Therapeutic Masochism
• BDSM
No one would disagree that finding and fulfilling your sexuality is essential to emotional health.
Some people's needs miss the norm by a wide mark.
Dee explained that she used to have an eating disorder. She struggled with perceptions of her own body, but taking up sadomasochism helped her cope, she said.
"I like (being spanked) because it forces me to stay inside my own body," she said. "Before, I used to always want to escape it, but this is a celebratory thing."
Two student journalists visit a fetish party, each gives an account: