DavanKael -> RE: Satiation? (11/26/2008 10:49:50 PM)
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I identified the desire for power dynamics as an important, inherent part of myself in my late teens/early 20's. My husband wanted no part of it. I tried for years. No dice. We were together until a couple of months before I turned 33. In my late 20's, I got involved in a poly- relationship that involved power dynamics (I'd intentionally avoided looking for D/s in poly- situations because I feared what having that need met might do to me in terms of cognitive dissonance, though I never intended to leave my husband over D/s, nor did I). The D/s piece was not anticipated. I felt alive, energized, connected with the person. My husband's views on sex were quite different than mine and he did not connect sexually the same way I perer to (Though we had wonderful, intimate sex sometimes) but having sex with someone I loved, who did connect as I do, with a D/s component was amazing. Amazing! I liken the sensation to something plugging into my hind-brain and everything appearing more bright, more vivid, more alive. When the plug was pulled, I was despondent. What a dark pit I plunged into. Not only had I lost a loved one, an important relationship and friendship, but I'd lost the expression of an inherent part of myself. I felt like a huge part of me was dead. In some ways, I imagine what I felt like was like going through withdrawal: I hungered for the energetic peaks we brought one another, the endorphins, the adrenaline. I spiraled into a rather prolonged depression that took immense tenacity to drag myself out of. Am I, in some ways, stronger for the experience: yes. Am I, in some ways, forever damaged by the experience: yes. The bleeding wasn't fun. But, god, when it was good, was it beautiful. Did I hunger even more than I had for power-dynamics than I did before the relationship? You betcha, grieved immensely. When I got separated, I decided power dynamics were not optional. I've had one relationship since. It involved power dynamics and the person and I had an exquisite natural synergy. Was it beautiful? Yes, much of it was. Did it meet needs that I'd not ever had met previously, even with its vast limitations? Yes. Do I honor that? Yeppers. Did I get burned? Oh, yeah. Am I better off for having weathered the relationship I described during my marriage? Oh, yeah; it toughened me up, though it still hurts like Hell. Can I imagine going back to a sexual relationship where my needs don't matter, to a partnered relationship where power dynamics are not a part? Hell no. Be careful where you delve; if it's an inherent part of you, I suspect you'll find it difficult to deny if it's stripped away. Davan
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