• April 19, 2024

Although the Diagnostic and Statistical of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) , consider BDSM as a paraphilia, it only classifies it as a disorder if it produces stress or harms the lives of those who perform it. But how to practice sadomasochism in a safe way?

It is true that the sadomasochism is a sexual practice that uses the pain and domination to get pleasure , but as long as the limits are recognized, there is nothing wrong with experiencing it, says the sexologist Michela Guarante . 

So that it does not generate damageElsy Reyes , sexuality specialist, explains in the following video the bases of the sadomasochism , how to practice it safely and other details.

Improving pleasure

When the sadomasochism is practiced consensually, the imposition or reception of pain or humiliation serve to improve the sexual pleasure , it states Neel Burton , psychiatrist author "The Meaning of Madness" . In such a way that:

The imposition of pain is used to incite sexual pleasure, while the simulation of violence serves to form and express attachment, "he says.

The essential thing is that you do not confuse sadomasochism with acts of aggression sexual. Those who practice it seek pain and humiliation in the context of love and sex, they do not do it in other situations and they do not practice simple violence, without restrictions or with abuse.

Video Medicine: The Pleasure Principle: The Secret to a Better Sex Life | Laurie Betito | TEDxMontrealWomen (April 2024).