transcription: of course i have a praise kink i was ignored as a child

  • maria [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    soooooo like -----… is it juuuuuuuuuuuust the praise kink ----- like - jussssst that?--------

    (u dont have to answer.,. im jus bein sili vout a thing im preddi sure u r not into - or dun kno what im talkin bout-)

    • erotador@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPM
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      1 day ago

      i have a major praise kink, but an inability to ask for anything and a predisposition to take care of people so normally i end up the one praising.

      • maria [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 day ago

        oooooh i see,… yessssyesyesyes i totally understans that… askin for things is hard…,.,… especially when it comes to adult things (i feel)…,… mhm mhm - ,… jus umm…hmmm… iguess now i gotta look up what a praise kink actually looks like - (i can… imagine but mayb my imagination is wrong!!)

      • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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        18 hours ago

        That’s not the worst scenario, provided that your partner is the same way. One of the best habits I’ve picked up from work is “behavior-specific praising.” So here we go:

        I love how you do your best to take care of others! The way you shower compliments onto people is really sweet, and I bet it makes your partner(s) feel amazing. It sounds like you’ve formed a positive habit that brings more joy into the world, and that is a beautiful thing. Keep it up! 🌸

  • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    There are literally no pictures of me as a child except the ones from my grandmother’s scrapbooks, which were mostly whole family photos.

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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      18 hours ago

      I grew up like that. My mom never understood me and was constantly baffled by my (clearly autistic/ADHD) habits. Add in getting in trouble in school for those same habits and constantly having to explain myself, and it’s a difficult reflex to break as an adult.

      Finding someone on your wavelength, who knows why you said/did what you said/did without needing to explain it, is an incredible feeling. I surround myself with others in my “neurotribe” and it goes far to helping in that regard. I don’t have to explain my thought processes to my GF (though I still do sometimes.) And likewise, sometimes I can stop her from over-explaining, and let her save her energy, because “I get it.”

      I hope you’ll be able to find such like-minded people someday, if you haven’t already. It’s not a “kink” per se, but boy does it help you feel “normal” in a world that’s so quick to judge.

      • Kowowow@lemmy.ca
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        11 hours ago

        Nah I’ve never found anyone but as an adult I don’t get questioned about what I’m doing nearly as much

  • mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 days ago

    Childhood trauma based kinks are for the weak-minded; the best kinks are an ever-changing landscape informed by one’s intellectual and social frontiers

  • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net
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    19 hours ago

    Of course I have a praise kink, I was a bright child who built my entire identity around the approval I got from others. I wasn’t ignored — far from it, but the manner of attention really did a number on me