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I figure that if I have to punish, I haven't properly motivated from the beginning and have not done my part as the dominant within the relationship. 

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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth

Hand write in #2 pencil every post made on one day at CM while kneeling on uncooked rice.

If you are really bad you have to correct all the spelling and grammar errors too. Any mistake, or any error uncorrected, and you do it again the next day.

Please let us know the day - so we'll all post more in support of your master.

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ORIGINAL: shadevarr

1. cook fried chicken, french fries and other friend goods in the nude2. write down what the infraction was on 352 sheets of paper, place each of them in an envelope folded in half and then lick each one closed, with their dominant hand tied to their collar.3. attach clover clamps to the nipples and chain them to a hook in the ceiling so that they have to stand on their toes for normal pressure, but are capable of bringing their heel down with great pain. Then proceed to flog them with the thinnest, heaviest flogger you got (better yet, one with metal tips/spikes), wrapping intentionally.4. Take her out to an abandoned gravel pit, throw the key to the car out into it and have her go find it on her hands and knees (suggestion, bring overnight sleeping gear or a spare key).5. Place her in a cage that has been newspapered with a bowl of puppy chow and a water bowl. Do not release slave for 72 hours. Those are just some suggestions, I try to tailor the punishment to the crime. 

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ORIGINAL: CollaredCat

My former Master used the terms discipline and atonement rather than punishment. I much prefered those as they emphasized to me that my actions were mistakes or errors that needed to be corrected not bad deeds that needed to be punished. It's the attitude I take with my slave now.

IMO if you need extreme punishments in an attempt to correct repeated offenses, there is something seriously wrong with the dynamic of the relationship. I prefer that my slave WANTS to please me.

Something else was mentioned about the problem being not paying attention or getting distracted, losing focus. There is a very good book on Adult Attention Deficit Disorder that has some wonderful coping / correction mechanisms which perhaps could address the underlying problem.

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ORIGINAL: LuckyAlbatross

I have to admit I'm often stunned to hear of people making elaborate punishments and wondering what on earth it has to do with whatever behavior they are attempting to change?  Life is too short, punishment is a dismal enough affair that makes me doubt, revise, re-plan and do a lot of clean up already.  Why make the actual punishment any longer than absolutely necessary?

Also- I have to wonder about being in relationships that require so many different punishments.  Are the slaves really so ill-behaved and unable to discipline their behavior?

But then I think a lot of people have a kink for punishments or enjoy "punishments as play" which would explain the circumstances.

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ORIGINAL: emdoub

The most extreme punishment I've ever used was "Bad sub - no scene, no attention".  In a total of about 12 slave-years of ownership, I only used it twice - the second time, on a permanant basis.

On a more moderate note, I had the Goddamn Root (tm) - a flexible piece of tree root about the diameter of a wooden pencil, about 24 inches long, which made for some nasty, thud/sting caning - and it was never used for anything but punishment.

To be blunt, if you need more than something to get their attention and make it clear that you're displeased, you need more than physical punishment anyway.

If you're looking for more intense painplay scenes, smearing Icy Hot or Tiger Balm on the mucus membranes, table salt and/or lemon juice into freshly singletailed backs or raspberry-caned butts, and cigarette burns (to reddening, never to blisters) are things I've all done - but those were rewards.

Painsluts - go fig.

Midnight Writer