Weekly Deep Dive- Mental Bondage

Mental bondage is a form of psychological domination and submission to impose restraints rather than physical items such as rope, cuffs, or chain. Tops can use verbal commands, gestures or signals, humiliation, or praise to control the movements, or lack of movement, of the bottom. Mental bondage is a form of consensual power exchange between partners.

Mental bondage is a part of many kinks and scenes in one way or another. For example, when a bottom is receiving an OTK spanking, they are expected to stay in place for the spanking and to not put their hands in the way, even if an explicit command isn’t stated. Chasity is another great example because an emergency key should be easily accessible, or, if a device isn’t present, the bottom could always ignore the commands of their top, but chooses not to in respect of the power exchange between them.

Some submissive’s like mental bondage because it allows them to feel owned and controlled; they can be completely absorbed in pleasing their Dominant. This is because mental bondage works on obedience. The submissive is able to feel totally focused on their obedience of their Dominant and is then able to accomplish difficult tasks. This level of mental bondage can be intense and deeply powerful, especially in long term power exchange dynamics.

There are other reasons why mental bondage can be a great activity. It requires no equipment, so budget or traveling with tools is not a problem. It can take place in a variety of places, like requiring the bottom to sit…