Aswad -> RE: Does Being a Master mean you're also a Sadist? (4/16/2007 5:48:54 PM)
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ORIGINAL: adanaydi this one is not a masochist not because she isn't open to it, but because for some reason, the endorphins that supposedly are released during the pain process must not work right for her or something.... it hurts, it doesn't make her euphoric or put her into any sort of "sub-space". she's just wired differently she guesses. Nipple clamps have this one shrieking in short order, and hurt so badly, they can't stay for more than a second or two before she nearly faints. You wouldn't happen to have autistics, aspies or people with ADHD in your immediate family, would you? For me, and three other people I know (2 aspies, 1 ADHD), endorphins, and indeed any opiates, will not give any pain relief whatsoever. I have personally had the equivalent of about 550mg morphine in me (legally, although not for pain management), without any prior experience with opiates, which should have been enough to knock me out or, if it didn't, it should have let me walk around on a pair of bloody stumps. Yet it did not affect my perception of pain. I even stung from slapping my knee to check. If something similar is the case for you, it will probably be the case that you can learn a different means of coping with pain, although one that will probably not be conductive to pain: distancing yourself from it, or disconnecting it altogether. That way, you're aware of the pain and how much it hurts, but it isn't affecting you in any way. The wiring for this appears to be present in those I've seen who don't respond to endorphins. If this isn't the case, which a very friendly doctor might be willing to check for you (sublingual tab or injection, waiting room for 90 minutes, then pinprick test; no driving or operating heavy machinery for the next few days), then you just need to work your way up very slowly, as well as preferrably employing positive stimuli at the same time to condition yourself to like it. Or maybe just work on the pain tolerance in general (many Martial Arts do this as part of their curriculum). That said, I don't think there's any particular reason to learn to enjoy or tolerate pain if this isn't stopping you from finding the partners you want. It's like how many boys (and some men) don't want to date a girl/woman who won't give head; personally, if I were a woman, I'd give them the finger, as I wouldn't consider them worth dating if they refused to date on that grounds, but if one doesn't mind working to get used to it, or really wants to do it for "marketability" reasons, there's plenty of ways to go about it.
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