My husband's job can be highly demanding and exhausting at times. And from time to time, he reaches a saturation point where the stress of the job gets to him and he won't be able to move forward and work with the same productivity and efficacy as he usually does otherwise. Such situations call for a "stress relief" spankings. And these spankings, have often be more harder than the discipline spankings I've given him. The primary goal for him and me during a stress relief spanking is catharsis. It works both ways and I feel a sense of calmness,serenity, relief after giving such a spanking too.