the mental health thing...hmmmmm...what issues I had I think stemmed more from the abuse I suffered for so many years but who knows it could very well be part of the wiring that is sub - I don't profess to be unique in any way and I do believe there are common strokes amongst submissives (female anyway) - there has to be, just the same as there are Type "A" personalities in life, there has to be something "Type" wise in us - it's just too bad so many feel they HAVE to be different or argumentative just for the sake of being argumentative or we might actually find out what those Type characteristics are
