Mental Conditioning: Understanding Submission and Desire in BDSM
Definition : Conditioning is the art of engraving one's will directly into your flesh, bypassing your conscious mind.
- Keywords
- Conditioning, BDSM, Submission, Desire, Dominant, Training
- Topics
- Vocabulary of BDSM Practices, Humiliation & Degradation
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What is (Mental) Conditioning?
Conditioning is the art of engraving one’s will directly into your flesh, bypassing your conscious mind. It is a training, based on repetition, that aims to create reflexes, automatic responses to precise stimuli.
How does (Mental) Conditioning work?
Through patient work, your Dominant associates a sound, a word, a gesture with an action or a sensation. They teach you, like training an animal, to react without thinking. Your body learns faster than your mind.
What are the effects of (Mental) Conditioning?
Thus, the sound of their belt coming undone can make you kneel instantly. A snap of the fingers can make your ass arch and offer itself. It is a neurological programming of desire and submission.
What is the goal of (Mental) Conditioning?
The ultimate goal is often to condition your body for the final act. They can train you so that the mere sensation of their hand on your hips is enough to make your muscles relax, your body open, ready to be filled. Receiving their cum then becomes a Pavlovian response, a need inscribed in your fibers, the logical and inevitable conclusion of your training.