I'd like to be able to turn my submissiveness "on" more often, actually! Or perhaps just crank up the volume. Am I alone in this?

I sometimes interact with my Master very casually, very much like "myself in the outside world" -- not dominant or submissive really -- moreso than he or I would like. (We don't spend our lives acting "unnaturally" with eachother but we both value being "in our places" sometimes.)

When I'm not with him, I'm not really concerned about the dominance or submissiveness in my behavior, so I can't really answer the original question as to whether I can or do turn it on or off in general life... As for turning it off for years at a time... Well I functioned perfectly fine when not 'reveling in my submissive nature,' though it did result in more high-risk behaviors, craigslist NSA weekend ass-slaps to soothe the beast without quite understanding why, things like that. It's healthier this way, and has allowed me to grow and feel beautiful and all those nice fluffy things, but I definitely feel that I could decide not to embrace my submissiveness, and function pretty well. It's just that I might have horrible unforseen consequences, probably at least physically if not mentally, just "acting out" when the urge hit me instead of playing in safe circles, deciding to find regular play mates, or being the safe girl that I am now that I have my Master to keep me nice and possessed and in check