LillyBoPeep
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ORIGINAL: RichardAS Why am I posting this? I guess I need someone to somehow make it ok for me to derive satisfaction from the suffering of others. <snip> The most I can say is that I eventually know everything about my partner, and that I am exacting about what I want and how I want it. I can also add that, if these particulars are not met, I am not happy at all. But it seems a massive difference between knowing what I want to enjoying hurting someone for not meeting my expectations. first off, welcome welcome to the collarme forums. nobody can make it okay for you to enjoy sadism, you have to do that for yourself really. you have to jump over your own hurdles and change your thought processes -- read Kana's super-gnarly response to the "Dom who feels guilty about being one" thread. i saw that you posted on it, but did you check out the rest of the thread? it's basically about this topic. you may have grown up believing that it's wrong to hit girls no matter what. it's difficult to rationalize hurting someone you also love. talking to people on the other side of the equation might be helpful to you, but at the end of the day, all of the mental gymnastics are up to you. also, you might have a better time of it if you play with sadism just because you want to, and not only as punishments. punishments are always negative and it might complicate the whole process if you only see sadism as doing something negative to someone. you can do something positive and still get the same experience. by "positive" i mean that it's not framed as a punishment, but rather something you do for your own enjoyment. on your profile, you state that your sub is new to basically everything. do you have any idea if she is a masochist, or willing to accept sensation/pain play just because you want to do it, or any of the other myriad of reasons we s-folk give for wanting to do this? i have a hard time understanding how you haven't experienced sadism in all these years, but i guess everyone's experience is different. do you go to club or group events? if so, have you watched other people's S&M scenes? if you don't, maybe you could try going to a few -- events can be weird, though. they're usually run by a group and the groups create whatever environment they want, and at some groups you may only see mild flogging and mild paddling, while at other groups you might see people involved in more intense things. a lot of people have difficulty bringing out their intensity in public because of the possibility of negative judgment by the group members. so bear that in mind. but if you haven't been to a group event, it still might help you see and talk to others who enjoy sadism, from either side. it's totally okay to be sadistic as long as you're with a partner who consents -- and consent is a complicated topic in and of itself =p it's not necessarily about being asked every single time, but it can just be woven into the foundation of the relationship. in a committed relationship (not a casual experience at a party), i respond to consensual non-consent, which is basically a dynamic where my overt consent isn't needed. other people, however, have different opinions on how consent works, and it just kind of depends on how your dynamic runs. some of us really enjoy being on the other side of sadism, and yes -- even if we really hate what's happening at the time. =p we seek it out and crave receiving it just as much as someone might crave to give it. personally, i think i would get very bored in a relationship that lacked it. i don't want a relationship that's always about what I want, especially where S&M is concerned, and i'm trying to learn how it works from the giver's side to kind of round out my understanding. it can be a complicated process to become "okay" with it, if you have a lot of barriers in your head. but a partner can gain the same amount of pleasure from suffering for you, as you get from causing the suffering. you might have to go slowly with the girl you've got since she's new to everything. but it could be a very interesting growing experience for both of you to take together.
< Message edited by LillyBoPeep -- 11/11/2011 4:24:20 AM >
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