kalikshama
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How did you find those LIMITS initially? If you say limits should never be tested, how do you know where your limits lie? How do you know the difference between something you just don't like, something you are scared of and something that is truly a limit? Like I said on page 1: "you can be willing to try something and then evaluate if it is for you." My gut tells me when something is truly a limit. I have learned to trust my gut. If doing it or thinking of doing it makes me feel sick, it's a hard limit. (Not to be confused with something that makes me anxious, which I feel in my chest.) On the other hand, I may be neutral about something, or dislike it but am willing to do it for him. (I didn't get this when I played casually, but now that I am with someone I love and trust, it makes sense.) I loved this analogy: quote:
My dad loved liver and onions, my mother couldn't stand it. Still, every once in a while, she would cook it for my father to enjoy and the rest of us would have tacos or something. She couldn't stand the smell of it cooking, but she sacrificed that every month or so because she loved my father and wanted him to be happy. And this too: quote:
If you had a fear of drowning, would you want someone who threw you into water over your head when you didn't know how to swim? Probably not. But someone who registered you for swimming lessons for those suffering the same fear? Totally different.
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