<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2448890/open_sms">Send us questions here!</a>The Safe Word is “Consent”: The Psychology of Autism and SexWhat do kink, structure, and sensory regulation have in common? For many autistic individuals, BDSM isn’t just about pleasure—it’s about safety, identity, and healing.In this episode of Brain Trash, Maria and Tabitha explore:<ul><li>Why autistic folks are often drawn to kink communities</li><li>The comfort of clear roles, rules, and rituals</li><li>How consent and power exchange can support trauma recovery</li><li>The connection between sensory needs and intimacy</li><li>Why clinicians need to stop pathologizing kink</li></ul>This isn’t a taboo—it’s a mental health conversation.  🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform or right here.Socials: Facebook: Paperflower Psychiatry Instagram&Threads: @paperflowerpsychiatry Tiktok: @dr.mariaingalla Websites: www.paperflowerpsychiatry.com www.paperflowerinstitute.com www.courses.paperflowerinstitute.com

Send us questions here! The Safe Word is “Consent”: The Psychology of Autism and Sex What do kink, structure, and sensory regulation have in common? For many autistic individuals, BDSM isn’t just about pleasure—it’s about safety, identity, and healing. In this episode of Brain Trash, Maria and Tabitha explore:Why autistic folks are often drawn to kink communitiesThe comfort of clear roles, rules, and ritualsHow consent and power exchange can support trauma recoveryThe connection between sensory needs and intimacyWhy clinicians need to stop pathologizing kinkThis isn’t a taboo—it’s a mental health conversation. 🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform or right here. Socials: Facebook: Paperflower Psychiatry Instagram&Threads: @paperflowerpsychiatry Tiktok: @dr.mariaingalla Websites: www.paperflowerpsychiatry.com www.paperflowerinstitute.com www.courses.paperflowerinstitute.com

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2448890/open_sms" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us questions here!</a>The Safe Word is “Consent”: The Psychology of Autism and SexWhat do kink, structure, and sensory regulation have in common? For many autistic individuals, BDSM isn’t just about pleasure—it’s about safety, identity, and healing.In this episode of Brain Trash, Maria and Tabitha explore:<ul><li>Why autistic folks are often drawn to kink communities</li><li>The comfort of clear roles, rules, and rituals</li><li>How consent and power exchange can support trauma recovery</li><li>The connection between sensory needs and intimacy</li><li>Why clinicians need to stop pathologizing kink</li></ul>This isn’t a taboo—it’s a mental health conversation. &nbsp;🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platform or right here.Socials: Facebook: Paperflower Psychiatry Instagram&amp;Threads: @paperflowerpsychiatry Tiktok: @dr.mariaingalla Websites: www.paperflowerpsychiatry.com www.paperflowerinstitute.com www.courses.paperflowerinstitute.com

The Safe Word is "Consent": The Psychology of Autism and Sex

Welcome to Brain Trash, where we rip off the sugar-coated filter and talk about the raw, messy, and frustrating realities of psychiatry. Hosted by psychiatric nurse practitioners who know the system inside and out, this podcast is for clinicians tired of textbook psychiatry BS and everyday people trying to make sense of their mental health. 💊 Overdiagnosis. Self-diagnosis. Medications that help. Medications that ruin lives. The DSM. The WTFs of mental health. If you’ve ever side-eyed a diagnosis, questioned your meds, or felt like the system was failing you—you're not alone.No gatekeeping. No corporate-sanitized psychiatry. Just honest, unfiltered conversations about neurodivergence, trauma, the cracks in the system, and what we need to do differently. 🔥 If you’ve ever felt dismissed by a mental health provider or questioned the way we do this—hit subscribe. Let’s rethink psychiatry together. 🎙️ Listen now &amp; join the conversation: 🌍 Podcast: https://braintrash.buzzsprout.com/ 🧠 Mental health care: https://www.paperflowerpsychiatry.com/ 📚 Education for providers &amp; patients: https://www.paperflowerinstitute.com/ 📸 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paperflowerpsychiatry 🎥 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@paperflowerinstitute♪ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.mariaingalla

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Welcome to Brain Trash, where we rip off the sugar-coated filter and talk about the raw, messy, and frustrating realities of psychiatry. Hosted by psychiatric nurse practitioners who know the system inside and out, this podcast is for clinicians tired of textbook psychiatry BS and everyday people trying to make sense of their mental health. 💊 Overdiagnosis. Self-diagnosis. Medications that help. Medications that ruin lives. The DSM. The WTFs of mental health. If you’ve ever side-eyed a diagnosis, questioned your meds, or felt like the system was failing you—you're not alone. No gatekeeping. No corporate-sanitized psychiatry. Just honest, unfiltered conversations about neurodivergence, trauma, the cracks in the system, and what we need to do differently. 🔥 If you’ve ever felt dismissed by a mental health provider or questioned the way we do this—hit subscribe. Let’s rethink psychiatry together. 🎙️ Listen now & join the conversation: 🌍 Podcast: https://braintrash.buzzsprout.com/ 🧠 Mental health care: https://www.paperflowerpsychiatry.com/ 📚 Education for providers & patients: https://www.paperflowerinstitute.com/ 📸 Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paperflowerpsychiatry 🎥 YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@paperflowerinstitute ♪ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.mariaingalla

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