Quote Originally Posted by Ozme52 View Post
So... if you touch a hot stove... you don't know it, don't feel it, and don't pull away? You don't drop a hot utensil, plate, pot or pan if you accidently pick it up not knowing it was recently on or in the stove? You don't react to an accidentally cut finger? Bee or wasp stings? Accidental needle pokes?

Or do you mean you don't process pain in a way that you can be open to the emotional feelings the majority of people at the forums describe?

There's a world of difference and knowing which will affect the potential answers.
Please forgive the lapse in response here. I mean no disrespect by it. This is a totally new realization for me and your questions, Oz, are totally relevant and very much appreciated. I just didn't have the answers for them so have spent the past few days 'experimenting'. It seems that my pain threshold borders close to the 'burn my skin off line'.

I can pick up a kettle with a handle that is VERY hot, pour with steam all around and not feel a thing. This morning I let the kettle get super hot. I experimented by attempting to lift it up but thought better of it as I felt I might actually give myself serious burns by doing so with my hand unprotected. Looking back on life, I have been like this forever, I just didn't realize it was 'different' until a couple of days ago. I have always protected my hands - not because I need to, but instead because it is generally practiced therefore I didn't question. The last two days i have spent exploring these things. I have to admit, I am pretty scary in this way. Luckily I seem to draw the line on things that will cause me physical harm (ie 2nd degree burns).

I have felt pain (I believe) but seem to process it in such a way that I can totally block it out. No, i don't believe I would drop a hot plate BUT would remove my hand from a hot burner (just not quickly). It would be an annoyance, not a shocked reaction.

Luckily, 13'sbadkitty, I don't seem to have a problem with pleasure (although when in a 'spell' I am less sensitive. It seems to be a pain thing only. I am wondering - have you had to adjust your D/s life due to your 'lack of pain' issues? Do you feel at all that there is a risk involved at all in the pain element due to your lack of pain response? What considerations would need to be made?

My concern is, if there was a time along the way that I had a relationship with a different Dom, that there might be a natural element of 'oh yeah, well I will get you to feel pain'. Any thoughts on how to address this properly. Master and I even discussed dropping the D/s thing so I don't get too entrenched and put myself at risk....

Not sure what to do with this information.