DeepGreenEyes
Whittled
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- Dec 23, 2007
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Humiliation and its evil twin cousin, degradation, are two of my favorite things.
There is such a deep and intimate "fuck you" to everything that we build up as humans through humiliation. It sheds our egos, our id, and our pretending that we're all so much when in reality we're very much just insignificant specs... when you tear someone down to their base emotional self, and tell them that they're not good enough, or strong enough, or that they aren't worth enough (for anything), and watch them just collapse. That moment, when they just give up to it all, is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.
The process of figuring out what it is that will get someone there is also such a rewarding art form for me. Often, it's just little bits and pieces that you glean through casual conversation. "I'm going to use that against you later" is always a promise for mutual pleasure, more than a threat... because not everyone gets off on humiliation, and I wouldn't have any interest in doing it to someone who doesn't get off by it... well, other than maybe my shitty neighbors, but that's a different story.
For me, emotional sadism is far more rewarding for me than purely physical sadism almost every time (and there are certainly exceptions), because there's such a delightful power in being able to destroy someone with nothing but your words, or through a few simple actions, coupled with a story that the recipient wants so desperately to run from.
So well put. The bolded part: I do that, exactly, too! Few things are more satisfying. Finding something in passing - a small emotional button like that - is like finding a scrap of a treasure map that, when one day assembled, will lead to One-Eyed Willie's rich stuff.
And I reiterate your point that humiliation is volatile and should not be treated lightly. If used without full knowledge of the connotations, it has the potential to do lasting harm to the humiliatee, and to one's relationship.