The bdsm abbreviation stands for a number of terms covering such patterns in sexual behavior as bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism. In more concrete terms, bdsm activities may include spanking, whipping, flagellation, bastinado/falaka (beating the soles of bare feet), bondage and other means of body movement restriction, sensory deprivation, cutting, different kinds of sensation play, scatological humiliation, etc. All of the above include inflicting physical or mental pain on the participants in greater or lesser degree, and may be very intense, which is referred to as extreme bdsm.
It is scientifically proven that due to peculiarities in brain structure pain is sometimes misinterpreted as sexual stimulus, and this may be one of the reasons why extreme bdsm is rather widely practiced.
The main attraction of extreme bdsm is considered to lie in balancing on the edge of permissibility and testing the body endurance limits. As such, extreme bdsm can be highly dangerous without prior knowledge and full responsibility towards oneself and the partner. Tendency to ignore safe-words adds to the risks of extreme bdsm.
Extreme bdsm applied in sensual play includes using complex sense-depriving devices, Wartenberg wheels, TENS and other bdsm gadgets that intensify stimulation and thus should be treated with good care. For example, extreme bdsm bondage implying mummification fully restricts the mobility of the bottom and potentially leads to body overheating, etc., so here wipes, ice or fans could come of use. Breast bondage is another popular extreme bdsm technique that poses serious health hazard if applied incorrectly. Some signals that witness to inadequate blood supply or other damage to be minded are swelling, change in temperature (limbs are getting cold), bluing or darkening of tissues or complete loss of color, to name just a few. Following basic bdsm safety rules, persons bondaged or otherwise disabled should by no means be left alone as well.
The presented information taken into account, extreme bdsm should always imply not only great power, but also great responsibility, too. |