Monthly Archives: September 2011

Survivors’ Nightmares


Do you have nightmares about your abuse?  Have a partner who does?  Take a look at the article “Almost all survivors will have nightmares while healing: How to  help your survivor partner during nightmares” for some helpful ideas about how … Continue reading

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The Problem of Being Too Nice


This is a lot of food for thought, as one of the problems for people who are abused is that they are often too nice, unable to stand up for themselves, willing to put themselves in damage in order to … Continue reading

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Becoming a Master


In his post entitled “Following the Path”, The Eroticist details the steps along the way to becoming a person whom others will call “master”, to earning that title.  To self control. It’s a wonderful outline of how so often newbie … Continue reading

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Why People Stay in Abusive Relationships


In a thread entitled “[I]s this abuse?” in the “Submissive Women” group on Fetlife, subbiegirl9 describes a situation in which a male dominant friend of hers is trying to turn a basically vanilla woman into a slave, and is going … Continue reading

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