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

[graywolf769.livejournal.com]

I tend to be the selfless kind of person that just wants to make others happy. That sounds more nice. :)

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I am sure that's a large part of it and submissives are probably more selfless and desperate in making their partners happy, sometimes to the point of obsessiveness. I am sure that the happiness of their partners is what drives most submissives but I wonder whether that comes about because, perhaps, they don't believe they deserve to have a partner and they over-compensate?