The Nature Of Submissives

[lupestripe]

Are submissives generally selfless creatures who wish to make others happy, or do they have self-esteem issues that are only alleviated by the opportunity to serve and make their masters happy? I really don't know my own take on it.

(And yep I am being way to psychoanalytical and I know you can't generalise completely - just interested in the psychological mechanisms)

Comments

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I agree that it differs from person to person but then we are all united by a similar consciousness and instincts, meaning that the same base emotions are involved. I am interested in trying to work out what they are.

[dark-raven-wolf.livejournal.com]

ahhh..... I don't know if you can dig that deep with out spending your life on the subject

but nothing about humanity can be defined to a single thing one or two things

we all have the same basic emotional responces but it is in the way they mix (which is an individual thing) that defines the person

I do think I touched on 2 basic emotions ideas....
1. the need to be punished or degraded
2. the wolf pack idea.... by instinct the person bows to a superiour

*shrugs*.... it could be a simple as a lack of "normal" Testosterone levels or some other hormone that supports a aggressive or dominating behaviour

[dark-raven-wolf.livejournal.com]

judging from your responces I'd suggest that for you it's a way of coping and stress relief

you can spend a while noting having to worry about anything but what your told to do

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

That's certainly part of it. A lot of time I feel I am not meant for the human world due to the stress and anxiety that I so often feel.

[dark-raven-wolf.livejournal.com]

that's called breathing lupe
every good wolf goes through it
it means you care enough to exist outside yourself

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I completely agree and what makes it worse is that emotions can't be rationalised, meaning that it is very hard to analyse. They do mix individually but I think you can probably sieve them back out again and this is something that interests me.

Part one is certainly true with me and I can account for the lack of testosterone too...

[dark-raven-wolf.livejournal.com]

*smiles*.... I'm with you.... the scope of the task doesn't stop us from trying!
just remember you probably won't just get one set of answers

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*tilts his head to oneside*.....you feel the need to be punished?
excuse my confusion...but ?you?
I can understand you being a sub.... but not that
you contain yourself far to well