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How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 11:21:31 AM   
TheGaggingWh0re


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This is just for fun, so don't worry about any religious connotations associated with this message :)

How did this lifestyle help you either cope with/ease you 'deadliest sin'?

Personally, I'm very slovenly followed very closely by gluttaneous. I hate to do work and I love to get my hands on some tasty food! This lifestyle has helped me clean my room and become very active in watching what I eat.

I was instructed to clean my room and, well, I cleaned it. Quickly, too. There was a punishment in the end result if it wasn't clean enough! He even threatened to make me cam my room to make sure it was in tip-top shape. Luckily, he took my word for it, and it really was clean! It's gotten a tad bit untidy since then, but nothing as unmanagable as before.

As I said before, I love to eat. As a result I'm 15-20lbs over my healthy weight (I define healthy weight as how much I weight when I eat right and exercise) and this does not impress my owner, especially since we want to start a website someday. As I result I'm eating much better, and to be honest, I'm in a far better mood to boot. Sure, I miss the ramen and the snack cakes, but I've embraced organic apple soda when I have a sweet tooth (aka soda made in mexico, lol) and I have more veggies in my diet. Even right now for lunch I just cut up an orange bell pepper and sauted it in some teryaki sauce. I'm definitely losing weight, not fast, but there's a change in my body. When I used to look down I'd see my belly flub, even when I sucked in, but now I can see my toes!

So the lifestyle has helped me to clean up and eat right, therefor helping me live a healthier life!
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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 11:47:56 AM   
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The D/s dynamic helped me realize who and what I am; thus, I am much happier, a much better person generally, a better parent, friend, coworker, ad infinitum. It was a definite life change for me and I am most grateful.

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 12:08:46 PM   
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not so much how BDSM helped me but rather how Daddy improve me into a better me.  before Daddy found me, i had low self-esteem and confidence after finalizing my divorce. flash forward 6 months later, i have more confidence and self-esteem than ever realizing my nilla life and submissive side are what makes me so special. plus i also realize that one cannot survive without the other as i take the next step in my journey of my submissiveness. i feel so free now since completely giving my submission to Daddy.

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 4:23:37 PM   
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I want more people to contribute to this thread....

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 5:22:04 PM   
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This path has helped me become self aware...then spiritually aware. Simply things that have changed my entire life. I even legally changed my last name (when I got divorced) to something Fire related.

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 5:43:00 PM   
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S&M has helped me indirect in coping with chronic pain.  I don't perceive pain as necessary very negative thing. 

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 5:45:06 PM   
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My Daddy's last submissive was also in chronic pain, despite taking pain meds. She told him that intense pain-inducing scenes were the only thing that really relieved it, due to the endorphin rush she experienced when they played.

- Susan

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 5:55:31 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: novicecourtesan

I want more people to contribute to this thread....


Clearly the Lifestyle has done nothing to assuage your greed.

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 6:02:42 PM   
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Wonderful thing about BDSM, you get to inventory and define limits/kinks/roles clearly.  Also, establish rules and punishments.   The Vanilla world, does not use these tools as heavy of BDSM does. 

I have been able to give my Nilla friends some great insight and advice because of my experiences with BDSM... little do they know the source of this great well. lol 


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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 6:06:01 PM   
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mstrjx...care to elaborate? I don't understand your meaning....

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 6:08:52 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: slaveish

The D/s dynamic helped me realize who and what I am; thus, I am much happier, a much better person generally, a better parent, friend, coworker, ad infinitum. It was a definite life change for me and I am most grateful.


I agree wholeheartedly. Since stepping into the lifestyle I feel like I am home. Finally home where I belong.

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 6:24:25 PM   
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well...I had never really labeled anything until I came to CM and started to learn about BDSM. I do think it has helped me in all areas of my life not just the sex part. Ive learned from others in person too.
When I came here I learned alil about Gorean ways..and learned how to better bite my tongue and "re-phrase" things in a more positive light~this helped me at work when dealing with co-workers and my Boss..(she irritates the dickens outta me..)
Even though Im not Gorean I still took with me valuable lessons from trying to learn to see if I were Gorean..and made some friends along the way. I learned from it that some men and women really truly value Honour, Integrity, Loyalty..etc..and that there is some real truth in their way of life. I respect those who follow Gorean ways.
I have learned of Daddys/girls and tried it to see if that is where I belong. I learned lessons there also dealing with where at just to the exact point push someone to the utter brink of losing their cool...*snickers This has helped me learn that REAL men do not take that shit from anybody..even a lil girl..no matter how cute she is.
Ive met some cool people who have helped explain what the difference is between Dominants and Domineering..submissive and abusive..People in "this world" seem to be more willing to help others along their way of finding themselves~tolerating differences that maybe one day they themselves may embrace as their own. Things I myself said Id never do somehow after having an open mind dont seem as threatening to my self worth. Im not as severe in my judgements of others as I once was. I believe Ive learned that from BDSM and my simple exposure to others who have gone this path before me. Its somehow comforting to read and learn from others. Ive enjoyed my stay in BDSMland and plan on staying a while longer..*smiles

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 6:36:32 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: sadomasokisti

S&M has helped me indirect in coping with chronic pain.  I don't perceive pain as necessary very negative thing. 


This is very interesting! I like that and find it to be valuable input.

Also, thank you NoviceCourtesan, I was beginning to think my thread was a silly topic, lol.

Although I meant more for this to be a reflection on the percieved "7 deadly sins" and how BDSM helps to overcome those, I see that the subject is still not lost: BDSM DOES help a lot of people cope, whether from a negative or fulfillingly positive experience.

In fact, the 'pain' topic reminds me of when my own parents used to beat me. I can see that it can be done in a more loving way between consenting partners, and that helps me to cope with what happened when I was younger and to make the pain into something more prosperous.

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 6:37:02 PM   
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I firmly believe that it was by exploring D/s, and all of it's good, scary and exciting parts, that helped me get through some very rough times in my life.  It helped me  learn I was much stronger than I thought I was, and to have a pretty good handle on what some of those strengths are. 

I'm not sure if insecurity and a poor self image are considered "deadly sins", but I do know they consumed a great deal of my life.  There are still times when I forget those early lessons -- it's more difficult sometimes that I'm alone now, but I've come a long way these past 10 years and have developed a sense of security I never once thought I'd have.

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 6:39:50 PM   
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OH!..and It has helped me embrace my femininity in a way I had never known. Ya know, people all my life have told me how to respond to life..Be a lady..be a good student..be a good employee..etc..but no one ever EVER told me to be a good sexual human. No one taught me that its good and okay to enjoy being a female to the point that I now know and enjoy.
So many rules about being prim and proper and educated and a woman is to be this and this but never that..but the most basic important things were left for me to find on my own if I had the guts to search for them. Im not ashamed to say I enjoy being female in all its glory. I was made sexual. My body is meant to used for these pleasures I enjoy...and its okay to enjoy them. Ive learned its okay to have the thoughts and desires I have regardless if anyone else has them that I work with or have as friends.
Ive learned that even if society tells me to be strong and independent~dont count on others that I can lean on a Man and allow myself to revel in his Manliness...and that its okay to have Him do those things to me and actually enjoy it. Ive felt a good freedom Ive never experienced before BDSM. I am only beginning my journey but Ive come a long way already and Im thankful for everyone Ive met whether in person or on the Boards, chats..Its been good for me.

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 6:44:33 PM   
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I stopped biting my nails....:-))

Lilith

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 6:47:07 PM   
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bdsm helps find me like minded partners and friends. i used to think i was the only sane one in the world before i met people in the lifestyle. i think 4 subs the discipline helps alot, and there is a different sort of discipline as a dom, learning patience with others

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 7:02:11 PM   
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I am not the domineering arrogant asshole I once was.    Through hard work and constant introspection I have slowly worked through many issues, including anger, it has driven me to explore myself and I haven't always liked what I found.  I am a vastly better person today than I was 10 years ago. 

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 7:17:38 PM   
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thank you so much all for sharing your experiences....

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RE: How did BDSM help you... - 2/26/2007 9:36:40 PM   
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OK everybody, I'm going to be brutally honest how BDSM has helped me.  How it's made me a better person, and helped my embrace both sides of my ying/yang wheel. 

I was sexually and mentally abused by the neighbor boy, when I was 4-6 years of age.   I could share some shit with you which no child in this world should suffer through.  I had the death threats, the threats to kill my dog, my family and all kinds of pure fucking evil.. I say pure evil, because one time this happen in the basement of the community church.  I was not safe in my back yard, not safe at school nor church.

Next thing, I knew we moved from rural Upstate Western New York, to Mobile, Alabama.  To live a different kind of abuse, which was being hated for being a Yankee.  The other kids which wanted a Piece of me. 

A couple of things to say here, this is why I am driven to be in control and be a Dom.  The reasons should be obvious as day to you, by now.

I also had to excerise a great deal of self control at times... because when I snapped as a kid and got into fights... I did so with all the sincerity of fucking up the other person hardcore.. to the point that scared others at times.. when I snapped, I snapped.. and it even scared me at times.. after I calmed down.   I found myself always thinking about Sadistic ways to beat or exert pain on my enemies.  Thank God, I never killed anybody.  I did cause some other harm, such as breaking a collar bone, broke one arm, from being in the middle of a fight...   It made me more self aware of the damage and pain, I could inflict... and I did not want to be in trouble with the School system as well.  So, I learned out to temper myself.   But that was just temperence, an excerise of self control and realization of my accountability for my own actions..  I did not find my punishment for getting into fights pleasent at all...  Again, not liking it when somebody is in control.. So verbal skills kicked in more so.... and evolution of using logic and smart ass remarks...   I still to this day am this way!   Which is another story...

Now, also because of the sexual nature of things from being raped and used... I had fantasies of using girls in a similar manner... Fantasies which I would think of...  Thank God I never acted upon these fantasies... and that I learned temperence and self control.   Still so many dark thoughts at times, it was not funny...  In time I was not getting in so many fights and the Red Neck were more accepting of my Yankee statue Que.. all over a damn war, I had nothing to do with...   Anyways, I had developed a high tolerence for pain as a child... Easy enough to do when you have 5-6 others taking you down to the ground like a pack of hungry wolves...  Whew...

By the time I was 13 years old, I was playing little red neck games such as eat the peg.. where you take turns holding your hands closed down on the ground.. and having somebody throw a knife as close as they can get without hitting your hands.  If you move you get to pull the wooden peg out of the ground with your teeth, if they hit you, then they do...  Kind of a twisted game of truth of dare...  needless to say... blood was drawn from time to time... where the point of the knife would stick... hahahaah...  kind of an early S&M game shared by guys in the hood!! LOL...

Then there's the Girl Next Door, she was a beautiful tom boy type, which we did a lot of things together.  We used to play games together and do things like draw on each other..  Slowly our play became a little more intense...  We both got into doing magic tricks.. and along with that came things such as ropes... escape tricks and whatnot... then there was the bullwhip which was laying in the garage.. Amazing how you can find things laying around the house to play with... when you are playing role playing games..   Her and I used to wrestle a lot... and whew... Thank God for the universal neighborhood safe word called "Timeout"...  I have many stories about the girl next door... Even the day, when she spotted me in the backyard.. and came walking over to show me the kewl design she had pricked out in her arm with a Needle!  It was like a tatoo and I wanted one too.. Her and I used to do this type to things with one another... Two wicked minds grinding the same kinds of gears...  Her and I had moments of getting too carried away!!  Limits!!  But she was my best friend and we'd take time to talk and communication with one another... that's what best friends are for...   Still I had to temper myself at times, from dark fantasies.. and It helped to share what was going on inside my brain with her...

Whew... I need to somehow speed this up... Anyways, long story short over the years... BDSM, has allowed me to better relate to what happened to me.  I step inside the role of being the rapest, in a safe and sane matter... To comprehend it all, and act it out... It's also helped me realize the need of those which want to be used as such... for whatever reasons they have... Again, in a sane and safe consentual manner...   It's helped me sort out a lot of darkness and anger.. To get a grip...  It's also giving me a higher understanding that both Dom/mes and Sub a like are drawn to this lifestyle for a variety of reasons...

I feel that I have a better sense of myself, my self esteem, and it's allowed me to value and embrace the good and evil inside of me.  To find the good from the bad...    I will admit that for the longest time, I had very dark fantasies of finding the guy which did what he did to me as a child.. and torture him slowly!! For years, that had been my deepest fantasy!!  Very Sadistic thoughts!!!  BDSM, has tempered all this in me... I hardly even think about doing this to him now, and I'm not so pissed and angry over it all anymore.... Whew..... 

I have never raped anybody for real, and I could never do that because of what I went through..  I could never be sadistic towards somebody who is not asking for it... 

Ok, now that I typed out all this, I'm making my post for what it's worth to anybody...















 
















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