BDSM Lexicon · Experience & emotions

Good pain

Good pain refers within BDSM to pain that is experienced as pleasant, liberating, or exciting. It is pain that does not lead to trauma or rejection, but rather to a deepening of the experience, surrender, and connection between Dominant and submissive.

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Related terms

• Boundaries
• Aftercare
• Bad pain
• Dopamine
• Surrender

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