DMFParadox
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I've had that feeling. In my case, one sub just could not get it through her damned head to remember a safeword. However, she liked to beg. Loudly. Convincingly enough that I was finding it difficult to maintain my confidence in the situation... and that's a bad start. So this one scene happened where I inadvertently slammed her into a wall, and she truly got hurt, it felt like a punch in the gut. I'm talking, like I had vertigo, I'm not exagerrating; when she got unexpectedly hurt and I felt that loss of control, I literally lost my sense of up and down for a little while. BAM! Instantly, no warning, it felt like my own head had just gotten knocked in. Turns out she wasn't hurt that badly, she didn't even have much of a lump. Her moaning, spasming and head-cradling was just her subspace reaction and I'd made it worse by my reaction to her, by losing confidence. The problem, the real brakes from my end was that this pain I'd caused wasn't in my itinerary; I'm a firm believer in head injuries=bad. Any kind of knock to the head. So to see it happen due to my actions made my fvcking heart stop beating for a moment. I feel really bad about admitting this, but she had to reassure me a LOT that she was made of sterner stuff and I couldn't break her easily before I was willing to scene with her again, and her continued inability to remember a safeword or obey some of the restrictions I put on her begging still kind of soured the deal for me. Also note, here in florida, some of the stuff we do even 'light' like gentle flogging under the wrong circumstances, is quite illegal and can land a body in jail. Believe me, it happens. So the prospect of a hospital visit happening shortly after a heavy scene, even for unrelated reasons, fills me with misgivings. The only thing I can suggest for you is what that sub did right: reassure him that you're not easy to break. Make it abundantly clear. You don't live in a third-world country and there are REALLY BAD CONSEQUENCES if he hurts you, even if you say nothing about it sometimes. So swallow your submissiveness for a moment and make a firm stand that he must acknowledge that you're a willing partner and a strong woman, and capable of handling the unexpected with equinamity.
< Message edited by DMFParadox -- 7/23/2008 11:09:10 PM >
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bloody hell, get me some aspirin and a whiskey straight "The role of gender in society is the most complicated thing I’ve ever spent a lot of time learning about, and I’ve spent a lot of time learning about quantum mechanics." - Randall Munroe
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