*Notice: Opinion Post! Accept / Reject at will, but do bear in mind that I am entitled to it*
I don’t think I could ever willingly hand over every last detailed decision of my own to Fang and nor would she let me if I even wanted to.
This comes from a few posts in AASQ on Fetlife about what you do after a breakup of a D/s relationship with (assumed, and I only say this because of the way the OP was handling the breakup.) TPE.
*For my newbies whom are learning from me, TPE = Total Power Exchange = You willingly give up EVERYTHING to your D-type, remember that key word though: willingly, as it’s done consensual.*
With TPE, with the D-type deciding everything and then suddenly *poof!* D-type calls an end to the relationship and the s-type is left scrambling what the ever-loving fuck to do because they obviously have forgotten how to think for themselves.
Many people suggested therapy, which is probably the best thing because one now has to learn how to think for themselves again…at least until they find someone else to replace that D-type and then the process starts all over again, hopefully better than the last.
Me? I treat it like I would any other breakup, there’s no ‘heightened emotions’. I could in theory survive without a kinky relationship . For some people it’s just so deep-rooted in their brains that they HAVE to have kink as part of their relationship or they can’t function. They have to be occasionally beaten, gagged. tied up, etc. to function properly. It gets to a level where kink is needed akin to breathing.
And here I am like just cuddle me, kiss me, fuck me, wanna throw in some kinky elements? Sweet! I’m game with that.
So while my D/s relationship never shuts off, I can still think and function for myself and that’s what works for me and Fang.
She controls some things now, but it’s for my own good. One to get me to actually sleep like a normal person (because I will forgo sleep..) and the other to simply remind me who’s really in charge here.
So in closing, what works for you probably won’t ever work for me. You want to give up everything to your D-type and suffer the emotional/possible physical consequences later?
As I always say, all the power to ya.
(a.k.a. that thing that keeps your relationship going.)