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user-inactivated  ·  3172 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Dear hubski, when do you feel the most powerful?

Damn, this is a good one. And I'm actually pleased to say there are a lot of occasions that incur a feeling of power.

I have a government job, so corporate dress short of a suit is expected. A suit would be fine but I wear shirt and tie, generally looking good makes me feel good. Putting on a nice fitting dress shirt is the balls.

On the rugby field when I'm having a good game. A good 9 is a match winner in otherwise losing conditions, and when I can turn the tide I feel unstoppable; not so much with my frame but by reading the game, catching people out and organizing my monstrous brethren to unleash controlled fury.

Music. Music makes me feel powerful. I've just noticed while thinking about this, my morning routine seems tailored towards me feeling powerful (or good in general). I get up, go to the gym and be powerful. I put on my nice clothes and feel powerful. I listen to music that gets a spring in my step on my walk down to work. I try and exude confidence to the clients I interact with, to convey a sense of power I suppose. Not that I want them to think I have one over them, but I want them to be confident in my ability to see their needs met.

Sex. Sex is good for those feelings too.

Could it be I'm just confusing generic endorphin rushes for a sense of feeling powerful? I'm not sure. But those things get me wired up and ready to conquer.



swedishbadgergirl  ·  3167 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Maybe endorphin rushes make you feel powerful? Either way you seem to have a lot of things that make you feel powerful in good ways.

Music and listening to music is a big thing for me to. It gives you something to consentrate on and lose yourself in. I try to listen to music and lose myself in it/think of something creative/just distract myself when I feel upset. It usually works.

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