1 year ago. December 11, 2022 at 1:51 PM
Abraham Maslow (psycologist) spelled out the basic needs of human as:
Physiological > Safety > love/ BELONGING > Esteem > self-actualization
A Healthy bdsm relationship might able to provide/ fulfill all these mentioned needs.
Vanilla relatiosnhip might also able to provide all these needs, but might not go as deep as and as ultimate as bdsm.
That’s the beauty in bdsm.
The diagram and details:
Hierarchy_of_Needs