Much of what I like is due to my subconscious need to dominate people

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I’m slowly realizing that my laundry list of things I like/don’t like are tied to my self-worth and how I like to be the dominant one in any dynamic. This isn’t a fetish post.

Couple examples;

  • People who are physically more attractive than me are often hotter if they’re visibly autistic because that means I’m better than them in that regard

  • I have a fetish for people humiliating themselves, which is probably why I’m obsessed with voyeurism, sadism, and seeing people piss/shit themselves

  • I like seeing feminizing things in other people, but hardly masculinizing things. A man that can crossdress, softer facial features, etc. My mind implicitly associates over masculinity with competition, and femininity with submission.

  • I like “pathetic” but still attractive men. Somehow men are both trophies and competition, and being with a pathetic man who’s into me turns me on so much.

  • I’m obsessed with knowing secrets no one else knows because it puts me in a position to leverage/blackmail/humiliate them

Again this isn’t a fetish post. The deeper I think about it the more I realize that almost everything I like is tied to dominance. I don’t know if I’m a narcissist or if it’s just a sexual thing.

Comments

  1. StageTricky1339 Avatar

    The power hierarchy was first, and the sexual attraction/repulsion as a secondary consequence/reinforcement of it. Good on you to have the insight to notice it, I wonder what lies at the end of this rabbit hole?

  2. IReallyWantSkittles Avatar

    Narcissists are only concerned about their own needs and wants. Even at the expense of others.

    If you’re concerned about being a narcissist, you probably aren’t one.

    You should hit up a therapist to investigate this further.