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| Wed 4 Aug 10, 11:44 AM fetboyslim 2 yrs  |
I knew a guy with tourettes who damaged his nerves in his cheeks due to slapping them himself. So, I wonder, is there a risk of subs suffering nerve damage from receiving corporal punishment? | |
| 4 Aug 10, 2:02 PM Socket UK(E), 3 yrs |
I'm used to get quite a few swift backhands from time to time. The ones that make you feel dizzy and your ears ring and you feel like you just popped out of reality for awhile. All I've suffered is a sore jaw and bruising of the cheek and eye socket. Maybe he should be hitting me harder. | |
| 4 Aug 10, 2:05 PM Degenerate  UK(M), 5 yrs    |
Yes. Probably also risk to the eyes and neck in particular - and teeth and jaw. and cheekbones and nose, or ears... It's common sense really. There's risk to the body from too much hitting in most places. There are some ways to reduce risk by how you hit, force used, your exact aim, how much is delivered, how frequently, etc, but risk remains. It might not make sense to engage in SM for any bottom who believes it to be risk free (unless only the lightest play is used - ie if nobody really hurts anyone). SM can hurt and damage, from the skin to anything else you subject to enough force. It's most of the reason people like it though, or for the endorphins clever play with this response will bring. For sadists learning how to reduce risk, how to build up, accuracy and where to draw then line is really important. For bottoms understanding that anything which hurts probably isn't risk free is important too. De Sign up to CAAN's statement www.caan.org.uk Edited 4 Aug 10, 2:12 PM by Degenerate | |
| 4 Aug 10, 7:30 PM CommanderBondage 3 yrs |
Degenerate quotes: "or for the endorphins clever play with this response will bring." Having recently had a stroke I have been doing some research into the beneficial effects of endorphin release, and it would appear that they can lower blood pressure and stress levels.......maybe my GP can prescribe 3 beatings a day? The Commander For further information this link may be useful: http://www.imagineyh.com/html/health_fitness/fit... Edited 4 Aug 10, 7:37 PM by CommanderBondage | |
| 4 Aug 10, 8:06 PM The_TOGmeister UK(BA), 4 yrs  |
Knowing WHERE to hit is also useful but even then not always accurate. Nerve maps are available to show the danger areas and it is best to steer away from them.
Second childhood? Me? I haven't left the first one yet! | |
| 4 Aug 10, 8:08 PM Avada_Kedavra UK, 7 yrs |
Why don't you turn off your pc and go and meet some real people, instead of lurking on here asking asisine questions...? M: Its only a baby needle, you wont know the difference. I am not a one dimensional needle obssessed domme... Edited 4 Aug 10, 8:09 PM by Avada_Kedavra | |
| 4 Aug 10, 8:22 PM Italia_Vamp IT, 6 yrs £ |
Not if its done in moderation and not overdone. I've been face slapped many times in the course of my work and come to no harm.
I am not a 'beanpole with tits' I'm an hourglass with not enough sand.... | |
| 4 Aug 10, 9:43 PM maya_lila UK(SE), 5 yrs |
Not sure about nerve damage, but it doesn't take as hard a blow as you'd think to detach retinas. This galls me, because I love slapping, but I'm *extremely* pernickity about my eyes. "It is never too late to be what you might have been."
~ George Eliot | |
| 4 Aug 10, 9:53 PM MaxFaust NO, 23 mths |
I've been hit in the face by fists and feet and all sorts of objects many thousand times. Just the normal course of the sort of exercise I used to be involved with. I can't "feel" any damage per se, nor any dizzy "Ali" syndrome, but it may be interesting to note that my beard growth tends to be greyishly white whereas my cephalic hair doesn't. | |
| 4 Aug 10, 10:00 PM clouds UK(CR), 4 yrs |
For me the point of face slapping is not about the force but about the suddeness and the context of it: the way he brings me up short and refocuses me. It's a great attention grabber. I don't need or want hard slaps. In fact, just a light slap with a few fingers on the side of the face to get me to look at him, can have the same emotional effect on me as a hard slap. It doesn't need to be violent. annie | |
| 4 Aug 10, 10:11 PM Italia_Vamp IT, 6 yrs £ |
Exactly. You got it.
I am not a 'beanpole with tits' I'm an hourglass with not enough sand.... |
