sub4hire -> RE: -=Denmark is first to remove SM from diagnosis list=- (5/6/2008 8:55:11 AM)
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ORIGINAL: beltainefaerie I remember in college, about 5 years ago, arguing with a psychology professor that in order for something to be a disorder it had to be actually harming themselves or others and/or getting in the way of normal life activities. I contended that consensual sadism or masochism did not meet this criteria and he disagreed with me. I guess my point is that, despite the DSM being revised, some psychologists remain biased. Nice to know that even at the time the DSM agreed with me, though my profesor didn't. Your professor didn't because no doubt he was old school. Whenever someone in the scene asks for a psychiatrist who is kink aware...I tell them to find a younger doctor. It's hard to change old habits even if the proof is there. Yet, when not taught those old habits to begin with...nothing to change. Anyway...all therapists are kink aware, some may just not be so friendly. Find a young one.
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