Research has shown BDSM can induce altered states of consciousness. This is no surprise to those of us who have spent a lot of time doing this.

Thanks for mentioning this article. I read another from Time which references the same study.

For anyone interested, here's a link to a Daily Mail article ztrade is referring to: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...sciousness.html

"Maybe that implication is bad and so the headline writer choose to write about creativity."

It would be attacked by people who continue to conflate BDSM with abuse. And possibly by big pharm if it gained enough support and they felt it was a threat to their margin.

I have some articles that discuss various aspects of psych and kink in My blog under the tag "psychology". If anyone is interested, they can be found here:

https://mistresstissa.wordpress.com/tag/psychology/