Pain tolerance of yesteryear/today
Pain tolerance: The human being of centuries past was clearly in another league, insofar as pain endurance went. The farther back you go, it seems, the more we could take.
It makes me wonder why that is.
I suppose it's because we live in an era of convenience; we don't have to deal with pain in the same way or at all.
And here we are caught up in today's world; every pain prevention known to man but there are those of us who go out of their way seeking emotional and physical pain.
I've discovered since my divorce proceedings that my need for physical pain has waned. My interest is still active; the thought continues to generate sexual desire. I guess I go through enough emotional pain as it is; I don't need to add to it.
It's curious how I would recognize SM pain as over flow where another would identify it as release. It used to be just that for me but now I simply want held, to know that everything is going to be okay and that any time after I'll be hurt in all the good ways I used to enjoy prior to life strife with divorce.
~d~
