A study finally discredits the popular vanilla belief that there must be something mentally wrong with BDSM practitioners.

The study concluded that BDSMers are well adjusted (better functioning), with a slightly better well-being than those who never engage in such activities. The study was published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine by Marcel van Assen and  Andreas Wismeijer of Tilburg University .

A number of other studies have also found the prevalence of mental illness (psychopathology) in BDSM practitioners to be the same as those who do not partake in the lifestyle.

This is another step forward in BDSM becoming more accepted by the general public.

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