Quote Originally Posted by sinfulsex View Post
hey
i would just like to start of by saying this is in no way meant to offend anyone as it could be a sesitive subject but
i know i am naturally submissive and i also have depression, as i am studying psych at school i was just intrested to see if the majority of people with depression are more naturally submissive or are more dominant. its just a query whether you become submissive because you are depressed?
does anyone think there may be a link, its something ive wondered about for a while.

sorry if anyone thinks that was hurtful in anyway
emma
Not at all.
I really must find the links to the research that shows that people into BDSM are not different from vanillas - I keep needing them. Speaking in this case of depression: Since there are no more depressive people among subs than there are among a non-bdsm group, this cannot be the case.

Personally I would imagine that a depressed person would have trouble finding the energy to get into a bdsm relationship - but that is perhaps another matter.