AAkasha
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Another thread, and my own personal observations, led me to start this other thread regarding dealing with disappearing subs. I think many (most) of the issues related to subs disappearing (other than being married or lying in a huge way about something) have to do with a lack of ability to deal with the cyclical nature of desires. I am surely not the only one to have a submissive disappear without warning - then, REAPPEAR a few weeks later (usually between 3 and 5 weeks later, like clockwork) and ask for forgiveness, in an "I don't know what I was thinking.." moment. And then sometimes they do this AGAIN. Or, their ability to simply be prompt, pay attention, seem "engaged," work, etc. fluctuates from overeagerness ("down boy! Heel! Calm down!") to apparent laziness followed by overeager apology and desperation. Wash, rinse, repeat. What is this, anyway? I speculate that some submissive men don't understand the cyclical nature of desire. For many (me, included) S&m "urges" can range from mindblowinly distracting ("I MUST express this kink, if I do not get this out of my system I will explode") to just a low hum in the background ("Yeah...bondage, it's fun. I'm up for it if I am not too busy..." or even the other extreme, "Hm, I really kinda don't feel all that kinky any more, weird."). I think some subs hit a high, then a low (again, I do this, quite often, if I get a huge lust for S&M out of my system and hit a recovery period) and it almost seems like the desires not only are NOT that distracting, but they become a very low priority. Until the cycle hits again, and then once again, it's like you feel like you will die if you don't express it. This explains how some submissives can be passionate, desperate, so eager to serve that it's mind blowing - then really, just basically go away. They haven't had enough experience with this cycle to know that - guess what, it's coming back. Just you wait. This is the same cycle that leads many kinky men to purge their toys. Along with that is deleting their account here. They lived and breathed it for some time, they IMMERSED themselve in it, they managed to somehow scratch the itch, woke up one day and felt better about it, and it wasn't clouding their thinking. Of course, their instinct is to put away the toys (or throw them away) and just pretend it didn't happen. Ah, shit. Then it comes back. Plan B? Go back to those you connected with..and beg. BEG! "This time, it will be different, I promise!" Their need and hunger is even stronger than before because they had a little taste and now they need it. They swear it will NEVER happen again. But it does. This is the nature of the desires for many of us. If I had a shred of ambivalence or uneasiness about my "kinky me", I know that when I first started to pay attention to these urges, the first few times I scratched the itch I would have sworn I was done with kink the next day. I just felt better. It wasn't a huge distraction any longer. It simply went away. Interesting, fun? Yes. But painfully distracting, like a hunger? No. Not right away. But I kept track on a calendar and in a journal, and it always came back. Now I know how it works and I can set my calendar by it. I can't guess how many days of the month, but I know if I got 10 days with relatively quiet urges, they will start to rumble before two weeks goes by. Three weeks? Never gone that long. On average, 1/2 to 2/3 of the month I am "really in the mood to be doing S&M" with at least 5 of those days certifyable "ravenous." If I were to only pursue and maintain relationships in those 5 days, I would be an incredible flake. So I have to politely maintain those relationships as best I can. I am just as guilty for letting them slide a little if I am on a down cycle - because let's face it, "life" piled up when I was so focussed on getting my rocks off, and I have to get back to life and those priorities I blew off to mercilessly pursue feeding my lust. So partners may feel pushed aside or dissed; I have to remember to tell them I am still here, the beast will be back, it's just hibernating a few days. This is just a theory. If men just disappeared and stayed disappeared, I would theorize that they just flaked or got caught in a lie. The back and forth thing suggests they are dealing with the shifting priorities of their lust. Any thoughts? Akasha
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