<http://schema.org/articleBody>
" With last year&amp;#x27;s 50 Shades craze, it seemed that the masses had gotten really into BDSM. But while people may have enjoyed reading about it (and hosting semi-awkward book clubs to talk about it), the actual practice isn&amp;#x27;t quite so mainstream just yet. But maybe it should be! if you&amp;#x27;re secretly (or not so secretly) into the BDSM lifestyle, here&amp;#x27;s a reason to celebrate and be proud of your outside-of-the-box sexiness: A new study shows that people who practice BDSM are actually more psychologically healthy than people who are more &amp;quot;vanilla,&amp;quot; as they say. Folks with a fetish for the Christian Grey sex practices are more extroverted, more open to new experiences, more conscientious, less neurotic, and less paranoid. If that didn&amp;#x27;t make you feel like bragging about your inner dominatrix, they also reported higher feelings of well-being and more secure feelings of attachment in their relationships. Anyone feeling inspired to get a little kinky tonight? Have you ever experimented with any sex practices outside the vanilla &amp;quot;norm&amp;quot;? Would you agree that people who do are actually mentally healthier? Ready to try? Here&amp;#x27;s a guide: *My Guide to Kinky Sex, Vol. 1: Hair-Pulling *My Guide to Kinky Sex, Vol. 2: Biting *My Guide to Kinky Sex, Vol. 3: Someone&amp;#x27;s Been a Verrry Bad Boy Photo: Everett Collection"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.glamour.com/sex-love-life/blogs/smitten/2013/06/if-youre-having-this-kind-of-s>