
She Made Me Go to Therapy

I didn’t want to go.
I had a million reasons why therapy wasn’t for me. Too expensive. Too awkward. I didn’t need it. I was functional. I was fine.
And then she told me I was going.
No room for negotiation. No soft suggestion. Just this:
“You’re not showing up the way I expect. You’re spiraling. You’re stuck. You need more help than I can give—and if you belong to Me, you’ll get it.”
That’s the moment everything changed.
I Thought Submission Meant Endurance
Before therapy, I believed being a good sub meant gritting my teeth through anything. Push through, serve harder, don’t complain. If I felt sad or anxious or numb, I told myself to ignore it. That’s not a feeling you kneel with. That’s not a feeling you bring to your Domme.
But it turns out, submission isn’t about enduring everything. It’s about offering everything. And if I’m hiding the parts of me that hurt, I’m not really offering anything at all.
My First Session
She gave me one week to book it. She followed up daily until I sent the confirmation. When the day came, I was a wreck.
I didn’t know what to say to the therapist. I didn’t want to admit how much of my self-worth was tangled up in being “useful.” I didn’t want to talk about the anxiety that kept me from finishing tasks, or the burnout that had made me emotionally numb.
But I did. And it started to crack something open.
The therapist wasn’t a kink specialist. I didn’t need that. What I needed was a space to figure out where the shame lived, why I felt like I wasn’t enough, why I kept punishing myself internally when I failed to serve perfectly.
She Didn’t Coddle Me—She Commanded Me to Heal
Throughout this process, my wife, my Domme, didn’t soften. She didn’t baby me. She didn’t let me off the hook.
She simply made mental health a rule.
Just like hydration. Just like sleep. Just like stretching and shaving and not touching myself without permission.
I had to attend. I had to reflect. And I had to report back – not every word, not every detail – but what I learned about myself, what it changed, and how I would integrate it into my service.
She made it part of my ritual. And because she did, I couldn’t ignore it.
What Therapy Gave Me
I learned that submission doesn’t mean suppressing my emotions. It means mastering them. Channeling them. Owning them so that I can offer myself fully.
I learned how much pressure I was putting on myself to be perfect. How I feared disappointing her so much that I stopped communicating at all.
Now, I still serve. I still submit. But I do it with more presence. More honesty. And with fewer emotional landmines buried under the surface.
Final Reflection
If you’re a sub who’s struggling, and your Domme tells you to get help, listen to her. Not because she’s mad. Not because you failed. But because she sees you.
And if you’re a Domme wondering if it’s okay to push your boy toward therapy, do it. You are not his shrink. You’re his Owner. And sometimes the most powerful act of dominance is demanding that he take responsibility for his mind, not just his body.
She made me go to therapy.
And because of that, I’m a better sub. A better man. And more hers than I’ve ever been.
Once again I’m in awe of the relationship you have Zeek (and to be fair a few others too).
That sentence right at the start that hits even me hard, needing help, more than she can give.
She knows you that well to know that you need more, she sees that when you perhaps didn’t. She is pushing it because she needs it for you, for you to be whole. Complete again.
I can very much see the importance of this, and hopefully reflected in your post you are seeing why that extra help, or simply different help was needed.
Thanks man, we learned long ago that the strain in a Ds relationship means both of you must work hard at it, sometimes you need some help.
It helps to talk to people, man. Your goddess absolutely has your best interest at heart.
I’m here if you ever need a buddy, Z. You’ve been super cool to me, and I have a sympathetic ear. Had my own troubles with suppressing myself, feel me?
Thanks man!