Fuck sake…….really? Funny but sad at the same time
I guess it gives a whole new meaning to the term 'snap shot'…..
BSDM Therapy?
Read the full article as I have edited because post is too dam long. But heres the good bits.
BDSM as Harm Reduction
As I've written about numerous times, I am a strong believer that when it comes to sexuality, the field of psychotherapy is moving away from a more authoritarian top-down lens (and I would consider sex addiction to fall into this category) to a more humanistic, harm reduction approach. To further along this body of work, I, along with colleagues Dulcinea Pitagora and Markie Twist, have initiated research to better understand the motivations and subjective experiences of individuals that engage in sexual behaviors that have historically been marginalized and pathologized.
Here is a brief overview of our methodology. We recruited subjects via online networks and professional listservs. Information was obtained from respondents via an online survey, consisting of roughly 12 qualitative questions about the individual's motivation and experiences engaging in either BDSM or NSSI (or both), as well as three psychological instruments, the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale- Short Form (ECR-S), which measures attachment style: Adverse Childhood Experiences Scale (ACE), which measures level of childhood trauma; and The Big Five Inventory (BFI), which measures personality traits. The qualitative section asked about the individual's motivation as well as subjective experiences before, during, and after engaging in self-injury, BDSM sensation play, or both.
Sample questions included (in the case of BDSM, but with different terminology for NSSI):
"—What are your expectations or motivations for engaging in intense sensation play?"
"What kinds of thoughts and feelings do you typically experience prior to intense sensation play?"
"What kinds of thoughts and feelings do you typically experience during intense sensation play?"
"—What kinds of thoughts and feelings do you typically experience after intense sensation play?"
"—How does intense sensation play affect how you feel in relation to others?"
—"How does intense sensation play affect how you feel about yourself?"
As we have begun to crunch our numbers, a variety of fascinating trends have emerged. First, the individuals that struggled with NSSI experienced overwhelming negative feeling states prior to self-injury, then felt a wave of relief and distraction, followed by deep regret and shame afterwards. The BDSM group however stated that they felt excitement and anticipation ahead of time, a sense of excitement and pleasure during the encounter, and a wave of deep connection to their partner afterward, as well as a stronger sense of self-empowerment and authenticity.
However, some did indicate that BDSM served as a transition to more evolved coping methods. In this case, BDSM would both be therapeutic (helping to deal with, manage or overcome deeper emotional disturbances), as well as serve in a harm reduction capacity by providing safer and more connective ways of dealing with those same difficulties. I want to be cautious here of not overstating this conclusion. As I've indicated in a number of other articles, recent robust research has found no correlation between BDSM and pathology, and indeed the research that attempted to connect BDSM to trauma often had underlying deeply flawed and biased methodologies, such as cherry picking respondents and only using a small number of subjects (one study only had three).
For a distinct population however, BDSM may serve as both a healing and harm reduction approach to trauma and emotional pain. I have presented before, for example, in a lecture entitled The Healing Potential of Psychological Edge Play at the 1st Annual AltSex NYC Conference, a case study in which one of my clients used BDSM edge play to re-enact a rape experience, and in this way resolved her sexual anxieties in the process.
Let's finally move beyond outdated and arbitrarily socially constructed views of how people should behave, especially with their sexuality. Research shows that not only is BDSM not pathological, but it can also be used in a therapeutic sense, both in trauma healing and for some, as a harm reduction approach.
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/standard-deviations/201610/bdsm-harm-reduction%3famp
Looked it up and posted as something of interest as a mate of mine as i discovered after a few years of losing contact and pnly recently caught up has gone fucking awol in his head amd lifestyle.
Tries to tell me this shit normal…..apparently he was approached by a pyschologist who does this shit and he tell me that thjs dude works with victims who have gone through trauma in the past. Sounds like MKultra stuff to me.