im not allowed to be negative either,ive been in trouble and lectured more times than i can remember for putting myself down or making myself sound bad. as Icehawk says to me its not just myself im insulting but him too.
he uses the pet name fuckslut for me but thats just an affectionate nickname, and he will call me useless,dirty slut etc in play BUT he always re-inforces through out that thats what t is..****ay....and its a turn on for us.
if he called me that for real then i think Dom or not he'd need to either run very fast or duck lol
as an aside i understand about helping a sub get in the right mindset, help him/her understand things about themselves and things that will actually help have pride in themselves and what they do when doubtful or insecure (im sure many have been in that place) something thats always interested me,what exactly do people mean by breaking down emotionally and mentally? it sounds a recipie for disaster to me if not emotionally and mentally dangerous.