Quote Originally Posted by brwneydgirl View Post
Are there those, though, who actually get off on pain? I mean...I know there are masochists but do they physically derive pleasure from pain (and in that case, do they take anesthesia for dental procedures?) or is it more that they take pleasure from the pleasure they see in their dominant when they've "taken" a significant amount of pain? What is the feeling the submissive receives? Physical pleasure? Is it a feeling of "see how tough I am?" ?
I think there are all kinds of answers to that one! I once know a person who was into heavy pain, and who did get off on it. All kinds of pain, including an accident he had, where he broke several ribs and had internal injuries. He said he wished he could have prolonged that, or done it again. Though most people I have talked with were into some kinds of pain, and not others. Most did not like dentist pain, or headaches, or such, but liked pain which for them had a sexual effect. My other husband was a piercer earlier, and I noticed then how many liked being pierced, for instance, and wished they could do it over and over again. Many like the pain in connection with a specific situation and can get off in that situation, a woman I knew climaxed while being spanked or whipped, and it is my impression that this is not that unusual. I compare it to fetichism, because like with fetichist the magic is that it works every time.

I have met people who did the 'I am pushing myself to the limit' thing which you also mention. People of a tribal orientation who did this outside of a bdsm situation. For myself, I get a spirtual cleansing out of a serious beating going right up to, and a little over, my limits. I also take pain as pleasing my Dom, and it does excite me. But I do take painkillers for head aches, and other illness induced pain ;-)