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A Lesson in Control with Self-Punishment
August 10, 2009 by lunaKM [1,653 views]
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Each and every day there is the chance to scew up and be disobedient. Luckily, most of us won’t break rules every single day but when we do we know that punishment will come swiftly and precisely. That is, unless you are an online submissive. Then there are a few other steps to having punishment carried out and most likely that involves you doing the punishment by direction.
Every submissive I know, including myself, hates to get into trouble, but it’s going to happen. We have to admit that there will be times of backsliding, pushing limits and general disobedience in our learning. It’s a part of growth. This doesn’t mean we are more or less submissive or that we don’t deserve the collar we wear. It just means we need that bit of focus that punishment affords us. Don’t think of punishment as something bad, but as something to help us grow inward.
Punishment really can be a good thing.
While most of the following ideas are used mainly in online relationships, they can and are used in face-to-face relationships as well. Feel free to add your own thoughts as well. I would like to point out that communication is key in any relationship and negotiation of these issues is important. A Dominant must not violate your limits or agreed terms during punishment. Also, punishment is not to be enjoyed by either party in order for it to work correctly. It is difficult for sex to be a good punishment because of this.
Essays
Now, for those submissives in an online relationship punishment takes on a variety of tasks. Most common is the essay. The essay can be about anything that the Dominant feels would benefit the submissive in improving their behavior. In most cases I have seen essays about the specific infraction used the most.
Many online submissives have blogs where they post their completed work. Others use email to send their completed essay to their Dominant. I know I used the email method when I was online only, but eventually those essays ended up on my blog as well. Reading old essays has helped me see where my mind was at in various times of my submission.
Writing lines is another form of essay punishment that can be a reinforcement tool. Handwriting lines in a book is a physical reminder as well as a mental one that you have disobeyed and are being punished.
It’s easy to see that the proof that you fulfilled your punishment is the resulting paper or set of lines. This is why it is a good punishment tool for those online relationships.
Sexual Chastisement
Punishment in this form can be instructed to wear a sexual aid for a period of time, no orgasms for a time frame or any other form of control that the Dominant can take away as part of your punishment for misbehaving.
A common punishment in my Dominant’s house is wearing a butt plug or ben wa balls while out, forbidding orgasms for a time or making me do something sexual that doesn’t appeal to me (but isn’t a limit).
The delicate thing about this form of punishment is that if the Dominant uses something that they want you to start enjoying then it could set a negative vibe about it once the activity is employed for pleasure instead of punishment. Sexual punishments should be used with care if used at all.
For online relationships, these things may be carried out while on web cam or chatting directly. With built up trust, these things can also be done with camera proof or maintaining communication.
Lecture
No one ever looked forward to a lecture from their parents. Having to sit down and listen to your Dominant tell you that you were disobedient is just as scary. Having to hear a long drawn out message is even worse. You can feel horrible and that’s the point. Driving it home is the purpose. Listen to your Dominant during lectures, don’t tune them out.
Privilege Restriction
In essence this is like being grounded. The Dominant can take away favorite foods, set a bedtime, allow only a certain number of text messages per day or can make clothing requirements. Anything that you take for granted can be taken away from you. Punishments of this sort are quite common in face-to-face relationships as they can be policed easier that way.
Online ‘Public’ Punishment
Used mostly online as the title describes, this would be going to a chat room or other online BDSM venue where others are and declaring your misdeed and receiving chastisement in front of other people.
This is also possible in face-to-face relationships. I’ve read of submissives wearing signs at parties about thier misbehavior and what punishment they are under. There are many creative ways to be punished in BDSM public and if your relationship allows for this form of activity then the Dominant may deploy it to teach you a lesson.
Proof
For an online or long distance relationship, part of the frustration of both parties is the proof that the punishment was carried out. Unlike the essay option where there is physical proof that it was completed other punishment may require the use of technology.
- Web Cam or Digital Photo – Used when an image is necessary to see that the punishment was carried out. This can be helpful in most any instance of self punishment.
- Other Documentation of Self-Punishment Obedience – things like calendars, text messages, emails and voice messages can help provide proof that you have obeyed.
- Anything else? What other ideas do you have as ways to prove you obeyed and the sentence was carried out?
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I sadly had committed a HUGE breach of trust and it nearly drove us apart. Part of my punishment was to write an essay of why I had done what I did, why I should be given another chance…so many things. It was very difficult for me to write and even harder to read it over. Then I had to read it to my Master, it broke my heart. I hated having to say these things out loud to the man I simply adore. It was difficult to hear his voice, to hear the hurt I had caused him. I am ashamed yet, I lost his trust and I try every day so that he knows how much I do love him and that I am so sorry.
Man, did I go off topic for a second! LoL!
My point was, not only writing it, but, being made to read it aloud to him was just so… I don’t know… heartwrenching.
This may sound weird but my proof to my Dom is the fact that i coulndnt bear to dissapoint him…… disobeying would be making a total joke of the D/S dynamic……. i have his trust and i couldnt live without that….. this is just my view but i have to say… how many of you are really serious about this…its not a game……. Cazz
I’m sorry, but I do have to say that no one is perfect and even you have had to have had, or will have times where you make a mistake and will have to be corrected. Sure in a fantasy world you can be perfect and believe that every disobedience is making a joke of the relationship, but when you live it, you find you are human and subject to the same things as everyone else. Trust me, you can and will make mistakes.
i have to say i agree with Luna… none of us, no matter how devoted, are perfect.
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