGE your opinion

now .. does the thought of that make you huffy? ... have you got your princess on? .. are you waving your hands, snapping your fingers and saying No Way Sister? .. are you thinking "Oh my god what an idiot those boots do not go with that shirt"?

welcoime to a world of emotional and psychological unease ... or as some of us like to call it


That scene would cause you emotional unease?? lol, Lordy.

and as far as the other ghetto-speak goes, it sounds alien to me.





Leatherist -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/21/2008 10:38:11 PM)

Just tell her it will never be good enough-no matter how hard she tries. That she will never find perfection-because no such thing exists. That there will always be those better and worse than she. And that neither is cause to feel pride-or humility.
 
 And that only in those zen moments that she rises above seeking validation of anything-except the next breath-will she truly feel whole and content.
 
 And that she has only herself to blame for NOT acheiving that.
 
 




WyldHrt -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/21/2008 10:57:25 PM)

Got $50 on MadRabbit's side. Page 7 coming up and still not a clue....




mlblaine -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/21/2008 11:33:33 PM)

With the exception of the hijackers and trolls, this was an EXCELLENT thread.  Thank you SO much. 

I actually asked in counseling this week if she [therapist] thought I was insane to think I was going to "heal" any issue by going down the BDSM route.  Her response was a good one I think..."If you are aware of the issue and you want to deal with it, how you do that is really irrelevant."  It is our world.  We get to play how we want to play, grow how we want to grow.  I like the idea of Emotional S&M for a little duality understanding of myself.  However, I know, for me, I can't do it until I find someone safe, strong and lasting to do it with.  I also can't just do it randomly with strangers because for me, that indicates I really don't know what is going on in me and I am just trying to have a range of buttons pushed to get some response, any response, and that is dangerous for me, for them and anyone that comes within a 10 mile radius.  :-)

Hope that makes sense. 




SimplyMichael -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/21/2008 11:48:49 PM)

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ORIGINAL: came4U

and as far as the other ghetto-speak goes, it sounds alien to me.



So now you claim to play with aliens AND know what they sound like?  Or are you saying blacks are really aliens and thus speak the same language?




ownedgirlie -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/22/2008 12:41:30 AM)

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ORIGINAL: came4U

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He changes his mind about what he thinks you look good in and informs you accordingly
8) .You now must change your opinion, change it, not go along with his wishes to avoid a beating, or pretend to like it, but actually CHANGE your opinion

now .. does the thought of that make you huffy? ... have you got your princess on? .. are you waving your hands, snapping your fingers and saying No Way Sister? .. are you thinking "Oh my god what an idiot those boots do not go with that shirt"?

welcoime to a world of emotional and psychological unease ... or as some of us like to call it


That scene would cause you emotional unease?? lol, Lordy.




I didn't read it as a "scene."  I read it as a dominant actually changing the way the submissive thinks, feels and reacts to things, which can actually be quite uneasy for the submissive.

The clothes are just an example, but go do a search on threads about having a submissive change her hair and you bet you'll see a lot of push-back to it.  Changing your opinion about something you feel strongly about is not an easy feat at all, particularly when ordered to, and god forbid, particularly when you would prefer not to.

But it can be done, and the only "scene" I would attach to it is the scene that's sometimes caused by resistance.




softness -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/22/2008 3:02:14 AM)

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ORIGINAL: came4U

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He changes his mind about what he thinks you look good in and informs you accordingly
8) .You now must change your opinion, change it, not go along with his wishes to avoid a beating, or pretend to like it, but actually CHANGE your opinion

now .. does the thought of that make you huffy? ... have you got your princess on? .. are you waving your hands, snapping your fingers and saying No Way Sister? .. are you thinking "Oh my god what an idiot those boots do not go with that shirt"?

welcoime to a world of emotional and psychological unease ... or as some of us like to call it


That scene would cause you emotional unease?? lol, Lordy.

and as far as the other ghetto-speak goes, it sounds alien to me.




yes actually, being forced to dress in a way that reveals my body, shows flesh, exposes curves, makes me visually available to any who wish to look - for someone who has spent her entire teenage/adult life covering the body she had found repulsive - yes that does cause me emotional unease.

DV walked me right round His local mall in a skirt the barely covered my ass, high heels, no knickers, low cut top and push up bra ... he purposefully walked slightly too fast for comfort so I would have to trot and jiggle to keep up. I was being stared at (men), glared at (women), and openly oggled (everyone). I was nerous, paranoid, curious, empowered, weakened, humiliated, elated ... all in the same moment.

Now I presume that had I been the type of women you obviously are, perfect in every respect, no hang ups, no points of weakness and with dress sense so perfect no Dominant would argue .... DV would have dressed dressed me in a burqa and paraded me in the same way - allowing m eto deal with being de-sexed, stared at, visually unattrative and unappetising.

... and lastly ...that "scene" would cause you unease ... I am discussing the dynamic in a 24/7 relationship ... there are no "scenes" when I am there ... you are always "in a scene" ... because its round the clock D/s ... though I think we may have hit the problem - D/s for some does not come with equipment and toys ... D/s for some is everything from laundry lists, to school runs, to walking the dog, to hanging from your nipples in the local dungeon screaming "Thank You Sir may I please have another?!"

Everytime you feel an emotion there is an opportunity for emotional S&M .. just like physical S&M isn't always cranked up to the most extreme form of play, neither is emotional S&M. The instruction to wear high heels today instead of flats causes me annoyance because I have a lot of running around to get done and heels wont help that - how incredibly mild and boring - but its there none the less. I submit to it just like I do the playful spanking I get for over slightly over cooking the pasta, its for something trivial it causes mild discomfort, but its all part of the relationship that I love and cherish.




Deliena -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/22/2008 3:05:33 AM)

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Owner4SexSlave -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/22/2008 5:07:25 AM)

I'm divided between a lot of things people are posting.   Anyways, screw it, I'm following the Laws of experiences that don't always fit well into boxy behaviorlistic anything.

I've done mental S&M on different levels, from mild up to what can be considered outright fucking abusive at times.

The biggest factor involved was who I was doing this with.   It's always nice to pop online and talk about the damn mechanics of what we all do.   However, we tend to loose focus upon the human variable.  Of WHO! 

Not only should there be a focus upon what it is we all do,  but also with who we do these things with.   The WHO is perhaps the biggest factor over what at times.  Face it what you do with one person and What you do with another might be radically fucking different.

True Mental Masochistic!  You can take them damn near any fucking where, mentally be the most evil bastard of the universe, and it's long lasting effects upon them is like shooting somebody with a fucking Nerf Ball gun.   In fact you don't have guide them back from the pits of mental darkness, you don't well even have to pamper or aftercare their ass.   Hell, in fact you can be out in kitchen eating Pizza together, laughing and talking about shit, as if nothing had fucking happened at all.

My one piece of advice to any DOM or top out there where ends up dealing with a True Mental Masochist, be prepared to piss yourself.  Why?  Because you will be the one forced to deal with your own mental issues regarding how sadistic you can be.   You will be faced with trying to figure out the lines of true abuse or not.   It will fuck with your mind, to the point you might become a chain smoking idiot pacing outside thinking to yourself What the Fuck.   Trust me, you will be trying to search your own concious looking for the bottom of your soul.

It will also boggle your mind as to how fucking resilent your mental Masochistic partner really is!  There will be moments, when you swore to GOD you sent her over the Edge that she'd be begging for aftercare!  LOL... fucking think again.  WARNING WARNING...  

I'm sitting here sipping on my morning coffee, having my morning smoke.  I'm laughing at myself and laughing at other people too.   This is a great topic honestly.  

But seriously, People that are very Mental Masochistic will blow your mind, it won't make sense.   Again, I will warn any DOM or Top, to be prepared for the mental mind fuck ride they are gonna get out of it.

I've been reading all this banter about how the sub/bottom is going to be in need of aftercare, and the whole bit about bringing them back safely and blah blah blah...  No mention about the DOM/top at all here.

The things is this, how far is one to Sadistically Go in mental S&M.  This is perhaps the biggest trip over the shoe lace thing that happens when engaging in this activitity.   At least with a Mental Maso partner.  

It's a bitch for Mental Masochists to find a willing DOM/top partner that actually will go past their own limits.   This is why Maso will press buttons in their DOM or topping partners.   Basically, they are seeking to invoke an geniune response to push their partner past their own limits.   No Big fucking deal actually, if you get with the program and realize this for what it actually is.    Mental Maso types push these button hoping to kick things up a few notches.

You can rip apart and debate the button pushing all damn day long in terms of Behavioristic models of anything.  It still boils down to a simple fact.  They are seeking pain, they crave it.  Even if it means hitting a button.   Cause face it!  Many of us Domly types have spent a lot practice at Self Control.   Many of us DOM types have limits.   When things start to feel or seem to become too abusive in our mindset, We'll shut down quick. 

If anything, I'm more concerned about the welfare and state of mind with DOMs or tops when it comes to dealing with a True Mental Masochistic sub/bottom.

I've been that chain smoking idiot pacing around, searching the depth of my soul before.  Actually, on several occasions.  I was the one that was being Squicked out at the extent things would go, or "get of out hand".   Yet, she was totally as calm as day about it all.  

I know how easy it is to throw up walls started to label this as being "true abuse" as well.  Even to this day, when I think back to everything that went down.   I'm tempted to say.. Well she was into "true abuse" and that just was not my thing.  True abuse how?  Because it felt like it to my own mind, not hers, but mine.   Again, In terms of any damage or long lasting effects, I might as well shot her with a fucking Nerf ball gun.  

Now, back to the more sane thoughts.   There's a big difference between somebody who is a Mental Masochistic pain whore and somebody who is not.

I'm going back to WHO you do things with, and Staying away from the WHAT here.  because frankly, I know damn well some of the things I did in one relationship.... would have totally mentally crushed another.

In fact one relationship, I could use mental S&M to trigger behavior modifications, or get her to work past certain or specific types of fears.   There was a degree of aftercare, and nuturing followed by intense conversation by what she got out of the whole experience.   She did not crave mental pain itself, however she enjoy the process and the growing experience that came out of it.   She was NOT a Mental Masochist

I think everybody is into mental S&M on some level.  People play around with fears, threats, guilt trips and all kinds of fun things at times.   Hell complete functionally disfunctional families even thrive upon it.   On going Drama and such.  Another word that's tossed around and is rather Subjective DRAMA.. just what is or is not that anyways.  But I think my use of the word is pretty appropriate.   There tends to be a lot of mental S&M attached with Drama at times.  Notice I said at times.

I know that some DOM would dispise or hate having their buttons pushed by a Mental Masochist.   If for some reason it seems like somebody is picking a meaningless fight over nothing!  TRUST, you have to ask yourself why.  The Answers might disturb you, when you probe and look into.   

Back to WHO again.   Difference in personality.   Some people can mentally withstand the world coming to an end, others ones are totally freaking out because you just said "Suck my hot nasty cock like a dirty slut, Bitch".

I really don't think it's a big deal that somebody can handle or cope with Mental pain to the level, that they are functional in the event of True and Real Abuse.   That Hell, well they can cope or deal with any mental or emotional pain, and that they enjoy it.  Really can't see this a reason for them needing some form of Therapy!   Actually, they have amazing coping skills.  I'm going back to the whole Nerf Ball gun thing again.

I think I can tell that some people on here would be pissing themselves if they had a hardcore mental masochistic on their hands.   They would be rather hesistent to play that rough.   Which is why Mental Masochistic resort to button pushing anyways.   Think the concept is very Simple for anybody to understand.

I know my world was radically turned upside down by a true mental masochistic girl.  I'm still well, sort of blown away by it all.  I crossed over lines that, well frankly... Abuse or not Abuse?   Perhaps only in my mind.  She was more then alright about what went down.   She still emails me from time to time.   Ummmmm// no complaints from her ever about any of it.   If anybody was freaked out about shit and wanting to talk about it, it was me.    So... Yeah.   

I suppose I could be making up some bullshit about how it get's some girls off, and that it's all hot and wonderful as hell.

I decided to share with you guys a few things that directed impacted me as DOM.  As a person.  Share with you the mind fuck experience and growth I got out of it.  Including a little added confusion.  But that's life.   Everything is not always black and white.   At times it's really grey.




gypsygrl -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/22/2008 6:37:24 AM)

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Just tell her it will never be good enough-no matter how hard she tries. That she will never find perfection-because no such thing exists. That there will always be those better and worse than she. And that neither is cause to feel pride-or humility.


Yeah, beat her over the head with the truth 'cause, like, ya know, more than anything else, that's how to cause real pain. 

I'm having a soap box moment here, so bear with me:  One of the reasons I haven't incorporated emotional masochism into my bd/sm play/relationships, even though I'm very much an emotional masochist, is because it seems gratuitous.  There's so much pain in the world as it stands, that I'm pretty sure I can get that fix simply by paying attention, remaining open to the world's pain and allowing it to enter me. 

Or, forget the world.  That will take care of itself. All I really have to do is think about the events of my own life, the little island of being I call 'me.'  To the extent that I'm able to take responsibility for the shit that's happened to me, I'm my own sadist.  I mean, causing myself various sorts of emotional pain is one thing I've pretty much got covered.  All I have to do is 'look' in the right direction and give my thoughts a particular spin.   Recruiting someone else to help me fuck with my mind seems kind of wrong, like making them the accessory to a crime while telling them its all in good fun.




RedMagic1 -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/22/2008 7:08:23 AM)

"It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong." - Nobel Prize Winner Richard Feynman.
 
People can throw around theory X and fancy-sexy-words Y all day long, or tout credentials -- "I'm a therapist," etc. --  but at the end of the day the only thing that matters to me are RESULTS.  Do the people who know you in real life trust and respect you, or do you leave a trail of human wreckage wherever you go?

Sometimes those with the fanciest buzzwords are best able to lie to themselves.  That is part of why I try not to speak with big words -- totally not kidding here.  It's easier to disguise the truth with "college" words, and it's a lot harder to fake people out if you stick to real-life examples of what happens to real people.




gypsygrl -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/22/2008 7:31:14 AM)

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Sometimes those with the fanciest buzzwords are best able to lie to themselves. That is part of why I try not to speak with big words -- totally not kidding here.


I'm not sure if you're replying to me specifically, or doing a fast reply.  And, if you are replying to me, I'm not sure what your point is. 

But, I tend to agree with you here especially since I've spent pretty much all of my adult life hanging around over-educated academic sorts--myself included.   It's like the violent femmes song:

Words to memorize, words hypnotize
Words make my mouth exercise.
Words all fail the magic prize





SimplyMichael -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/22/2008 8:04:03 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Owner4SexSlave

I'm divided between a lot of things people are posting.   Anyways, screw it, I'm following the Laws of experiences that don't always fit well into boxy behavioralistic anything.

I've done mental S&M on different levels, from mild up to what can be considered outright fucking abusive at times.

The biggest factor involved was who I was doing this with.   It's always nice to pop online and talk about the damn mechanics of what we all do.   However, we tend to loose focus upon the human variable.  Of WHO! 

Not only should there be a focus upon what it is we all do,  but also with who we do these things with.   The WHO is perhaps the biggest factor over what at times.  Face it what you do with one person and What you do with another might be radically fucking different.

True Mental Masochistic!  You can take them damn near any fucking where, mentally be the most evil bastard of the universe, and it's long lasting effects upon them is like shooting somebody with a fucking Nerf Ball gun.   In fact you don't have guide them back from the pits of mental darkness, you don't well even have to pamper or aftercare their ass.   Hell, in fact you can be out in kitchen eating Pizza together, laughing and talking about shit, as if nothing had fucking happened at all.

My one piece of advice to any DOM or top out there where ends up dealing with a True Mental Masochist, be prepared to piss yourself.  Why?  Because you will be the one forced to deal with your own mental issues regarding how sadistic you can be.   You will be faced with trying to figure out the lines of true abuse or not.   It will fuck with your mind, to the point you might become a chain smoking idiot pacing outside thinking to yourself What the Fuck.   Trust me, you will be trying to search your own conscious looking for the bottom of your soul.

It will also boggle your mind as to how fucking resilient your mental Masochistic partner really is!  There will be moments, when you swore to GOD you sent her over the Edge that she'd be begging for aftercare!  LOL... fucking think again.  WARNING WARNING...  

I'm sitting here sipping on my morning coffee, having my morning smoke.  I'm laughing at myself and laughing at other people too.   This is a great topic honestly.  


All of this I agree with except that you state "true"...there are always degrees. 
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  I've been reading all this banter about how the sub/bottom is going to be in need of aftercare, and the whole bit about bringing them back safely and blah blah blah...  No mention about the DOM/top at all here.


As for aftercare, it has only been mentioned twice in this thread, once in support and once in derision.  Nobody is talking about the need for or against aftercare.  When I stated "bring back" that means bring her back to a good place, that just might be sitting around eating pizza and rehashing how hot those insults were.

quote:

  It's a bitch for Mental Masochists to find a willing DOM/top partner that actually will go past their own limits.   This is why Maso will press buttons in their DOM or topping partners.   Basically, they are seeking to invoke an genuine response to push their partner past their own limits.   No Big fucking deal actually, if you get with the program and realize this for what it actually is.    Mental Maso types push these button hoping to kick things up a few notches.


This is classic topping from the bottom

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  I know how easy it is to throw up walls started to label this as being "true abuse" as well.  Even to this day, when I think back to everything that went down.   I'm tempted to say.. Well she was into "true abuse" and that just was not my thing.  True abuse how?  Because it felt like it to my own mind, not hers, but mine.   Again, In terms of any damage or long lasting effects, I might as well shot her with a fucking Nerf ball gun.  


The exact same thing can be said about physical BDSM play.  If it is good for everyone they are going to be fine the next day/week/month and it will have been a positive experience, IF IT IS COMMING FROM AN EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY PLACE.

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I really don't think it's a big deal that somebody can handle or cope with Mental pain to the level, that they are functional in the event of True and Real Abuse.   That Hell, well they can cope or deal with any mental or emotional pain, and that they enjoy it.  Really can't see this a reason for them needing some form of Therapy!   Actually, they have amazing coping skills.  I'm going back to the whole Nerf Ball gun thing again.


Addicts love their addiction and anyone who gives them drugs, abuse victims continue to get involved with abusers, (and I am NOT saying your are ANY of those things, I mean this as a general statement) but the common thread is their actions do not result in positive outcomes for their life.  THAT is the dividing line.  If doing drugs makes you do better at work, form better and more rewarding relationships, reach your goals, ect, we call that medicine.  If getting "beaten" makes you do better at work, form better and more rewarding relationships, reach your goals, ect, we call that BDSM.  Same goes for emotional masochism...it isn't a label you can slap on something and make it "good" any more than putting a label on a jar of poison that says "safe to drink" makes it safe to drink.

That is the point certain people in this thread just can't seem to get.  Calling something by a label does not make it better or worse, calling it abuse no more makes that true than calling it "emotional masochism" makes it healthy BDSM.  You have to look at it on a case by case basis with some activities being more or less risky than others.


quote:

  I decided to share with you guys a few things that directed impacted me as DOM.  As a person.  Share with you the mind fuck experience and growth I got out of it.  Including a little added confusion.  But that's life.   Everything is not always black and white.   At times it's really grey.


Its posts like this where people really open up that makes CM such a truly special place to me!




ownedgirlie -> RE: Emotional S&M? (6/22/2008 9:32:39 AM)

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Addicts love their addiction and anyone who gives them drugs, abuse victims continue to get involved with abusers, (and I am NOT saying your are ANY of those things, I mean this as a general statement) but the common thread is their actions do not result in positive outcomes for their life.  THAT is the dividing line.  If doing drugs makes you do better at work, form better and more rewarding relationships, reach your goals, ect, we call that medicine.  If getting "beaten" makes you do better at work, form better and more rewarding relationships, reach your goals, ect, we call that BDSM.  Same goes for emotional masochism...it isn't a label you can slap on something and make it "good" any more than putting a label on a jar of poison that says "safe to drink" makes it safe to drink.

That is the point certain people in this thread just can't seem to get.  Calling something by a label does not make it better or worse, calling it abuse no more makes that true than calling it "emotional masochism" makes it healthy BDSM.  You have to look at it on a case by case basis with some activities being more or less risky than others.

This should be copied over to every thread in which everyone is saying a particular activity is "wrong" or "abusive" or "perfectly healthy."

Is the person better off for having experienced it, or worse off?    We as a human species are far too complex to simply let check boxes decide for us.




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