08/25/2021
Sometimes we all need a reminder.
You can ask for help. Reach out to your kinky friends, ask your kink community, you can ever post on your kinky social accounts! But don't be afraid to reach out and ask for more information, for help navigating a tough situation, or for some support.
You should pause and check in — with yourself and with your partners! Sometimes we all need a pause to think about how we're feeling, how we're physically doing, and where our desires are aligning with our boundaries in that moment.
It's also okay to have feelings! Whether you're able to communicate them clearly yet or not, it's okay to have feelings come up in our kink play & partnerships. And sometimes packaging those feelings into neat little words or descriptions or negotiations is tough. Sometimes we need to let ourselves just feel and flow with those emotions for a bit. Kink plays with emotional stuff, emotions are going to be a part of it.
It is ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS okay to say "No"! Not interested in a type of kinky play? Not interested in doing that right now? Said yes before but now you're not feeling it? Didn't turn out to be the sensations you thought? Please say "no", please advocated for yourself, please accept when other's say "no".
I've talked a little about peaks & valleys in your kink play before, and I'll say it here again: it is okay to take time away from your kink. Sometimes you'll be too busy, or too stressed, or just not feeling the dynamic because of life stuff, or it'll just lessen in your relationship. Whatever the reason, you are not less kinky for taking time away.
And perhaps the reminder I want you all to truly take to heart: be yourself. Your kinks are yours, your kink journey is yours, and they may look different than other people's! Kink is an embracing of alternate desires, there is no place for pressure to conform to what kink looks like for someone else. Be your own kinky self!
Sending you all kinky love and acceptance 🖤
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"It's Okay To: Ask for Help, Pause & Check In, Have Feelings, Say "No", Take Time Away, Be Yourself"]