MsNatascha
Posts: 5
Joined: 5/15/2005 Status: offline
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In very brief and speaking very generally: You should take care of yourself physically and learn to express yourself verbally, both with clarity and with respect. Subs are responsible for stating their limits, and anyone who is looking for a no limits sub is not responsible enough to be topping. BDSM is a dialogue, and you need to learn to keep up your end. This is not something you are going to learn anywhere in the vanilla world. Basically it's about being assertive, but always respectful and deferent at the same time. Aside from putting some energy into being attractive, you need to tune into your empathetic and intuitive side. An ideal slave/sub is capable of anticipating his Mistress' needs and fulfilling them without expecting to be heaped with praise and accolades. It's a great and pleasant surprise when a sub knows you well enough to behave as you need without being asked. It makes that sub unique and valuable. Listen, pay attention, learn body language, communicate, never nag or ask twice unless absolutely necessary. Dommes have a bit of an impatience with sycophants who are always asking if they are doing well or if this is what you want. At least I do. If you don't hear anything it means you're doing well. Keep it up. Finally, keep your hard boundaries. Just because you are a sub or slave does not mean you don't deserve respect and dignity as a human being. On the contrary, it's most crucial that you be accorded those basic dignities in this particular situation. If someone is exploiting you, and if someone is acting more like a sociopath than a Domme, set your boundaries and/or GTFO. BDSM leaves everyone feeling good. Boring, old violence and coercion leaves no one feeling good. If someone is using BDSM as some means to act out their particular craziness, then get away from that person. They will damage you, both as a sub and as a human being. So that is my basic, general advice. Tune into your Mistress' needs and desires, make your own clear in the form of respectful requests, keep your hard limits, and keep them dearly, never subjugate your human dignity to the role you are playing, take care of yourself and have your own, full life and interests, and above all, have fun. Because if it's not fun, it's just fucking wrong.
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