An Incomplete Guide to Sensory Deprivation Play

I am often asked where is the best place for beginners to start exploring BDSM. I would have to say “sensory deprivation”.

For players who are just starting out, playing with ropes is a mixed test of the eyes, hands, and brain. It may take all your strength to tie a dumpling. As for sp, many mild Ms actually only enjoy the mental delivery of power and do not like to endure strong pain, which can easily turn into a chase scene in a room with two people. As for dirty talk, it can be a huge embarrassing scene for i people…

Many simple ways to play in sensory deprivation are easy for both beginners to operate, and only a few small props are needed to be effective. It does not require the S to reach the standards of a “literary master”, “drama master” or “craftsman”, nor does it require the M to be pain-tolerant. It is easiest for both parties to have a safe, harmonious and error-free experience in the first attempt (after all, there are too many stories of people falling into confusion because of a bad first practice experience and shattered fantasies).

Many simple ways to play in sensory deprivation are easy for both beginners to operate, and only a few small props are needed to be effective. It does not require the S to reach the standards of a “literary master”, “drama master” or “craftsman”, nor does it require the M to be pain-tolerant. It is easiest for both parties to have a safe, harmonious and error-free experience in the first attempt (after all, there are too many stories of people falling into confusion because of a bad first practice experience and shattered fantasies).

What are the effects of sensory deprivation?

Amplify the sensitivity of other senses.

Normally, our various senses perform their respective functions and work together normally. However, when one of the senses is suddenly deprived and part of the information is suddenly missing, the resulting discomfort and inconvenience will force other senses to “stand up” and try to make up for the loss of the sense.

For example, when wearing a blindfold during sex, your ears will instantly focus more on listening to various minor sounds and guessing what the other person is going to do (which direction they are walking to, what props they are picking up, etc.), while the skin of the whole body is ready to welcome the stimulation.
If you wear a blindfold and noise-canceling headphones at the same time, depriving your vision and hearing, your skin will be so sensitive that it will suddenly shiver and your hair will stand up when it is lightly touched~
To give another (not very appropriate) example, my most shocking “sensory deprivation” experience recently was when I became “Wang Chongyang” a few days ago, and I completely lost my sense of smell and most of my sense of taste.

Normally, I have a very sensitive sense of taste and smell. I can taste even the slightest bit of staleness in protein. For example, I can tell whether the meat in takeout has gone bad, whether it is pre-prepared or freshly cooked. I can feel it even if it is covered by the strong smell of seasoning… But after my sense of taste and smell was deprived, I was completely unaccustomed to it. I had to subconsciously use my vision and sense of touch to observe the texture and color of the food, and whether it tastes soft and tender or dry and woody when chewed… and try to identify the freshness of the food.

Increase mutual trust and understanding

Sensory deprivation can make M feel helpless and insecure, so it is also a test of the trust between each other. When your eyes are blindfolded, your partner is your eyes. Therefore, only when facing a partner who is familiar and trusted enough, will you be willing to give him the power to control your senses.

When in a helpless state, it is easier to develop a stronger dependence on your partner, which is an effective emotional catalyst.

Creating a sense of power disparity

Sensory deprivation leads to weakened abilities, and abilities mean power to a certain extent. Moreover, sensory deprivation methods such as blindfolds, full-cover headgear, and mummies will also cover facial features, which has a depersonalizing effect and can easily create a sense of power gap.
Sometimes, planning a degrading and humiliating dirty talk may not be as effective as “wearing a full-cover headgear + noise-canceling headphones + handcuffs and leg cuffs, not saying a word and letting the atmosphere slowly ferment” (only for INFJ personality test i people)

Relaxed and relieved mood

Some players may feel stressed or have bad emotions due to a certain sense, so depriving them of this sense may help them relax.

A female netizen told me about a great experience she had recently – she has always been self-conscious about her body. During every sex session, most of her mental activities were about worrying about “whether the current posture will squeeze out fat on the waist, whether the other party will see and dislike it…” and so on, which made it difficult to concentrate on enjoying it.
She also mentioned this problem when she was with her ex S. Her ex S said in a relaxed tone: “It doesn’t matter, what’s there to mind~”, but every time he praised those slim figures in the group, he would plant a little anxiety in her sensitive heart.
After meeting her current S, she could feel from his aesthetic concept that he was sincere and tolerant of all kinds of figures, which made her feel a little relieved, but she still couldn’t get over her obsession. S suggested: “Then I will cover your eyes, and you imagine that you and I are in a dark environment and can’t see each other, until you feel relaxed.”
He did not rush to deny her true feelings with “correct nonsense”, and the darkness in front of her eyes made her enter a world without vision, a world where no one would stare at or comment on her figure… This made her feel more relaxed than ever before, and she began to try to focus on enjoying herself, respond boldly, and tap into her unique sexy potential.

The main gameplay of sensory deprivation

VISION SENSE

Vision is the only sense that can be completely cut off in sensory deprivation (the other senses can only be weakened to a certain extent), and it is also the most familiar to everyone. M cannot see what S is doing or planning to do, so the expectation and curiosity for each new stimulation in the next step are magnified.
The blindfold is the most commonly used small prop (or blindfold with opaque ribbon), which is simple and convenient to operate. The high-end props can use VR glasses – imagine that a scene with a contrasting effect is displayed in front of you, and at the same time, the body feels the stimulation of not knowing where it will fall in the next second, which is much more shameful than ordinary blindfolds!
The more kinky props also include full-cover head covers, mummy restraint bags that can be entered by the whole person, or small opaque spaces such as wardrobes, which have a sense of security like curling up in the mother’s womb.

HEARING SENSE

Hearing can only be weakened in daily gameplay, but cannot be completely eliminated, so it is usually carried out together with visual deprivation. Commonly used props include noise-isolating earplugs and noise-canceling headphones. The sound-isolating effects are ranked from best to worst: active noise-canceling headphones, passive noise-canceling headphones, and ordinary noise-isolating earplugs. If you want a more extreme sound-isolating effect, wear an in-ear headphone inside the head-mounted noise-canceling headphones.
Another interesting thing about this gameplay is that it plays music with various themes to create different atmospheres. As a DDLG enthusiast, I have prepared different playlists for different atmospheres. If you want to create a warm, loving and sweet atmosphere, play music in a music box style full of childlike fun, and feel like you are back in childhood.
Occasionally, if you want to create a contrasting atmosphere, play children’s songs, dark nursery rhymes, and yandere black songs in horror movies, such as the very brainwashing episode “Dominique” in American Horror Story, the theme song of Happy Tree’s Friends, and the various black songs of the virtual singer that have no emotions but only mechanical sound…

Headphones with good noise reduction effects, combined with a certain playback volume, can cover up most of the ambient sounds, but be careful not to turn up the volume too high, as this can easily damage your hearing.

TASTE SENSE/SMELL SENSE

Taste and smell are not the main senses in sensory deprivation gameplay, and the two are usually related. The conventional operation of taste and smell is generally “control” rather than “deprivation”.
For example, use a specific style of perfume and scented candles in the room, cover the face of M with underwear with body odor, apply food of various flavors on the body for M to taste, in order to cover up the original smell of skin or body fluids…
Through these operations, M’s sense of smell/taste is filled with a certain smell/taste, thus bringing comfort or a sense of freshness of cognitive dissonance.

TOUCH SENSE

Touch is the main source of pleasure during sex, so in sensory deprivation, touch is usually amplified, not restricted, and deprivation of vision/hearing makes the touch more sensitive and stronger.
However, there are also related ways to deprive the sense of touch, for example, let the M watch/put on headphones to listen to particularly exciting learning materials, and at the same time tie up his limbs so that he can’t touch himself, and don’t give him any physical tactile stimulation… Soon you will get a little M who is wronged and itchy, and then only needs a little stimulation to reach the peak.
Just like a spring that is tightly pressed, the force that restricts it accumulates into elastic potential energy, and it will be released violently the moment you let go~

Finally, it should be noted that sensory deprivation requires both players to be particularly aware of safety, because the M needs to judge whether his or her state is normal through the information perceived by each sense. Restricted senses may cause the M to misjudge his or her state or fail to shout out the safety word in time.
For example, visual deprivation can easily make the M lose the concept of time and be unable to observe the state of specific parts of his or her body. If visual deprivation is combined with rope binding, it may affect blood circulation for too long. Therefore, if sensory deprivation is combined with other risky gameplay, the S should have sufficient reliable operating experience and should carefully observe the M’s state throughout the process to ensure their safety.