

"Being in control is one of the first ways we try to deal with anxiety. “It makes sense that there would be some fear there, especially if somebody is trying to be in control in their life." It seems as though the more someone wants to control their own lives, the more they'll enjoy being submissive and letting go in bed. “It’s an experience of surrender,” she says. Green says that being ordered around in bed can be especially helpful for those who are used to being in control. Surrendering control to your lover in bed is a great opportunity to experience pleasure, so let go of the fear that he or she is secretly judging or losing respect for you. And it gives you access to a wide range of experiences.” Amen to that. “It can be really healthy,” Green says, “to experience all parts of yourself. If it turns out you like to play with power during sex, you don’t have to worry that you’ll be seen as too submissive or weak in your day-to-day experience with your partner. If your boyfriend or girlfriend dominates in bed, it doesn’t mean he or she has all of the power in the relationship.

Sex and love can go together, of course, but they can also run parallel what happens in the bedroom can stay in the bedroom. It’s possible to have a perfectly normal, loving relationship and also play with submission between the sheets. Here are five important things you need to know about being dominated in the bedroom. In the bedroom, a Type A personality can experiment with power to see what it feels like to be told what to do. The picture of wellness is actually to have access to a wide range of those parts.” So, then, sex is a chance to play with that polarity. “Usually only certain parts are forefront people tend to stay with a certain polarity. “A person has a lot of different parts,” Green says. I did some research about the psychology behind such stimuli, and I talked to Hannah Green, a sex therapist in San Francisco, to find out more about what all this really means. Why is that? What does it say about me? This seems important, and I felt inspired to learn more. But when I am told to lie perfectly still or say something in particular or perform any host of commands in bed, I am instantly turned on. I'm about as far from submissive as it gets. Why is being ordered around in bed so damn hot? If someone I was dating were to fire off orders to me in our daily lives, I probably wouldn’t be thrilled.
