Dear Epiphany,
the difficulties you are experiencing are not bound to bdsm relationships only. Basically every human being is looking for the same and finding a devoted partner, someone who knows that love is about giving in the first place and not about what one expects to get is also hard to be found in a vanilla relationship.
Responisble partners, craving for reading the other one's mind, feeling the desire to flow together with someone else are rare and most relationships, whether they are in bdsm circles or in the vanilla world do merely exist as no one want's to be alone. Bdsm is just a tool, but the art it is used in is the same as in every vanilla relationship; the art is called love through devotion!
Be sure that there is someone existing who is meant for you, someone who will one day read your mind, make you feel comfortable, someone in who's arms you will feel like wanting to let yourself fall, knowing that he will catch you.
Who knows where you will find him. Maybe he will just find you if you are just authentic.
You will see!
Yours
Marc