How BDSM Can Be Good for Your Health and Improve Your Relationship

Chips, dips, chains, whips—that’s a good party, if you ask the 1980s movie Weird Science. But if you’re interested in BDSM as a general practice, you might be delighted to find out that it can actually improve your health and benefit your relationship as well.

Here’s a closer look at how to find out whether BDSM is good for your health:

• Enjoy better communication: The hallmark of BDSM is that it requires excellent communication. Not only do you have to say, “Hey, I’m not so sure about that anal plug, I don’t think I’ll enjoy it,” but you also have to identify thoughts, behaviors and actions that worry you. Talking to your partner about what’s important is the best way to ensure a safe, sane and enjoyable sexual experience.
• Encourage fidelity: When you explore kinks with your partner, you also encourage fidelity. Let’s be clear—if your partner isn’t faithful to you because you’re not interested in BDSM, that’s not your fault. But if you both are amenable and willing, BDSM can deepen your love and trust for each other. It’s a way to explore your interests and kinks.
• Reduce stress levels: There is a lot of research that supports the fact that BDSM relationships can actually help your stress levels. Maybe you just find joy in hanging shibari or you get some release from being spanked for your transgressions. Either way, BDSM relationships can be quite beneficial for your emotional, mental and physical needs.
• Improve your trust: The hallmark of BDSM relationships is trust and communication. When you know you can trust your partner to take care of your physical and mental self, it’s easier to enjoy those feelings outside of the relationship. This can have a great effect on couples who enjoy BDSM in the bedroom only—as well as those who make it a full-time lifestyle. Whatever you choose, there are some happy benefits to be had.
• Strengthen mental health: There is actual scientific evidence that people who engage in BDSM relationships enjoy better mental health overall. It turns out that the extra skin-to-skin contact is part of the deal—it helps with psychological and physical healing—but it might also have something to do with the fact that there’s a lot of mental and emotional communication going on in a healthy BDSM relationship.

Your mileage may vary—but if you’re wondering if BDSM is good for your health, here’s the good news: science says yes. As long as you engage in BDSM practices with a safe and sane partner, you should be good to enjoy the deepest, darkest and kinkiest pleasures. Your mental health will probably benefit, too.

If you’re wondering how you can best use BDSM to improve your relationship, why not book a visit at the Monterey Stay and Play? Call us today to book your stay or learn more about our erotic room and board space. We look forward to doing our part in facilitating a happier relationship for you and your partner.

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