Conversational Sadism (Article)

 Sadomasochism is one of the core elements of BDSM -- while it’s not necessary to engage in to play, nevertheless it is iconically “kinky.” We often think of whips and slapping and other physical methods of hurting someone, but one of the most intriguing aspects of sadism is engaging psychologically. Emotional sadism can be seen as fairly edgy, and used with hypnosis often has the connotation of hypnotically manifesting negative emotions within the bounds of play. But what can we learn from conversational hypnosis to make psychological sadism more reachable for us as players?