Previous research about the use of restraints has mainly sought generalizations regarding who is likely to be restrained, the frequency of the use of restraints, and the behavior that precipitates the application of restraining devices. Therefore, there has been a paucity of research that attempts to understand the impact of restraint on the restrained person. The purpose of this study is to understand the meaning of the experience of being restrained for 43 psychiatric patients who had been restrained in leather restraints. Participants were interviewed in unstructured interviews. The taped interviews were transcribed and analyzed by means of a modification of an interpretive process, grounded in phenomenology. In this article, the theme of power is reported and discussed.