IvyMorgan
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Joined: 7/5/2007 From: Midlands, UK Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: missturbation *Disclaimer* I know this thread is going to upset some and i apologise in advance for that. I would also like to make it clear that i am NOT in any way, shape or form advocating abusive behaviour. Quite a few subs / slaves i know who have been in abusive relationshios in the past, have their own theories about how they came to end up in the world of BDSM. Most of their theories seem to have a common theme. The idea that BDSM is a healthy way to channel their needs compared to the unhealthiness of having their needs fulfilled in an abusive relationship. The longer I spend in therapy, the more it is becoming clear that the home I grew up in, and still live in now (circumstances beyound my control, *grumble*) was and is abusive. I'm not sure, however, misst, that I fit into your group of people who have a "need" resulting from/fulfilled by this abuse that is also fulfilled by kink. From my perspective, it is far easier to see that, early sexual encouters, exploits, experiences etc, were very violent, aggressive, and characterised by a distinct difference in level of power and control between the parties. This is how I *grew up* thinking sex should be, and so, I have come to kink because it fits the way I view the world naturally. Whether I would view the world that way without those early experiences, is a relativly, to my mind (but not to those giving me therapy) moot point. quote:
Also and this is the delicate bit which i am trying to word carefully but know i will offend someone with, how were the feelings involved in an abusive relationship compared to the feelings in a BDSM relationship? In a kink relationship (that is working for me) I feel nurtured, cared for, valued, and loved. I feel special, like for a few moments I am someone's world, and I carry that feeling day-to-day, improving my self image/worth. I feel like I matter, and that, when push comes to shove and I can't do it on my own, I have someone to go to. I felt none of those feelings about my early sexual experiences, where I guess "shame" would be the predominant emotion of the time, whilst now I feel regret, hurt, elements of anger. Incidentally, I feel none of the above in the abusive relationship either, where I internalise my issues and problems, feel like I have no support, no caring, no people who are willing to sit down with me and listen while I talk through what's going on for me, like I am useful only in so far as I can provide things that are needed/wanted/valued by those around me (in terms of chores/material, tangible things). I feel like, as a person, I matter very little, anyone could do what I do, afterall. I feel the need to clarify, that this is not a physically abusive environment, and when I have been hit (which has not been since I was a child) even those experiences were more emotionally abusive than physically so. My mother bursting into tears because she "hurt" so much at needing to discipline in such a way, etc.
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