You know if you were to really take some of the images of BDSM that you see on the internet, together with the associated theories, to heart you’d begin to think that BDSM proponents are a very strange bunch. There is so much misinformation floating around that it’s easy to see why the average person could come to such a conclusion. The fact is that most of the negative things which are said about BDSM are just not true. Let’s take some of the myths and see if we can’t get to the truth behind them.

You’ll get addicted:

This school of thought centers on the inflicting of pain in some BDSM acts. The theory is that once you get a taste for pain, you’re going to need more and more of it in order to get those endorphins going. No one will argue that this doesn’t happen in a few cases, depending on the mentality of said individual, but to create a broad generalization is hardly fair especially since there haven’t been any valid studies which have targeted the BDSM community as a whole. Most people reach a threshold that they’re comfortable with and stay there.

BSDM is rife with abuse victims:

I once had a BDSM escort go completely red in the face when I mentioned this one. As with any group, you will find people who have been abused and those who have not. Take a poll of the people in any given mall in any given city and you’ll see that it’s so. This myth originated as a result of Freud’s theories, most of which are considered to be outdated by today’s standards. The majority of those who engage on BDSM activities, both dominant and submissive, have never had any traumatic experiences to speak of but simply have a propensity towards power play.

BDSM is dangerous:

Of course there are certain BDSM activities which carry a higher level of risk than others, but it is by no means the deadly sport that some people try to make it out to be. As with anything, there are precautions which can be taken in order to avoid injuries and major damage arising from BDSM activities are very rare. In most of these cases, any injury was as a result of carelessness and not of the act itself.

These are just some of the myths which exists surrounding BDSM. There are tons more and they can almost always be debunked.