MaamJay
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As I have both seen it (as a Domme watching subs) and experienced it myself as a sub, I tend to see all of these as part of a continuum that I generally call subspace. I wouldn't just call it bottom space because it's not only induced by bottoming in the sense of having some specific play activity, although admittedly that is the usual way to enter. i can certainly get into the early stages of it (up to stage 5 below) just sitting in a restaurant if Master notices i had a naughty thought which i didn't utter ... and decides to insist that i speak it out LOL! How to get me all squirmy and giggly! From My observation (bearing in mind We attended and ran play parties so I have seen more subs than I have personally played with), I came up with a numerical scale. NOT EVERYONE'S SCALE WILL BE IDENTICAL but this seems to apply to most. It works on odd numbers, the even numbers are a deepening of the stage before and transition into the next. Also it's not essential to obviously pass through each stage on the way to the next one, sometimes the transition is so fast that you seem to skip a stage. As a sub i can get from 1 to 5 frighteningly fast sometimes LOL!
1 Normal every day space
3 Fuzzy space ... extra awareness of your Dominant, enhanced focus, feeling of "warm and fuzzy", excited, anticipatory. Lots of things get subs to here ... getting naked, seeing or feeling certain toys, a few smacks, a strong voice, certain whispered words, rituals ... there's that thrill of being under control
5 Mega alert space ... in the zone, totally aware of your Dominant, total focus, painful stimuli hurt a lot, but your brain wants more ... largely induced by adrenalin, this is a bit of a fight or flight space for some. I have seen some subs go through anger at this stage and snarl and swear, others thrash and fight their bonds etc, whereas i (and another girl i know) go through giggle space ... the internal conflict between "this is ridiculous, why is this (pain, embarrassment or whatever) happening?" and "why do i crave it so much and want more?" is what really sets this stage apart for me and that's why i go off into peals of laughter at myself
7 Hurts so goooood space ... endorphins kick in, pleasure kicks in, you feel you can take anything, bodies rise up to meet the blows, cognitive thought is pretty hard to do, can hardly count or string 2 words together (so Dominants, this isn't the time to rely on safewords!), mmmmm this little visit to la la land (or goo goo land) is lovely, do i have to come back now? Sometimes i have experienced cathartic tears at this stage, just bawled my eyes out but felt so much better for it afterwards, and I have seen others do that too, sometimes between stages 5 and 7. i need grounding from here, whereas from stage 5 i can generally get back on my own
9 Deep Space 9 (OK so I'm a trekkie LOL!) ... flying, floating, soaring, out of it, spaced out, out of body, totally la la, in heaven ... unable to move, this is the only state in which i can kneel for any length of time and actually voluntarily move into that position, or i just sink to the floor ... i need a lot of patient grounding from here including specific instructions and assistance to move into a different position ... don't expect me to use my brain much for a while LOL, or my body ... don't take me here if You want dinner in a hurry and You don't want to be the one cooking it!
Would be interested in knowing how many folks recognise similar stages themselves!
Maam Jay aka violet[A]
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