The freedom within

People sometimes wonder where you may find a sense of freedom and where within this lifestyle it can be found given much of the misinformation and criticism you see around.
I suppose the first thing I’d say was that as individuals we have certain freedoms in many instances backed by laws to protect rights such as to have free association, to express points of view, to information that’s free from government interference and bias, to express our sexual and gender identity and practise our beliefs within reason.
Nobody I’ve ever encountered in the World of littles or within ddlg ever argued against those things, indeed regardless of  party politics, many have been the strongest advocates for individual liberties and freedoms I’ve ever encountered.
How we use those freedoms in our lives and relationships is very much our own business because they are the bigger things that enable it but the notion that the smaller side, that of how private lives are structured needs to be based on joint everything is not one even in Vanillaville necessarily follows.
After all how do you think a situation where both of you had the last say would work out?
Not very well which is why someone somewhere always has it even though everybody else  may well contribute and so have a say. In other words, we may have an equal right to say what we feel, ultimately one person is in charge but we expect them to take account in that of how we feel because they care for us.
For me this whole side is discussed and reviewed between my caregiver and I which is a relationship of halves, that isn’t so much equal although based very much on respect but complementary.
The big things are just between us as individuals that we pursue as ourselves without limits.
The things that are not are more around what is required for me to be happy, contented, free from the attitudes and behaviours that so get in the way of satisfactory relationships with others, undermine my own well-being and abilities to be more personally independent.
He works with me in creating the space for me to express my little side because he understands just how badly repressed feelings are for me, not just feeling sad but build into negative attitudes I then project at others.
We discuss the difficulties I have because of my learning/developmental issues that make my day to day living difficult looking at what I can do to manage them better and he has me work toward them.
He discusses with me my behaviours and attitudes around people, those expectations most people share working through them but all subject to rules which I am expected to follow not just because they are rules  or just liking authority over me but because how I behave effects others and makes things bad for me.
He disciplines me whenever I do not cos he enjoys it but because he knows I need to change my behaviour and all to often just talking over things is less than helpful as keeping track mentally with long scoldings is extremely stressful as I struggle processing instructions at the best of times and frankly spanking me is not just more effective but actually the whole experience is more calming. Ultimately it’s kinder to me.
It’s also the case when I’m good and I have worked well toward my personal development goals, I have a say in the rewards he gives me to encourage me to grow, becoming more confident in my abilities to handle situations which outside of our relationship I gotten no help with at all.
For me my personal freedom comes from not being left in situations I can’t cope with in an advanced state of license nor from being so controlled I have no personal liberty but from between where I’m supported, corrected and loved in dealing with those areas of my life I can learn to take appropriate responsibility given my difficulties and where I can’t, I’m taken care of with you respecting my needs.
* This was a original post from August 2015 which I feel is important in understanding why this life is so much better for me.  Fortunately I had a copy of it so it can be added to the New Woodshed

The space between

I don't suppose I'm alone in sometimes having the difficulty  in feeling  in more little or middles space as distinct from just how I may present because of other things around of me some of which you can't really do much about.
One is having parents with health issues, having to do things to help with no support whatsoever from other much more capable mentally and physical siblings who don't even return phone calls and any interest in them seems more superficial at best.

 That's sometimes where I find myself using spare bits of that time to frill myself up although I'm not normally at one with the uber-frilly side just cos it leaves me feeling a pretty carefree girl well out of more groan up space.
I also do a fair amount of colouring like yesterday between tasks to get back out of  as even for me personally  whole chunks are at the edge of  what I can cope with my my own needs.
Mommy saw and even liked some of my Frozen colouring yesterday!

Jo cares

One of the favourite tv shows from the mid 1980's for me was the Care Bears which had a lot tie in merchandise.
I am a girl who cares about things that happen to others be they close friends or communities miles from here, feeling their sadness, anger and pain and truly doesn't want to cause that to happen although I am also sometimes naughty needing my  bottom spanking.
I'd would do almost anything to help my friends if I could  deal with their emotions and needs being prepared to share whatever I have at the time.

Freaky Friday musings

Friday,eh?
I was a bit late getting up this morning so it was a rush to fix breakfast while his furness was demanding his which is just typical I guess of what can happen when you go to sleep thinking about something.
For some of we'll be returning to some sort of studying or other next month which I'm sure we'll be looking forward  toward which kind reminded me of this perennial problem area.

 That's a funny strip from the American Dennis series but it does set out well, the great putting off feeling, moving toward magical dream solutions with that on the day realization it didn't work and you're left with...No Homework Done.
I'm getting better at structuring  it, making notes what needs to be done by when, starting on say an essay plan with the points to put in and then doing a bit at a time rather than a last minute "Oh my god!" dash for it which believe me, was my system for years and years.
I'm also finding having a person who'll hold me to account over this sort of thing is helping to as I'm not very good at doing it for me.
Having had a near miss involving a car earlier on in the week, it brought a few more buried aspects of my life to the fore.
I had been thinking about getting more hands on at one particular site but feel it may not be to the best interests of my emotional well being, not that I wasn't able to do it, quite the opposite actually as I could do it well, but rather it may put me in more triggering situations that have taken me long time to recover from.
I am more feeling that looking after my needs is not only better for me personally - and I do matter - but I can do more of what I feel helps from the sidelines.

The lead makes the colour...

Yeah I know, Tuesday isn't it but the groan ups mess my routine up yesterday that left me super tired  so yesterdays post comes a day later than scheduled and I might of gotten it done before bedtime had it not been for Marmalade playing hide and seek over over half an hour, tearing the lower floor of house apart trying to find him. Grrr.
Anyways, as you know Colouring is a pretty big thing with me and a large portion of us too but one problem I have is gripping and pressing on to pencils due to my disabilities.
It's no lie I can sometimes struggle to write me own name  at a times which makes colouring difficult as with most childrens pencils you need quite an impression to get darker shades and they can break real easy.
At the suggestion of Poppie, I decided to get some more pencils.

 

For one thing my pencils came in 12 colour pack so some of the colours I may need aren't there although I'm pretty good at blending colours to create say Fawn -some packs have different colour shades in them too - and these don't break so easy.

They're also designed  so you don't need to press much on them which is a very real boon for some of us and easier to blend.

Opaques and fashion.

A variation on theme, I do like patterned opaque tights not just from the point of view of being less likely to ladder when you're putting them on but also for the patterns that easily team up with something such as a simple plaid miniskirt too.

The 70 denier ones here are fairly common place in British high schools and an increasing number of Junior ones too a change I observed in school myself

The only thing that I don't do is the heels simply because with my poor walking and balance I couldn't stay upright walking in them.

Monkeying about

Anima the plushie Monkey behind his favourite Island site.
He came from  the Monkey Forest at Trentham, near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire which as been open for ten years  where my folks bought  him.
You can wonder around  watching the monkeys all day although it's not a good idea to have food on your person although there are eating areas and shops  on site, one a number of great places to visit here in the North-west Midlands.

Yesterday I went to a new hairdressers locally as my one for several years isn't very well and has had to gave up her  job which is both a great shame and a reminder of when it was I had to too.
If like me you do suffer from social anxiety anything like this is stressful but the lady who owns the shop made me super welcome and having understood my disabilities made a great attempt engage with me  so I didn't lose track of what she was saying.
It's really nice when people do things like this.

Words best not said

I do come out swearing usually if I’m super stressed because a whole situation is beyond that emotionally I can cope with and have had issues with swearing as a matter of routine  where with a bit more thought I could put over my emotions better.
I am spanked for this but a part of helping me manage this is dealing with the causes like in some situations you need to step in and take over before I get to that point.

Real Middle Thursday

Okay today is NOT Friday, that is true but there's reasons for why I'm posting this entry today one is that for the last few days I've been very much in Middle/Little space sometimes doing things like interactive 'play' with others, adding bits to imaginary adventures, playing more with dolls and plushies using my imagination to create stories in which they act out roles or just cuddling up for an hour or during the day in addition to sleeping with my Teddy, Theo.
Sometimes it can perverse but spending time around say websites around little life sometimes can take you out of it either because you get locked into more into the search than the exploration of personal little space or sometimes more grown up issues may seep into it pushing your way from that whole feel you came looking for.
There can be times when such things may not be helped when people who have differences that they feel the need to express, don't take that directly to those who need to hear them so bringing others down.
That's way I try to limit some of the time I spend online concentrating more on recreating that feeling that I find so beneficial to my life so my middle time is more 'real', real to me as experienced by me.
There is only so much you can do with a second hand experience as good as looking at others experiences and techniques can be and that takes me to the final reason for why this is being posted today.
That's because I'm going to a friends where I can be very much my Middle self having a real middle experience that'll add to my memory of them, something that you just can't get in virtual life.