Monday, 29 September 2008 - “Golden Rules”

This is a post about self discipline, goals and “Golden Rules”, but first I would like to say thanks for all the lovely comments I have had here, by email and via messages on rubberal (my profile is http://www.rubberpal.com/profiles/Sealed). It pleasing that momentum has slowly developed over the last few years such that I have such lovely readers. A particular welcome to ozrubberpony who has apparently been reading for quite a while, but just made posted his first [I believe] comments on my blog. Well I am glad you did, because it got me thinking…

One of the things that has been discussed are techniques to get past the various hurdles that stop us enjoying the “nirvana” of the subtle sensuous existence that awaits those who stay sealed in rubber for longer periods.

One of the techniques is to set rules concerning when you can, and can not, peel yourself out of your second skin. Like minimum times and also breaking the link with things that tempt to you out of rubber. For example, as reported many time before, I used to get a strong impulse to get out of my rubber (and my hood in particular) after sex and this seems to happen to a lot of people. The impulse started soon after I had ejaculated. I partly put this down to wanting to get myself clean, but it still happens when I am “fully plumbed” when I actually stay totally clean after any penile fluid emissions.

For now, it doesn’t really matter why many of us get the impulse. What matters is how we deal with the reality and this boils down to two pretty good approaches I use in tandem. One is to avoid actual ejaculation for as long as I can in order to reduce the number of times I need to deal with the desire to undress. The other is to set a “Golden Rule” that I am not allowed to remove my rubber for at least one hour after I finally spurt. This is actually far longer than the desire to disrobe lasts, so it is guaranteed to put me on an emotional even keel when I make that decision – do I stay or do I go. In making this a “golden rule” that I must always obey, it soon breaks the psychological connection between the sex (orgasm at any rate) and when I wear rubber. It does take self-discipline but the good news is that this becomes very much easier as time goes on. The more you get used to always obeying a rule, the less you think about it and just get on and “endure” – which of course help you to not even think about your tempting bad habit. In fact the desired behaviour becomes habitual to the extent that breaking the rule would feel odd and undesirable.

Now ozrubberpony says that he sets targets for duration, his default being 3 hours although admits to sometimes only managing an hour, then regretting the need to got out of his rubber. I would like to suggest that this pattern is not making it easy for him to adjust correctly to spending time living in rubber. Such irregular patterns are going to reinforce the bodies reaction to what it will feel is a novel exciting experience, rather than an ordinary (if highly sensual) part of daily existence. This will result in an overload in body senses, resulting in a physiological over-compensation (blush reflex, sweating, blood pressure, respiration etc) which will contribute to over excitement and early sexual climax. This will manifest itself into a “habit” of wearing rubber where this fairly short cycle to repeats itself each session.

Targets are good for extending endurance, but to avoid the cycles building into bad habits, a set of Golden Rules around entry/exit of rubber are needed. So, what should be the rules? Well that may be best decided on the individual but should be based on avoiding the bad habit they are trying to avoid. As a ball park, I think ozrubberpony’s 3 hours should be the absolute minimum time spent totally enclosed in any session.

For me, I only ever allow myself to get into my rubber if I know I can guarantee I will be in there for at least 4 hours. 4 hours is just about long enough in my mind to make the session more than a quick thrill with one objective. And, because of the all-or-nothing type nature of such a rule, it also has the side effect of encouraging me to find at least 4 hours where I can be in rubber.

Today, if circumstances dictate my day only contains a single mere 4 hour session, I would feel like it was just top up to keep me in rubber condition. While 4 hours is my golden rule, 7 hours is my target minimum. The minimum amount of time that to me feels “right” on a daily basis that I would prefer to be totally enclosed in rubber. Anything else now feels like a deprivation.

Documenting or, even better, publicly announcing rules and targets to your peers gives them added strength. Like I say, Golden Rules and targets may be for individuals to set themselves, but 7 Golden Rules that I follow and would like to commit to publicly are:

1. If there are things in my life, lifestyle, personal life or work life that are getting in the way of spending serious time in rubber daily, I must make (constant) efforts to change them! [Sounds extreme? Well, be prepared as that’s the level of dedication and sacrifice it is likely to need to live any significant amount of time totally enclosed in rubber on a daily basis. The degree to which you compromise on this rule will dictate the amount of time available for rubber living.]
2. When deciding if I should put on normal or rubber clothes, I must choose total enclosed in rubber unless there is a specific reason why I can or should not.
3. I must only don rubber if I am sure I should be able to stay enclosed for at least 4 hours. This forward planning must take into account mundane commitments and practicalities like temperature, state of health etc. It does not take into account whether I am in the mood for long rubber session or not!
4. If I cannot be totally enclosed for some reason, I must be as encased in rubber as I can manage. For example, if I cannot wear a mask because I am taking part in a video conference, then I cannot use this as an excuse to not wear rubber from the neck down.
5. I should avoid circumstances where there are more than 3 days between rubber sessions as this makes it more difficult to re-acclimatise on the next session.
6. I must never take rubber off within an hour of ejaculation.
7. I must get out of my rubber skin if I believe that by staying enclosed I am likely to overheat, dehydrate, irritate my skin or suffer any other symptom that may significantly affect my ability to be totally enclosed in rubber the following day (or next planned session). As this rule is concerned with making rubber life sustainable in the longer term, it overrides other rules. If this rule is exercised, lessons should be learned to try to avoid the circumstances that led to the rule being used in future sessions.

I do have some personal targets in mind (like x number of hours rubber enclosure per session/day/month etc) and have even used this blog to state targets in the distant past. However, currently I am avoiding publicly stating my targets as I am interested to see if my 7 simple rules automatically achieve them. I have found rules are easier to stick to than arbitrary targets. I am hopeful that the rules should result in me achieving my aims and so far they have worked a treat. But if they do not, watch this space…

Hope some of my readers set themselves a rule or two as I know that it will help them achieve the next level.

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