Interested in sensory deprivation

But I don't know about it. Besides sight and hearing, what else is done? Can someone give me an overview of a session and how a beginner can try it?

There´s the obvious option of preventing speech with gags, and more refined technique prevent sensory input from touch by encasing the hands in leather of steel mittens.

Also covering with sheer material. I like the blindfold but play music to confuse directions of sound or how I approach.

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Also covering with sheer material. I like the blindfold but play music to confuse directions of sound or how I approach.

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Once your sub is blindfolded, you should take off your stiletto heels and walk around barefoot. You're more comfortable and he can't tell where you and his next swat is coming from.

Inflatable hoods with only nose tubes work well and inflatable latex mittens. If wax earplugs are used then the patient/sub can't see or hear and can be gagged so that the nose tubes allow breathing. Various odours can be introduced into the nose tubes.

Here's an interesting article I found, definitely to try experience...

I'm will visit a domina studio in Madrid in mid November and have arranged for a session with 2 dominas, I'm really looking forward to this:

http://www.enspire.com/hypnosis_information_articles/sensory_deprivation/sensory_deprivation.html

"Partial sensory deprivation, including changes in patterns and relationships of sensory input, cause a state of relaxation conductive to an altered state. Awareness of one's surroundings remains and hypnagogic activity is likely to occur. A reduction of external stimuli allows an individual to focus inward due to the absence of attending to a sensory input. Altering sensory perception allows for a focusing of the mind which in time produces an altered state. Relaxation, time to think without distractions, vivid imagery, and feelings of love and warmth are common experiences." [Wallace and Fisher, 1991]

http://hypnagogic.org/

hypnagogic (also hypnogogic)

1.Inducing sleep; soporific

2.Of or relating to the state preceding sleep.

"The sudden de-stimulation of large areas of the nervous system triggers a spontaneous chain reaction throughout the body known as the parasympathetic response. Muscle tension, blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen consumption all drop dramatically. The whole chemistry of the body changes.

Blood vessels including capillaries dilate, improving cardiovascular efficiency and increasing the supply of oxygen and nutrients to every single cell in your body. This is called the vasodilatory effect

Stress related chemicals such as adrenaline, cortisol, ACTH and lactate are removed from the bloodstream and replaced by beneficial endorphins. High levels of cortisol and ACTH are known to weaken the body's immune system and create feelings of depression, while lower baseline levels are associated with feelings of dominance and confidence.

The endorphin - only discovered by NIMH researchers in 1976 - is literally the essence of pleasure. The body's endorphin level is what makes some people naturally happy and others less so. Sometimes called "the body's natural opiate", the endorphins released while floating create intense feelings of well-being, alleviating fatigue and chronic pain, as well as improving many of the higher brain functions such as memory and learning. Happiness is not an illusion - it is an endorphin.

These biochemical changes occur naturally and spontaneously as by-products of deep sensory relaxation. No training or techniques are required. Just lie back and let it happen.

Take care and enjoy,

Happy

Happydog, your post was absolutely delightful to read. Thank you for the reminder of how things used to be for me, even though that wasn't your intention. LOL! It brings back many happy memories which I have been having a hard time tapping into lately.

Sensory deprivation can occur in another way - via hypnosis (a perfectly safe / consensual technique). One can even go "further" with that as well - e.g. hypno bondage - the subject truly "feels" restrained, etc. The only "limits" with this technique as those of one's own imagination & sense of personal standards / ethics.

I do understand how hypnosis could create the illusion of the action, but sometimes you just have to feel the leather around your wrists and ankles to get the full effect. With sensory deprivation, sometimes it's also the fear of the unknown that excites you, and for me, that is difficult to imagine through hypnosis... I've never experienced it before though, so I cannot accurately compare. I do know, it was very difficult for my former dominant to actually 'sneak up' on me no matter what he did because if he got close to me, I either felt the air change or I could 'hear' him without actually hearing him. It was really very exciting and I'd love to experience it again.

Hypnosis actually causes physical changes (in the brain) during the trance experience that alters a subject's perceptions.

There's a really good article (from 2005 NY Times) that describes research demonstrating this using CAT scan & other modern technologies:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/22/science/22hypno.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Soo... if the 'tist & subject have good rapport / communication, the possibilities for trance experiences are constrained only by one's imagination & personal standards.

Clinic doctor - your post has my heart racing! id love to subject patients to that and i would like to have that done to me by a gentle doctor!

I am the most relaxed and content when I am hooded and bound. Soumise is correct, the feel of the leather on ones wrists and ankles is a feeling that I personally need. The unknown and anticipation add to the element, combined with the natural relaxation that occurs, and its a heavenly place 😃

I find suggestion very powerful so it doesn't need all the equipment, simply not seeing, having wrists bound even minimally, face down perhaps with some earplugs to confuse the sounds around me and being made to wait in a state of suspended animation... is enough to make my arsehole twitch with anticipation....I like the idea of leather, though I have never tried it

I'm into bondage (shibari) and wax play. It becomes a whole new experience when my eyes are blindfolded and I can concentrate my attention to "feeling" what is going on without loosing myself in looking around to know what is going on.

The play becomes much more intense

Being bound, gagged, blindfolded, hooded, ear plugged, and tied face down and spreadeagle to a bed while lying on a rubber sheet with my partner administering a 2 quart enema before plugging my ass is my ultimate fantasy.

Phew - tons of really HOT fantasies here.. takes alot of trust to be so daring :-)

Really interesting, happydog.

I like to blindfold and use ear plugs on my subs. One in particular really loved this as she couldn't hear the sound of the paddle on the downward swing and would really jump when I delivered a blow.

Instead of complete deprivation, you could experiment with sensory distraction. Try some small ear bud earphones plugged into an ipod, with larger over ear muffs, the kind you might use around loud machinery, to block out the room noise. Experiment with different sound tracks to accompany your session. It's interesting to think of spankings, zaps, or just good old fashion nipple pinches occurring every so often while the sub is listening to something unrelated:

- sensual opera

- chapter 12 of a foreign language course

- soundtrack to a kid's cartoon movie

- recorded book about economics

- an album of Christmas carols

That's not distraction, that's something to do and keep you entertained.

A friend of ours has a million dollar home theater built into his 12 foot tall basement, has no windows and it is completely sound proofed, absolutely, totally unbelievably quiet inside there. It is spooky quiet. You can hear yourself blink your eyes. No light or sound comes in from outside. When we were there once I told my husband (which was overheard by our host because it was so quiet in there) that I wanted to tie him up and leave him on the floor there, helpless as he waited for something to happen to him. Our friend said, well, maybe someday you can do that, but I don't think he was serious or knew that I was.

I have always wanted to be gaged and have sensory dep hood put on me as i squirm on exam table only to be put in a straight jacket then held in a medical asylum for medical testing and strict punishment