In fact, it can be difficult to get into subspace without the sense that your dominant is competent, in control, and trustworthy. In most cases, it can be an exploration of deep trust between you and your dominant.
For others, it just feels really, really good. So now that you know what subspace is, why would you want to go there? For some people, it’s a way of letting go of worries and letting themselves “float” for a while. Whether you’re pretending to be a puppy, doing a teacher/schoolgirl scene, or getting wrapped in latex to be put on display, those ritualized changes can induce subspace. Putting on certain clothing or toys can also be a ritualized act that marks the space of a scene as special. Fastening a submissive’s collar can be a ritual marker: the scene has begun. Doing these things to change your external reality can change your internal reality, too. It’s like theatre: there’s props and costumes and certain scripts to perform. Whether a major ritual like a wedding, or a daily ritual like morning coffee, ritualized acts change our consciousness, make us behave differently, or mark beginnings and endings.īDSM can provide a lot of frameworks for exploring ritual, including roleplay scenarios. In this case, it likely has more to do with a shift in brainwaves, as the bottom goes from a more alert state into deeper relaxation and flow. This is also a kind of subspace, and might be just as chemical as the physiological kind. While at first, you might simply kneel when told to kneel and strip when told to strip, as a scene continues, you might get tunnel vision, a slowing of time, and the sensation that the dominant is all that exists and their pleasure is all that matters. As a scene begins and a dominant gives orders and commands, a submissive can find great joy, relaxation, and serenity in performing service. Submission itself can put a bottom into an altered state. In this state, kinksters often describe having reduced pain sensitivity, a feeling of euphoria, and a release from their worries and cares. Simply put, when your body is under stress, it’s hard for your brain to think of anything else! A long, slow buildup of pain can set up an endorphin cascade which, sometimes, can tip you over into subspace. Especially for folks who have trouble letting go of control, stressing the body can handily short-circuit the hamster-wheel of the mind. Ordeal/PainĪ good flogging, caning, or other pain play is a primary doorway for some people. With that said, here’s some ways to access that elusive state. The only requirement is wanting to go in! So how do you get into subspace?įor some bottoms, getting into subspace is easy – if not unavoidable! Bottoms who are very sensitive to dominance can “drop” into subspace very quickly under the right conditions. Think of subspace as a room with many different doors – physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.
Instead, they enter an altered state through acts of service, roleplay, or even deep submission.
Some people, though, reach subspace without playing with pain at all. Given that endorphins are the body’s own opioids, this makes a certain amount of sense. And in some ways, it is! The physical response to endorphins brought on by pain can sometimes lead to subspace. Written out that way, it sounds like a response to a drug.
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